Culture

Chile Verde with Purslane: A Stew Fit for Two Misfits

I recently found myself contemplating another misfit of an ingredient: purslane, a succulent plant that is often considered a weed.

3 years ago

Special Screening of California’s Watershed Healing

In the midst of this ongoing shortage of water, activist, director and executive producer Jim  Thebaut’s latest documentary goes beyond…

3 years ago

Arts Brief: Annual Port PHOTO Program Winners Announced

The PHOTO Program Exhibit is held in conjunction with the Arts Council for Long Beach as part of October is…

3 years ago

Film Screening: Ukraine On Fire

UKRAINE ON FIRE, by Igor Lopatonok reveals the historical premises of the ongoing Ukraine crisis, it's current political backstage and…

3 years ago

Exhibition: Two Years Of Heat And COVID In The San Joaquin Valley

This exhibition presents this complex reality through documentary photographs taken in the course of the pandemic and the past two…

3 years ago

<i>She-Hulk</i> Isn’t Great, But at Least It’s Different

She-Hulk: Attorney at law, for the most part, felt like an exercise in delayed gratification.  What do I want? I…

3 years ago

The Habits ― Excited About New Music And New Era

The Habits are feeling the love from their hometown and it's a great thing. The band made up of singer/guitarist…

3 years ago

Cal Rep Solidly Delivers Flawed Chicano Reimagining of Electra Myth

In Greek mythology, Electra avenges the murder of her beloved father and king by abetting her brother’s killing of their…

3 years ago

“The U.S. and the Holocaust” Looks into the Mirror and the Abyss

You know how this story ends. Six million murdered. Nothing will bring them back.  But the exhortation is that we…

3 years ago

Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956

The exhibition and accompanying catalog chronicle the history of the school’s ambitious endeavor within the context of the wider cultural…

3 years ago