ARCHITECT OF CRUELTY -courtesy photo
ARE WE A CRUEL NATION?
IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW
You know, that day you’ve been dreading, when we look around and become very afraid
GETTY VILLA REOPENS -courtesy photo, LA Opera
By CHARLES ANDREWS
BRIAN WILSON
I wrote last week that I needed more space to write of my intersection with the great songwriter
WHAT IS REAL, OR BS? -courtesy photo
By CHARLES ANDREWS
IN AMERICA
An opportunity, a privilege. At the beginning of the Second American Revolution.
Or the end of the first
HUNCHBACK JESTER RIGOLETTO (far R) -courtesy photo, LA Opera
By CHARLES ANDREWS
R.I.P. TWO GREAT ONES, SLY STONE, BRIAN WILSON
That was from my previous NOTEWORTHY column, and
Mayor Lana Negrete began the City Council meeting last week by acknowledging the unrest in Los Angeles. She affirmed the Council’s support for anyone frightened by federal actions, and
THE AMAZING MONTY, JAZZ BAKERY -courtesy photo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!
Thank you, thank you, tusen takk! May 29: JFK, CK Chesterton, TH White, Patrick Henry, Danny Elfman, King Charles
DEFEND ART! - courtesy photo
ART ATTACK
It is part of the “I Want to be King” playbook. Stifle the artists, free speech, dissent. Pull their funding. That was the
BEYOND BAROQUE BROKE
Not exactly, but they just announced that Trump’s anti-arts brigade has decided to pull the NEA grant for our Venice neighbor, a decades-long beacon of literacy,
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