Culture
AFI film festival shines spotlight on racism and more
November 28, 2017AFI’s several films focusing on racism enhance Hollywood’s progress from the Oscars-too-white controversy toward greater diversity.
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“Girls of the Golden West”: The passion of California according to Dame Shirley
November 27, 2017The New York Times singled out this San Francisco Opera (SFO) premiere as “the most eagerly anticipated new opera of the season.”
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“Dolores”: Sí se puede
November 27, 2017Writer-producer-director Peter Bratt’s spirited biopic Dolores, about United Farm Worker co-founder Dolores Huerta, is a story for our times!
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Anti-Trump artists’ group rides again in short films
November 22, 2017ARULA has moved to the film front, with a Short Film Festival at L.A. Downtown Independent, an outpost of indie cinema.
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Clashes of class and culture at L.A.’s Encuentro theater festival
November 22, 2017Encuentro has brought the Vueltas Bravas theater company from Bogotá, Colombia, in its staging of Miss Julia adapted by J. Ed Araiza, directed by Lorenzo Montanini.
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