arts and culture – Page 122

Paul Robeson Theatre Festival: Like ‘Ol’ Man River’ Robey keeps rolling along

August 30, 2019 By Ed Rampell

The 2019 Paul Robeson Theatre Festival took place Aug. 23-25 with the theme of Awakening the Past, Present and Future: A Retrospective.

L.A.’s Pacific Opera Project offers broad social criticism in The Mikado

August 28, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

Now Pacific Opera Project (POP) has done it again, offering local audiences another shot at “the most fun one can have in a Los Angeles theater right now."

‘This is Not Berlin’: South of the border like never before

August 23, 2019 By Ed Rampell

This audacious, bold, colorful film is for moviegoers who like to see the world with fresh eyes.

Canadian author Stephen Gowans’s fresh view of Korea’s struggle for freedom

August 22, 2019 By Tim Pelzer

For those wanting to learn about modern Korean history, Stephen Gowans’s Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom is highly recommended.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Freudian ‘Frankenstein’ on stage in Pasadena

August 21, 2019 By Ed Rampell

A Noise Within’s (ANW) Frankenstein is one of the most striking plays I’ve ever seen.