Culture
‘Radiant Vermin’ and ‘Steambath’ on stage: Goddammit, make your life worth living!
October 24, 2018Two plays, both at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, seen a day apart. One a living hell, the other a glimpse of post-mortem limbo.
Read more‘Johnny Got His Gun’ on stage: I resist, therefore I am
October 23, 2018Joe Bonham is an all-American doughboy horribly dismembered and disfigured by enemy artillery at the frontlines in France. As Joe evolves, his determination to live intensifies, and his thoughts turn to the nature of what cut...
Read more‘Shrek the Musical’ a welcome, but brief guest in Ventura County
October 23, 2018These fairy tale people—like the children in the audience—finally have the opportunity to escape the imposed societal narrative they’ve been handed, of being a failed version of who they were meant to become.
Read moreMidterms spur old-school R&B group The O’Jays to political action
October 22, 2018“You almost have to say something. You almost have to get involved. I’ve never seen it this bad,” said one of the group's founders, Walter Williams, Sr.
Read more‘22 July’ displays the danger of right wing extremism
October 19, 2018Entertaining feels like the wrong word to describe this movie. Rather, effective seems more appropriate.
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