Culture

World premiere ‘Sunday Dinner’: Family dysfunction writ large on a small stage

January 17, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

They’re all there, every one of them a character and a half. The Materas are one family you won’t soon forget.

How Soviet books brought literacy and socialist culture to the Third World

January 16, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky

For millions of young readers in the Third World, Soviet and Eastern European literature was an inexpensive window into a world largely beyond reach.

Ten poetry books that illuminate a decade’s struggles

January 15, 2020 By Chris Butters

Every movement for social change—in fact, every socialist revolution—has had its poetry that illuminates, inspires and helps unify our struggles.

Long Beach Opera’s comic book ‘King Arthur’ fights off alien invaders

January 14, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

Long Beach Opera is one of the most adventuresome cultural institutions in Southern California.

Postcards from Aguascalientes and Zacatecas at Christmastime

January 13, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

I’ll be traveling to Mexico more frequently, providing us time to spend together while awaiting U.S. governmental decision on his ability to join me in Los Angeles.