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Aug 26, 20231 min read

My Appearance on Trek Untold

Many thanks to Matthew Kaplowitz of Trek Untold who had me on his podcast. You can watch the video version at YouTube: I want to make...

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Lukas Kendall

Aug 20, 20233 min read

Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair

We are getting the remnants of a rare hurricane here in Southern California (you may have heard). So far it’s just like any winter...

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Lukas Kendall

Aug 16, 20232 min read

Spelling Bee and Creativity

I like to play the New York Times spelling bee game. Recently, we took a family vacation, and I worried that it would be too cumbersome...

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Lukas Kendall

Jul 17, 20231 min read

Vacation Break

We’re off on a summer vacation this week! And because I still can’t figure out how to schedule blog columns on Wix in advance, this will...

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Lukas Kendall

Jul 10, 20232 min read

Picnic Dance Scene

I’m very grateful for the unorthodox movie education I got as a result of publishing Film Score Monthly, and producing our CDs. From Star...

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Lukas Kendall

Jul 4, 20234 min read

Lucky Bastard Streaming

Ten years ago I cowrote and executive produced a very strange indie thriller called Lucky Bastard. It’s a found footage thriller (to us,...

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Martha’s Vineyard Movie Theaters in the 1980s

Lukas Kendall

Jun 30, 20237 min read

Martha’s Vineyard Movie Theaters in the 1980s

Of this writing I am about to take our girls to see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. But today’s column is not about that film. Or...

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Lukas Kendall

Jun 23, 20231 min read

Phone Addiction

I went to see a movie in a theater for the first time since before the pandemic. I took the kids to see The Little Mermaid, which they...

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Lukas Kendall

Jun 18, 20231 min read

Happy Father’s Day

My kids have already surprised me with some fun cards and activities. Enjoy!

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Lukas Kendall

May 14, 20231 min read

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to my mom! And also to my wife, who does such an amazing job with our kids. Both of them can tell you... I’m not easy!

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Lukas Kendall

Apr 28, 20231 min read

Support PanCan

I am raising money to fight pancreatic cancer in the name of my stepfather, Herb Putnam. The charity is PanCan and they are fantastic....

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Lukas Kendall

Apr 17, 20231 min read

Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer

Hello Friends. I am raising money to fight pancreatic cancer, which took my stepfather, HERB PUTNAM, in 2008. He was only 59. Herb was...

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R.I.P. Off Vine Restaurant—and My Stupid Sharon Stone Story

Lukas Kendall

Mar 24, 20232 min read

R.I.P. Off Vine Restaurant—and My Stupid Sharon Stone Story

There have been numerous closures of Los Angeles restaurants since the start of the pandemic—many of them beloved institutions. I get...

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Lukas Kendall

Mar 22, 20236 min read

Happy Birthday to William Shatner

Happy birthday to William Shatner, 92 today (3/22/23). This man is a force of nature, and has the constitution of an ox. If I understand...

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Lukas Kendall

Feb 25, 20232 min read

Power Outage

When I was a kid growing up on Martha’s Vineyard, we lived at the end of a long dirt road in the woods. So a few times a year, when there...

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Lukas Kendall

Feb 22, 20232 min read

My Project With Jonathan Frakes

Here is something I’ve had cooking that is super exciting! Normally I would not say anything, but Jonathan Frakes briefly mentioned it on...

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Lukas Kendall

Feb 7, 20231 min read

The Meat Market

I’ve been lucky—well, not lucky, but it’s happened—to be on both sides of “pitching”: the guy sending emails out to get attention and...

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Lukas Kendall

Feb 5, 20232 min read

My Vineyard Film on Local Radio

Above: Mytoi Gardens in Chappaquiddick—a location I would love to use! I’ve been talking for some months about an indie comedy–drama I...

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Lukas Kendall

Jan 22, 20232 min read

Vineyard Hockey Mini-Doc

Some readers might know—because I’ve talked about it enough—I want to make an indie film on Martha’s Vineyard. So I was interested to see...

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Lukas Kendall

Jan 17, 20232 min read

My CD Sale List

UPDATE: Thanks for your orders! I am doing this manually and working out the best system to reserve people’s requests, ask for their...

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