Entertainment & Arts
Sara Porkalob stars in “Dragon Lady” at Geffen Playhouse, a solo show about her grandmother, a lounge singer who escaped a gangster-controlled nightclub in Manila before coming to the United States.
Sept. 14, 2024
Mike Donahue directs Martin Crimp’s free-hand adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s classic “Cyrano de Bergerac’ in a production starring Chukwudi Iwuji in the title role.
Sept. 10, 2024
Lifestyle
In ‘The Morrison Game Factory,’ Lauren Bello created an affecting, story-driven tabletop game about an abandoned board game factory — a tale of love and loss.
Sept. 19, 2024
California
Long Beach is rolling out a pilot program that will provide as many as 10 homeowners low- to zero-interest loans of up to $250,000 to build ADUs on their property. Those units would then be rented out to lower-income individuals or families.
Housing & Homelessness
Step Up On Second Street helped inspire California’s Project Homekey to convert hotels into housing; now it denies responsibility for missing money and failed projects.
Sept. 17, 2024
This isn’t your grandmother’s ‘Cyrano de Bergerac.’ Pasadena Playhouse brings Martin Crimp’s update to life.
Sept. 9, 2024
Television
In Screen Gab No. 148, we answer your most pressing questions about Hulu reality show ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,’ plus streaming recommendations for your weekend.
Sept. 13, 2024
World & Nation
Iran says it launched a satellite into space with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Books
Jacquie Walters’ debut, ‘Dearest,’ is a horror novel about new motherhood, including the demands of a breastfeeding infant, as well as how postpartum hormones affect a woman’s psyche.
Sept. 16, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
With everything going on at DirecTV, Disney and the industry at large, this is clearly not just any old carriage dispute.