By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Joey Landwher is a community treasure! On Tuesday, October 18, The San Diego City Council will be recognizing him by officially proclaiming Joey Landwehr Day to honor his dedication to the theatrical arts and to youth. This New York actor and director, who worked on and off Broadway, […]
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAuthor Debbie Levy pens children’s biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to illustrate how ‘change happens one disagreement at a time’ By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — Author Debbie Levy likes to tell stories about history and humanity. Her newest children’s book “I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark” is no different. The first
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Books, Poetry & Short StoriesLas Vegas (dpa) – If Bob Dylan was impressed by his recent Nobel literature prize win, he certainly did not let it show onstage in Las Vegas on Thursday. The 75-year-old rock legend took the stage for a previously planned show at the Cosmopolitan casino’s Chelsea music hall with not a word to the crowd
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — Cantor William Tiep, of Temple Solel, is to be commended for having the temple cosponsor a concert of Jewish Music, presented last Saturday evening by the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale, in the temple’s Social Hall. The program, scheduled between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, featured a varied
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBob Dylan was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday morning. Dylan was awarded the prize “for having created new poetic expressions within the American song tradition.” The American musician had long been rumored to be considered for the prize, but literary watchers considered his name among those in the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAActress Shailene Woodley has been arrested while participating in a protest against a big oil pipeline project in North Dakota on Monday. Woodley was part of a group of about 100 to 200 people opposing the controversial expansive project when law enforcers apprehended her at a construction site in Sioux County. The actress, who described
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIt’s already been said that Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman will be quite different in her upcoming standalone film compared to her stint in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” but, of course, there will be some parts of her that remain the same. In Zack Snyder’s film, Wonder Woman was reluctant to fight and did
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastAndrzej Wajda, the acclaimed Polish director whose films reflected his country’s turbulent history, has died at the age of 90. Wajda attended Poland’s renowned Łódź film school after the second world war and shot to global fame with his acclaimed 1950’s anti-war trilogy A Generation, Kanal and Ashes and Diamonds. His 1977 film ‘Man of
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “It’s not the roar that makes the lion, it’s the pride.” Singer-songwriter Ben Scheuer has a one-man musical autobiography now playing at the Old Globe. Through story and song, Ben takes us on a deeply personal musical journey chronicling his life. His first ballad is a charming tale
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNEW YORK — It’s Thursday evening and Matthew Miller is exhausted. He woke up early in the morning prepared to take on a full schedule of appointments and interviews as Matisyahu, but ended up spending most of the day as Dad, having spontaneously accompanied his son’s kindergarten class on a field trip. By sunset he
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USALos Angeles (dpa) – Music icons Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Neil Young, The Who and the Rolling Stones will perform starting Friday at the Desert Trip festival in California, the first-ever modern-day music festival to feature some of the top acts of the 1970s on one stage. The festival is being staged over
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA“History has had its day in court and scored a crushing victory.” – The London Times, April 14, 2000 If there is anything Dr. Deborah Lipstadt affirms after being sued for libel by a Holocaust denier, it is that there is a vast difference between truth and opinion. The professor of modern Jewish history and
Though best known for his ability to make audiences laugh, actor, writer and director Ben Stiller is hoping his latest effort will make people stop and think. Stiller published an essay Tuesday morning revealing that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in June 2014. He was declared cancer-free in September of the same year.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA‘Soy Nero’ is the story of a young Mexican, who dreams of becoming American. After being deported several times, he finally manages to make his way to Los Angeles, where his brother Jesus lives comfortably with his family. In an ultimate attempt to achieve his dream, Nero decides to enlist in the US Army as
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