Culture

Recent CDs: A Vietnam opera and Afro-American composer William Grant Still

July 27, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon

A music lover can be grateful for being able to hear this important American opera on CD, “a gripping affair, beginning to end."

‘A Love Song’: Gentle film asks, Is love ageless and color blind?

July 26, 2022 By Ed Rampell

With its simple, naturalistic style tinged by sly humor, A Love Song is a motion picture paean to the human condition, filled with yearning, grief, loss and the quest for meaningful (if not necessarily long-lasting) connection...

‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’: China’s onscreen contesting of American aggression

July 25, 2022 By Dennis Broe

China continues to warn the U.S. about upping its level of aggression in a land that both the U.S. and China have affirmed for almost half a century is a part of China.

A flurry of new forever stamps honor women’s achievements

July 22, 2022 By Special to People’s World

Once upon a time, the appearance of women’s faces on U.S. postage stamps was a rare event. But representation has come a long way.

‘Mr. Caruso Goes to Town’: Corporate developer remade as California common man

July 20, 2022 By Dennis Broe

In the current Los Angeles mayoral election, Rick Caruso, the wealthy developer of a number of Los Angeles projects, presents himself as a modern-day Deeds with all the homespun charm of Gary Cooper’s character in Capra’s...