Email Author Danna Berger

2008 Stories by Danna Berger

• Penelope Pan

  published September 4, 2008

  What is it with Peter Pan always being played by a girl? Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan, then Cathy Rigby--all flying around the theater... More >>

• Literary Giant

  published August 28, 2008

  Tulisoma, brothers and sisters. In Swahili, that means "we read." In South Dallas, that means a weekend of entertainment, politics, poetry slams... More >>

• Blue Symphony

  published June 26, 2008

  Don't bother saving the whales. It would be like pouring water on a book in a burning library. Instead, let's join together with our global... More >>

• Dear Diaries

  published June 12, 2008

  What if you could see the mental plan for Van Gogh's "Sunflowers"? Or a start-to-finish of Picasso's Blue Period? The notes, snapshots and... More >>

• Lost and Found

  published June 5, 2008

  I don't lose time. When hours leap from my schedule like old shoes from the roof of a car, I can see right where they are--mocking me and... More >>

• Women's Work

  published May 22, 2008

  "Superior old world craftsmanship" doesn't make me think of men sweating over European or Chinese workbenches. I picture my Native American... More >>

• Mr. Minimal

  published April 17, 2008

  Glass: brittle, transparent substance made by fusing sand over 70 years with offbeat Western classical, mathematics, philosophy and Ravi Shankar.... More >>

• Oh, Sweetart

  published April 17, 2008

  We thrive off the raw, nourishing underbelly of this huge concrete mother of a city. Don't let flash and glitter fool you—the real proof of... More >>

• Samples of Samples

  published April 3, 2008

  The disclaimer on the Hal Samples Gallery website sums up the artist's agent provocateur: "...You may find opinions you disagree with or even... More >>

• The Roof Is On Fire

  published April 3, 2008

  Hell, we've all had occasion to desire a place where assholes got their just rewards—mired in helplessness, screaming with pain, heads being... More >>

• Give Us a Play

  published March 27, 2008

  An award-winning science fiction children's book is now a play to be performed on one of America finest stages. No plane tickets to Chicago or... More >>

• Your Wildest Dreams

  published March 13, 2008

  You didn't need drugs to catch a psychedelic ride in the late '60s. You found a darkened room, friends and a few beanbag chairs, put the needle on... More >>

• Peace of Action

  published February 28, 2008

  "Give peace a chance." John Lennon preached this gentle message from a famous white bed in '69 back while our nation danced the death "tango" in... More >>

• Citizen Faux

  published February 28, 2008

  "Is it live, or is it Memorex?"—an old commercial tag both sacred and obsolete in today's Photoshop society. Google it and you'll witness its... More >>

• I'm Going to Foodieland!

  published February 21, 2008

  Super Bowl XLII, Glendale. Tickets—$700 and up. Munchies and souvenirs—$200 minimum. Watching the underdogs... More >>

• Hootin' for Wooten

  published February 7, 2008

  New Year's resolution: "Get more in tune with the basics of life." Well, get resolved. The House of Blues has your bass-ics funkin' into town... More >>

• To Start With

  published January 31, 2008

  The Magnolia at the Modern film series continues to offer a vital palette of moving pictures to broaden its contemporary art exposition. The... More >>