arts and culture
Two new Black-themed plays in L.A.: A history and a comedy
November 15, 2019What are the odds, at any given moment of theatre history in this city, of having two plays running simultaneously, both set during World War II with young Black men trying to enlist in the armed...
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World-renowned singer Julia Migenes bids adieu with nostalgic French popular songs
November 14, 2019Grammy-winning opera singer Julia Migenes travels back to the Paris of Edith Piaf, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway in this evening of nostalgic French chansons.
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POETRY: A mother stamps her feet
October 28, 2019A mother in San Jose sees a child in a cage and stamps her feet.
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Race and grace in Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’
October 25, 2019The 2015 Pulitzer Prize committee called Between Riverside and Crazy “a nuanced, beautifully written play about a retired police officer faced with eviction that uses dark comedy to confront questions of life and death.”
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Los Angeles Master Chorale features ‘Oceana’ with lyrics by Pablo Neruda
October 24, 2019A quarter of a century ago there were surely voices crying out against the despoliation of our waters, but few were listening.
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