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Power to the People Film Series

November 9, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Power to the People Screening Series – All LA Occupiers and activists welcome (FREE). November 11, 15, 16, & 22. The Last Bookstore (453 S Spring St, LA)

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The Poor of New York: Old-Fashioned Melodrama New Again

July 3, 2011 By Ed Rampell Leave a Comment

Ed Rampell: Although, as this highly recommended play rightfully reminds us, poverty – then and now – is serious business. Greed was not good when perpetrated by Wall Street’s Gordon Gekkos of 1837, or today.

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Hitler-arious: The Leftist Was a Tramp

October 9, 2010 By Ed Rampell 3 Comments

like many other productions at the fabled Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse, the stellar Limelight is Broadway bound for glory.

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Break The Whip — A Spicy Theatrical Gumbo

September 21, 2010 By Ed Rampell Leave a Comment

Ed Rampell: Break the Whip. A theatrical people’s history of the United States according to Tim Robbins and the Actors’ Gang.

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Does It Matter that Hip-Hop’s Queen Latifah Is “Outed”?

September 7, 2010 By Rev. Irene Monroe Leave a Comment

Rev. Irene Monroe: As one of the most prominent and influential female hip-hoppers of her generation, however, Queen Latifah hides her sexuality as a way to not only survive her own internalized homophobia, but also the musical genre’s.

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Fly Away, Mockingbird

August 10, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

John Summers: As the armies of tolerance celebrate To Kill a Mockingbird–it’s the 50 anniversary this month—one is put in mind of a maxim by W.H. Auden: “You do not read a book,” Auden said. “A book reads you.”

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