Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Breaking ground for gay rights in the Communist press
June 4, 2019Other than left-sectarian grouplets that still believed homosexuality was bourgeois decadence, the only outlier in the '80s was the CPUSA.
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‘March and Variations’: Stefan Wolpe’s revolutionary music for two pianos
May 9, 2019This recent release is part of a project dedicated to Wolpe’s music on Bridge Records. It’s the company’s catalog number 9516. It features three major works for four hands, two pianos. The duo, called Quattro Mani...
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‘Daniel’s Husband’: A persuasive polemic for marriage in Southern California premiere
May 7, 2019In Daniel’s Husband we confront another hot-button issue that while it centers a same-gender couple, could equally apply to anyone.
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‘Dr. Nympho vs. the Sex Zombies,’ mashup of genres, amuses in L.A.
May 2, 2019I am not especially a zombie fan, but Dr. Nympho came so highly vouched for that I did not want to miss it.
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‘In the Penal Colony’: A Philip Glass opera based on Franz Kafka
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Labor wants California to be the nation’s model for universal healthcare
April 25, 2019Is it time to step away from the term “Medicare for all” and start saying “single payer?”
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‘Diana of Dobson’s’: A 1908 British romantic comedy defies oppressive women’s roles
April 24, 2019Perhaps it’s a fairy tale, a kind of reverse Cinderella, but any way you look at it, it’s a brilliant snapshot of class and gender relations in the Edwardian era.
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Homeward LA sponsors 50 citywide events to alleviate homelessness
April 23, 2019Tickets are $20 and all proceeds go to The Midnight Mission, a nonprofit on Skid Row that provides shelter, food, education and more to L.A.’s homeless population.
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