arts and culture
AFI Fest features the reel and the real Little Tramp, Charlie Chaplin
November 23, 2021I love and highly recommend The Real Charlie Chaplin, which provides a penetrating portrait of one of the geniuses who coinvented and shaped the silver screen.
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L.A.’s AFI Fest returns with films about occupation, voting, and protest
November 22, 2021The AFI Fest returned to Hollywood for live, in-person screenings and events, with an additional virtual component.
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L.A.’s biggest film festival returns with great anti-racist films
November 19, 2021Some of the screenings were accompanied by talent who introduced and/or spoke about their films when they were shown at the TCL Chinese Theatres.
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‘Roots’: Randall Goosby explores the Black experience on his violin
November 18, 2021The violin, or its cousins in the many musical cultures of the world, is considered among the most expressive of instruments, closely tuned to the timbres and pulse of the human voice.
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Tom Paxton returns to the concert stage
October 18, 2021He is an American folk-singing troubadour and his songs of love, life, and social justice have reached a worldwide audience.
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