Vita Hewitt Vita Mei Hewitt is an artist, photographer, filmmaker living and working in the Bay Area. California 49 posts
All Over The Deadpan Isolation of Jackson Alone Jose Ando’s sparse novella endeavors to take on big issues such as racism, classism, queer identity, the isolation of the other, and the powerlessness of living in a surveillance state. Vita Hewitt 8 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
All Over A Quiet Ferry to the Afterlife Frode Grytten’s novel is a meditation on the quiet weight of a life fully lived. Vita Hewitt 29 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland Noir City Xmas Brings the Holiday Drear Dark and deadly, Noir City’s Xmas special missed some marks but brought the cheer. Vita Hewitt 22 Dec 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland How to Age Poetically in California What happens as women leave youth and middle age in California? Vita Hewitt 16 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland A Descent into the Surreal: Obsidiene Obsurd’s Classical Reimagining of Drag I found myself rooting for Obsurd to get themselves both lost and found inside the avant-garde labyrinth they birthed. Vita Hewitt 11 Dec 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland A Dance of Debauchery, Decadence, and Danger At the Kit Kat Club. Fascist times call for (anti)fascist theater, and singing with the enemy never hurt nobody…right? Vita Hewitt, Sarah Bass 10 Dec 2025 · 6 min read
All Over Eat or Be Eaten: The Dark Appetite of Olivie Blake’s "Girl Dinner" Two protagonists mirror one another, each in search of camaraderie and ritual. But just when readers are ready to drink the Kool-Aid of Blake’s glossy satire, the fare takes a bloody turn. Vita Hewitt 12 Nov 2025 · 2 min read
All Over "Water Mirror Echo" Reflects the Man Behind the Myth Jeff Chang's new book “Water Mirror Echo” explores the human who lived before Bruce Lee's legend was gilded in gold. Vita Hewitt 13 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland Vessels of Memory Holly Wong’s “Full Circle” at Slate Gallery seems to draw from mythic sources, creating vessels of time and remembrance. Vita Hewitt 30 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
All Over Academia, Art, and Obsession Twist into a Wickedly Clever Tale Emily Adrian’s latest is a sharp, slippery exploration of power, perception, and the stories we tell ourselves. Vita Hewitt 4 Sep 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland Warmth and Wit at Summer Camp Is there anything more joyful for the mind than a coming-of-age summer camp movie? “The Floaters” hits that nostalgia button hard. Vita Hewitt 6 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland Clouds Take Center Stage in Dreamlike Exhibit What we see in the sky and what we imagine it to be: beautiful and just beyond reach, even as climate change alters color and composition. Vita Hewitt 30 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Romcom Turns Dark Sophie Brooks’ “Oh, Hi” takes some sharp turns, making for an unhinged genre experiment. Vita Hewitt 29 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
All Over A Sharp, Darkly Funny Look at Loneliness and the Life of a Quiet Survivor Wang’s take and takedown of Bay Area entitlement alone make this book worth the read. Vita Hewitt 24 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
All Over The Sky Is Not the Limit Even readers not prone to swooning may find themselves unexpectedly sobbing into the pages. Vita Hewitt 10 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland Finally, A "Man Among Men" Anton Solomonik’s reading from new story collection underwhelmed, but notes of “nervous phallus” punched through, piqued interest. Vita Hewitt 2 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
All Over Crashing Hard: The Surreal Obsession at the Heart of "Sky Daddy" In a society that values AI over people and their screen addictions, a love affair between a woman and a plane doesn't seem so very strange. Vita Hewitt 12 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Art as Ancestry: Reflections from the Diaspora Longing for home and ancestral knowledge from the displaced throbs like a heartbeat in these works, Vita Hewitt 5 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
