arts and culture
Pan African Film Festival: Screening the global Black experience and spirit
February 16, 2018Thanks to the Pan African Film Festival, now I know who Errol Walton Barrow was: The independence leader who became Barbados’ first prime minister.
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“Dessa Rose”: A musical about slavery by the creators of “Ragtime”
February 14, 2018If you’re in or around L.A. and you like musical theatre and you appreciate some social messaging in it, then see this one.
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“Ironbound”: A gritty immigrant woman’s survival story
February 13, 2018Martyna Majok is an up-and-coming playwright whose work has already been seen at numerous theaters around the country.
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For Black History Month: Recalling poet Paul Laurence Dunbar
February 13, 2018He wrote poetry, short stories, five novels, and a play. He also wrote lyrics for the first musical written and performed entirely by African-Americans to appear on Broadway.
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Bernstein’s “Candide” in L.A.: The best of all philosophical operettas
January 31, 2018Candide’s final scene answers the Big Question: What’s it all about? What is the meaning of life?
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