arts and entertainment
This week in history: Remembering folk personality Utah Phillips (1935-2008)
May 21, 2018This week marks ten years since the passing of renowned and beloved folk singer, storyteller, poet and recording artist known as "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest.”
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Long Beach Opera offers a different (and shorter) Tristan and Isolde story
May 17, 2018What Richard Wagner does in five hours, Swiss composer Frank Martin does in under two.
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Good when she’s bad: Bawdy bard Mae West’s ‘Sex’ appeals
May 16, 2018In our more enlightened age, like the immortal Mae West herself, you too, will enjoy Sex. Why don’t you come up and see it sometime?
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‘Ghost Stories’: Movie asks us to dig deeper into fear and ourselves
April 19, 2018Standout performances from Freeman and Nyman drive key points in the movie, while a delightfully morbid twist at the end makes the film resonate and entertain.
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South African version of classic ballet ‘Giselle’ gives men the willies
April 17, 2018“In this Giselle,” reads a program note, “I aimed to create a work that is not about forgiveness, but rather is about love, deceit, betrayal, anger, and heartbreak."
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