FINALLY
- Share via
Nobel teacher: Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian-born playwright who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, has joined Loyola Marymount University as the president’s Marymount Institute professor in residence.
Play on: Roger Williams plans to celebrate his 83rd birthday on Monday by playing a piano for 14 1/2 hours at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, in an effort to break his 14-hour record set in 2004 at the Jimmy Carter library.
Tribute: Italy will mark the death of tenor Luciano Pavarotti with concerts, films, photo retrospectives and other commemorative events at its cultural centers around the globe, beginning early next month.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
John Orr was a renowned fire investigator who was also a prolific arsonist, and whose thinly veiled novel helped to convict him. In this episode we hear from the fire captain who first suspected him—and from Orr himself.
Madison McGhee is joined by legendary Dateline host Josh Mankiewicz and esteemed L.A. Times Reporter Richard Winton as the three of them dive into all-things Menendez Brothers, the good, the bad, and the still unknown.
NPR climate editor Sadie Babits talks about why the media has long overlooked the climate crisis, and how that’s starting to change.
