The Arts

Elvis’ grandchildren gather to honor The King in somber ceremony

Screenshot – Lisa Marie Presley It’s hard to believe that it’s been 40 years since the passing of one of the most iconic figures in music. Elvis Presley passed away on August 15, 1977 and, since then, his loyal fans have flocked to his Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee, to feel closer to “The King.” […]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USA

Why French Muslim comedian Samia Orosemane says she’s like a UFO

It’s no small feat for a French Muslim woman from a disenfranchised suburb of Paris to make it on stage, let alone as a stand-up comedian. Enter Samia Orosemane. At the start of her Paris one-woman show “Femme de Couleurs” (“Woman of Colors”), the 37-year-old comedian of Tunisian descent walks on stage to a mashup

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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

These little lights of ours: Notes from the Unity Vigil

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Sunday night, the organizations Indivisible, Together We Will and the Interfaith Council organized a Unity Vigil in response to the White Supremacist rally in Charlotteville, Virginia. One woman, Hether Heyer was murdered and nineteen others were injured by a terrorist who rammed his car into a crowd of

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Silverman is new ED at San Diego Art Institute

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Following a nationwide search, the San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Silverman as its new Executive Director. Silverman takes the helm as of August 14, 2017. Silverman is a non-profit arts management professional who has worked with social service and arts organizations in San

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Bialik: Being a girl is more complicated now

Big Bang Theory star’s second book offers advice to teenage girls in need of guidance Mayim Bialik is one of the highest-paid actresses on television, but she is resolutely un-Hollywood. For the past seven years, she has played Amy Farrah Fowler, the socially awkward, cardigan-wearing neuroscientist in long-running sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Yet she

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Anne Frank Center Responds To Jeffrey Lord’s Firing

“Good riddance!” That’s what the Anne Frank Center had to say about CNN commentator Jeffrey Lord being fired Thursday after he tweeted, “Sieg Heil,” a victory salute that used to be said at political rallies. “GOOD RIDDANCE, JEFFREY LORD. We commend @CNN for firing @POTUS defender Lord for using Nazi salute on Twitter,” the organization

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Conan O’Brien set to film special show in Israel

American comedian appears to confirm rumors of visit, tweeting he will come ‘to help’ Jared Kushner during upcoming trip By Times of Israel staff American talk show host Conan O’Brien (Screen capture: YouTube) American comedian and talk show host Conan O’Brien will reportedly film a special for his “Conan Without Borders” series in Israel later

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Roger Waters faces protest in Tennessee

Laurie Cardoza-Moore, president of the Tennessee-based Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN), on Thursday called on all Jews, Christians and people of conscience to protest Roger Waters” concert this Sunday at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Waters, the former Pink Floyd musician, is known for his anti-Israel views and for his encouragement of boycotts against

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

‘Evita’ doesn’t tell the whole story

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Welcome to Argentina, 1952. Humble laborers meander into a Spanish colonial church representing the country in microcosm. Argentina is a developing nation of backbreaking labor and wealthy elites. When the news breaks that their beloved first lady, Eva Perón has succumbed to cancer, the people cry out for

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Eric George Tauber, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

In India, she was ‘untouchable.’ In New York City, she became an author.

Sujatha Gidla was only 2 years old when she first realized she’s different. One day, her parents had a fight. Her mother stormed out of the house and headed for the railway station. There, she bumped into a colleague, who was also with her daughter. “My mother was carrying me and she was carrying her

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International

Film academy elects cinematographer John Bailey as its new president

LOS ANGELES—Cinematographer John Bailey, whose credits include such films as “Ordinary People,” “The Big Chill,” and “Groundhog Day,” will be the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, charged with helping to lead the nearly 90-year-old institution through the next phase of its ongoing public transformation. In a meeting on Tuesday

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Dennis Prager strikes a sour note with Santa Monica symphony

WASHINGTON, August 9, 2017 – In April 1805, Viennese concert-goers heard a new work by Ludwig von Beethoven. His Symphony No. 3, dubbed “Eroica,” was dedicated to a man he believed embodied republican principles. Ludwig von Beethoven. On his symphony’s title page, the composer wrote a short dedication: “Written on the subject of Bonaparte.” Shortly

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA