Culture
“The Birth of a Nation” receives standing ovation
October 3, 2016Never has a film captured the profound history of American slave rebellions as powerfully and artistically as this one.
Read moreEdward Albee dies, “The Play About the Baby” premieres
September 30, 2016On the very day Edward Albee died his 1996 play had its Los Angeles premiere.
Read more“Harry & Snowman”: Affecting film about a man and his horse
September 30, 2016A warm and important human interest story is told in this full-length documentary.
Read moreJean Genet’s “The Maids”: Uncivil servants in Pasadena
September 29, 2016"The Maids" focuses on characters often overlooked in the arts - lowly, unlettered, relatively unskilled, servile, manual laborers.
Read more“Cause of All Nations”: Our Civil War was an international struggle
September 29, 2016This book helps readers see the previously hidden international ties between our struggles for democracy, against racism and slavery, and for freedom.
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