Literature

Life After Mother: Spark Joy and Love

“The true purpose of tidying is not to cut down your possessions or unclutter your space,” Kondo advises as well,…

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“Prophet Song” Sings of Our Encroaching Dystopia

An absence of quotation marks and paragraphs invests Lynch’s lucid and occasionally beautiful prose with a fitting claustrophobia, and he…

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The Color Purple

A Masterpiece that Succeeds in Sublimating Complexity One of the most powerful scenes of the Steven Spielberg-directed film The Color…

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Culture TALKS! Arts District Presents Staged Reading of Patrick Stewart’s Adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

This staged reading will feature local luminaries, such as Councilman Tim McOsker CD15,  actors from Little Fish/Shakespeare by the Sea,…

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The Attack Against the Freedom to Read and What to Do About It

In Texas, Suzette Baker was fired from her job as director of a rural public library for refusing to withdraw books about…

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The Carnage in Gaza Cries Out for Repudiation and Opposition. Maybe Poetry Can Help.

But numbers don’t get us very far in human terms. And news accounts have limited capacities to connect with real…

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Barger Urges Support of Performance, Arts, and Cultural Venues to Boost Arts Economy

The losses experienced by the arts sector has had a ripple effect on many industries — including public revenue. According…

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The Rising Political Battle Over Censorship:

Our response to this challenge must be resolute and unwavering. Let our rallying cry be clear: censorship has no place…

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LA County Library to Expand Digital Library Access

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the expansion of the digital library card from just LA County residents to…

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