The Afghanistan I grew up in is not the same Afghanistan my mother or her generation knew. The Afghanistan I grew up in showed me how much you will suffer everyday being a female, especially being a female from the ethnic minority, Hazara. Hazaras belong to the Shia sect and have been facing mass executions …
It’s been too many months since any of us have set foot in a real theatre to see a real stage show, surrounded — elbow to elbow — by fellow members of the faith. But even as we still see no palpable sign of a Covid-free new day, serious theatre gremlins are stirring. We’ve seen …
Ten days of live performance concludes at a mystery site, a dance festival returns virtually for week two of four, drive-in dance films in Santa Monica, social justice dance from USC, dance with different abilities, encore streaming, dance classes, and more SoCal dance this week. New This Week They’re back baby! The always anticipated LA Dance …
“How do I get to the Hollywood sign?” That’s the question I’m invariably asked when hiking in Griffith Park, the largest urban wilderness park in the United States. Los Angeles has long been vexed about how to best direct visitors to the landmark without clogging residential neighborhoods. So it’s not surprising that aerial tram proposals, …
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Luca Guadagnino, the Italian director of Call me By Your Name, created a television series titled We Are Who We Are, 8 episodes airing weekly on HBO from September 14 to November 2. It’s the story of two American teenagers, Fraser and Caitlin, who live with their families inside a US military base in Chioggia, …
It’s been seven months since the lockdown order in Louisville. So, putting on my wine-dark-red tie to join my wife, Suyun Son, for her art show on Friday night, I felt alive and excessive. Wine and art! How much more hedonistic can one get in these lean times? That tie had been racked in my …
Poets on Craft is a cyberspace for contemporary poets to share their thoughts and ideas on the process of poetry and for students to discover new ways of approaching the writing of poetry. In the face of a pandemic that is both viral and political, it is a resource for strength and creativity, friendship and beauty, …
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Let’s Never Be Apart Late afternoon, I’m sitting alone in the lounge of the Brighton Holiday Inn remembering Ed, when we were kids, how he’d always want to play the Joker to my Batman, Lex Luther to my Superman. I drain my whisky glass. A woman in the doorway stares in my direction. Early forties, …
Meta: Pop culture is one of the biggest movements in our modern society. How is it changed and shaped when interacting with the internet? Find out more here. If there is one place that is truly affected by pop culture as it shifts and changes daily, it is the internet. The smallest pieces of entertainment …
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