Culture
‘Many May Not Return’: An interview with two actors
January 21, 2020LONG BEACH, Calif.—The anti-war play Many May Not Return, by David Trujillo, touches on current political issues and global events, such as this being an election year, the recent assassination in Iraq of Iranian General Qassem...
Read moreWorld premiere ‘Sunday Dinner’: Family dysfunction writ large on a small stage
January 17, 2020They’re all there, every one of them a character and a half. The Materas are one family you won’t soon forget.
Read moreHow Soviet books brought literacy and socialist culture to the Third World
January 16, 2020For millions of young readers in the Third World, Soviet and Eastern European literature was an inexpensive window into a world largely beyond reach.
Read moreTen poetry books that illuminate a decade’s struggles
January 15, 2020Every movement for social change—in fact, every socialist revolution—has had its poetry that illuminates, inspires and helps unify our struggles.
Read moreLong Beach Opera’s comic book ‘King Arthur’ fights off alien invaders
January 14, 2020Long Beach Opera is one of the most adventuresome cultural institutions in Southern California.
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