The 18th Street Arts Center is putting on a show this weekend.
While primarily known for their art shows and artist’s residencies, the 18th Street Arts Center will organize
By Cynthia Citron
A few weeks ago I was terribly disappointed when "Capernaum", a beautifully made film from Lebanon about a young Syrian boy and an adorable Ethiopian
By CHARLES ANDREWS
AM I A ROCKER OR A CLASSICAL DUDE?
The answer of course is, I’m both. And country-reggae-jazz-North African trance. But I do lean certain ways, and
By Sarah A. Spitz
A Fevered Dream: Nat “King” Cole
It’s the last night for the first African-American host of a nationally broadcast television show. Nat “King” Cole, widely
By CHARLES ANDREWS
DID I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE?
I’d be remiss to not mention an extraordinary music event I witnessed last weekend.
My wife Diane Michelle, a spellbinding
by Cynthia Citron
It's difficult to watch Barra Grant portray her mother in the biographical play that she authored without remembering the devastating biography that Christina Crawford wrote
More than one in four women in the United States are survivors of domestic violence, but the stigma attached to it keeps many from sharing their experiences. A new documentary
By CHARLES ANDREWS
I was privileged to have seen her perform once in the mid-’80s, playing piano and singing in a small jazz club in Silver Lake named Mark’
By Cynthia Citron
Capernaum. A lovely name for a village near the sea. Surrounded by blue mountains, with the sun glinting off the silver leaves of the olive trees and
CINDERELLA RETURNS
Spoiler alert: A pumpkin will not become a golden carriage nor will four white mice turn into four white horses in choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne’s dance drama,
By CHARLES ANDREWS
Can I bestow a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED on a concert because of one short piece just before intermission? You bet I can, if it’s my music column
by Cynthia Citron
It starts off like a house on fire. Then after a while they burn down the library. But we’ll get to that later.
A dozen African-American
