Culture
‘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.
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Midterms 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.
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‘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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‘In Dubious Battle’ will screen in L.A.
October 19, 2018The film treats a subject that is still all too relevant: the fight for a living wage.
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The nuclear-age ‘War of Nerves’ and ‘Red Shoes’ politics of dance
October 18, 2018The USSR may be long gone, but the devotion it poured into culture and the arts in still on view worldwide.
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