Culture
‘Last Night at Mikell’s’ with James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and Miles Davis
April 18, 2025The play imagines a final meeting of the minds at their beloved and historic gathering place.
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‘George’: Soprano Sonia Yoncheva’s first recital album celebrates the life of George Sand
April 17, 2025The singer uses her voice and melodies to bring to life France’s most eminent 19th-century feminist.
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AOC, Sanders, Baez, Neil Young, rock the free world at L.A. ‘Bernie-chella’
April 16, 2025Themes of class struggle, people power, labor militancy, and anti-authoritarianism ignite the massive Fighting Oligarchy rally.
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Darkest L.A.: Film Noir, Greed, and Corporate Graft in LaLa Land
April 16, 2025Five novels, five industries: New course examines how the postwar period set the tone for L.A.’s current reality of a vast income disparity, a crisis in housing, and frequent “natural,” though totally avoidable, disasters.
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‘Water for Life’: Lives on the line
April 15, 2025Public Broadcasting’s new film Water for Life is the heartfelt story of how indigenous peoples of Latin America fought back when their environments and lives were threatened by corporate vultures.
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