Book review by Lisa Medway. THE SELLOUT by Paul Beatty (the first American author to win the Man Booker Prize) is the best thing to come out of the USA since they pulled little Jessica McClintock out of that well. This...
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Pauline Adamek
Cavalia presents “Odysseo” in Irvine
Forgive the onslaught of superlatives about to be unleashed, but the Cavalia equestrian presentation of Odysseo, now playing beneath their massive big top tent in Irvine, is deserving more so than any other show...
Minette Parmentier
“The Beauty Queen of Leenane” at the Taper
The Beauty Queen of Leenane launched British-born (of Irish descent) playwright Martin McDonagh onto the theater scene in 1996. His first play is a black comedy is about a tempestuous mother-daughter relationship and is...
“Vicuña” at the Kirk Douglas
A blistering indictment of this country’s current political predicament, Jon Robin Baitz’s Vicuña crackles with immediacy, wit and danger. Biatz has taken the classic fable about the Emperor and his new clothes and...
Rising Tohoku Food Fair 2016 – this weekend in Torrance
This weekend only – a family-friendly Japanese Food Fair Offers Culinary and Cultural delights. Lovers of Japanese food and culture are getting a treat this weekend as Mitsuwa Marketplace hosts a fair celebrating...