Culture
Woody Guthrie, songwriter and People’s World columnist, sings again
February 2, 2017An ensemble from Scotland brings Woody Guthrie’s radical, pro-worker songs and commentary to life.
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World War II refugee Jews in Japan: The play “Fugu”
February 1, 2017The play proves the truth in the old dictum that “something good came out of something terrible.”
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This week in history: Acclaimed actress/activist Vanessa Redgrave at 80
January 31, 2017One of world’s most famous actresses of stage, screen and television, is also well known as a vocal political activist.
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“Zanna, Don’t!” — where gay is the norm, hetero is taboo
January 30, 2017It’s a fun show on a small stage, though almost obsessively focused on love and the tyranny of sexual uniformity.
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Music of resistance: Kurt Weill and Rabbi Joachim Prinz
January 30, 2017The fact that this festival took place at the moment of Trump’s crowning brought a timely significance to the deliberations.
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