Culture & Media articles:

Lightning in a Bottle

Dance, music, art and yoga light up the day, with help from solar panels at night

Books that Beckon

We can’t possibly review all the wonderful books we receive, so every issue features several that look particularly intriguing. Here we have divergent but deeply interrelated forces represented: spirituality, environment, health and activism.

Shakespeare by the Sea

If you’re looking for free outdoor entertainment, see Shakespeare as it was originally presented in the public square. It’s family friendly and free at 18 parks throughout LA & Orange County. This year’s productions: the romantic comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” and the ultimate family drama, “The Tragedy of King Lear” (might want to leave […]

Light on the Land

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Not just another sea of nondescript plants, flowers and shrubs, the public landscape he designed to surround the center is innovative, dramatic and well conceived.

Tanna Frederick at the Edgemar

Some dogs just romp on the beach. Sylvia, starring Tanna Frederick, brings her wild and endearing antics to the Santa Monica stage

The Art of Slow Reading

We can’t possibly review all the wonderful books we receive, so we feature several in each issue that look particularly intriguing. In this issue, transformation and transcendence take the lead.

L.A. Programs Empower Community Youth

With the Los Angeles inner-city dropout rate at 50 percent and suicide the third leading cause of adolescent death in the nation, it’s not difficult to see that many of the next generation are floundering. Compounding the problem, the federal and state government are both poised for further funding cuts to education, leaving the concerned […]