Culture
Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s “Earth” to screen in L.A.
August 21, 2017The 75-minute Earth is sheer cinematic poetry in motion, one of the most beautiful black and white and silent films ever shot.
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“Trouble in Mind”: Nobody knows the stage stereotypes I’ve seen
August 16, 2017This production of Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind came to me as a theatrical revelation. It is a classic “the worm turns” tale.
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Socialist sudoku
August 15, 2017OK, all you Sudoku fans! Try this one. The only difference is we’re using the nine letters below instead of numbers. When you’ve completed it, you’ll find a timely message.
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“Lucia di Lammermoor” and “Die Fledermaus”: Fidelity, fatality, frivolity
August 11, 2017Tremendously exciting singing by world-class artists.
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“The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs”: A new opera tapped for greatness?
August 8, 2017Jobs will undoubtedly long remain a figure much studied and speculated about, divisive and complicated, heroic and pathetic.
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