arts and culture
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles takes a knee
July 3, 2018A ten-year landmark has just passed in this city. Only a few thousand people took notice of it, but wow, did they stand up and cheer!
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Eco-messages abound in ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’
June 22, 2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s eco-theme raises it from being just a crowd pleasing special FX-laden spectacle to a more worthy movie meditation upon species going extinct.
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Washing the crime away: ‘Tar’ and ‘The Women of Lockerbie’
June 20, 2018My weekend playgoing curiously featured two plays centered on the theme of washing crime away.
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‘Skeleton Crew’: Detroit workers’ jobs, homes, pensions, and lives on the line
June 18, 2018This play enacts the hollowing-out of American industry in the Great Recession years that began late in George W. Bush’s presidency.
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‘100 Aprils’: Armenian genocide makes for heavy drama
June 15, 2018This tragedy about genocide is for more adventurous ticket buyers with a leaning toward the serious, who don’t mind being challenged.
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