The Arts

Cygnet’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’ Prompts Happy Audience to Dance

Newly engaged couple Brad Majors (Drew Bradford) and Janet Weiss (Audrey Deubig) break down in the middle of nowhere and find themselves seeking a phone and shelter in a creepy castle.  There they meet Dr. Frank n’ Furter (Nathan Madden) who, like the Dr. Frankenstein he is based on, has a laboratory where he’s making creatures out of parts, except he’s trying to create the perfect romantic/ sexual partner.  [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Orient Express’ Train Set Almost Steals The Show From All-Star Cast

For those unfamiliar with the story by Agatha Christie, it’s a classic who-dunnit set in 1934. Eclectic guests from around the world board a luxury train in Turkey bound for London. One of the guests is murdered and everyone is a suspect. [Sandi Masori}

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Leap Year ‘Delays’ Rosh Hashanah

Why is Rosh Hashanah so “late” this year? I have many memories of Rosh Hashanah occurring around going back-to-school and the end of summer. But some years it starts in October. Some Jewish years are leap years, in which an entire extra month is added to the calendar. This can result in certain Jewish holidays coming much later than in non-leap years. [Cailin Acosta]

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Return to Israel after a Vacation a Pleasure Despite All

Life in Israel is anything but sweet at the moment, with a difficult political situation, war in Gaza, over one hundred hostages still being held by Hamas and the heat of high summer. And yet, coming back to our home after being away for over a month was sweet and enjoyable. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food

Play Adds Much Needed Laughter to Political Season

Now some folks feel that politics is no laughing matter. Our leaders must be smart, charismatic, trustworthy and cool under pressure. There is little room for levity or indecisiveness. Luckily for San Diego audiences, PowPac Theatre believes the polar opposite. Directed by Melissa Malloy, The Outsider provides a delicious comic relief to the tug-of-war we’ve been watching in this election year. [Eva Trieger]

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Sept. 11 Memorial in Jerusalem Conflated with Oct. 7th Remembrance

The ceremony was held at the 9-11 Living Memorial where the names of all 2,977 of those victims are permanently engraved in an amphitheater dominated by a large empty tomb topped by a sculpted American flag with a representation of a flame at its tip. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Israel, Gaza, Russia, Ukraine Prompt Vociferous Trump-Harris Exchange

Presidential opponents Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed on numerous topics during their 90-minute televised debate in Philadelphia, but perhaps most vociferously about the Israel-Hamas War and the Russia-Ukraine War. It started when ABC reporter Linsey Davis posed a question to Vice President Harris about how she would go about breaking the “stalemate” in Gaza. [Donald H. Harrison]

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An Actor of Many Voices Stars in ‘Fully Committed’ at Scripps Ranch Theatre

Older readers may recall Sybil, a 1973 book about the life of a woman with multiple personalities.  Suffice it to say that the subject of that book has nothing on Dennis Peters, the one-man phenom who portrays Sam and the other 30 characters in Scripps Ranch Theatre’s “Fully Committed. ” [Eva Trieger]

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Wiesel’s 1973 Novel ‘The Oath’ is Worth Reading Again

The plot is interesting, enlightening, and engaging, a delight to read. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 because of what he wrote about the horrors of the Holocaust, Russia, and other subjects.  He artistically paints his characters in his poetic style, as Rembrandt painted in oils and brought his subject to life with his paints. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]

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Insider Tells Lives of TV Sports Producers, Broadcasters, and Athletes

Steinfeld sketches his interactions with basketball player David Robinson, baseball strong man Cal Ripken Jr., and broadcasters Robin Roberts, Bob Costas and Merle Harmon.  He devotes an entire chapter to WNBA superstar and fellow Jewish community member Nancy Lieberman. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Report: IDF Now Avoiding Maneuvers in Gaza Areas Where Hostages Being Held

That assessment was made by Jonathan Conricus, former spokesman for the IDF in a webcast interview Sunday with Michael Dickson, the StandWithUs director, who spoke with him from Jerusalem. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Antisemitism, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Some Heat Wave Advice from Council President Sean Elo-Rivera

City Council President  Sean Elo-Rivera (District-9) shares the locations of cool zones in the area and reminds citizens to take care of themselves, keep hydrated, stay out of the sun and check on your relatives and neighbors. Cool zones are a great place to escape the heat, get work done with accessing free WiFi and giving your house a rest from running the air conditioning. [Cailin Acosta]

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