The Arts

The Greene Line: Klezmers and terrorists could have mixed in Paris

By Norman Greene PARIS–Is there a connection between Klezmer music and Islamic terrorism? I was afraid I might find one here in Paris My wife Bobby and I were spending eight days in Paris this fall bemoaning the precipitous decline of the American dollar and generally enjoying the French escape from their recession. Actually, if […]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and Food

‘Welcome to Ramallah’ returning to Compass Theatre

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Compass Theatre has announced it is bringing back the play Welcome to Ramallah for five performances for five performances December 6, 8, 13, 15 and 20 on its stage at 3704 6th Avenue in the Hillcrest area of San Diego.  Written by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay, the production will again be

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Carol Davis, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Albert meets Pablo in a turn-of-the-century haunt for geniuses

By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California–New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad is currently mounting Steve Martin’s (yes THAT Steve Martin of Roxanne, Father of the Bride and The Jerk) 1993 intellectual fantasy Picasso At The Lapin Agile about two earthmovers who meet, discuss and predict the future.Just for starters the characters at the center of Martin’s imaginary

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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Viterbis give $1 million to San Diego Opera

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– San Diego Opera has announced a $1 million gift from Erna and Andrew Viterbi. The first $500,000 of the gift  will be used to underwrite the “Community Conversations on Faith  and Freedom” lecture series in conjunction with Verdi’s opera Nabucco, the second opera in the San Diego Opera 2010 season. Portions of the gift will also

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Ongoing American Jewish commitment seen as key to Israel’s long-term prospects

_____________________________________________________________ By Jack Forman LA JOLLA, California — Peace will come only when Arabs love their children more than they hate our children” –Golda Meir In a November 9 talk at the San Diego Jewish Book Fair based on his most recent book Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USA

Telushkin: Love your neighbor and yourself

By Jack Forman LA JOLLA, California–Rabbi Joseph Telushkin spoke engagingly with humor and insight on Sunday, November 8, to an almost-filled auditorium of San Diego Jewish Book Fair attendees at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center about some of the issues he examines in his most recent book, A Code of Jewish Ethics, volume 2

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar

Topdog/Underdog features a Lincoln versus a Booth

By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California–Sibling rivalry is as old and as common as was in biblical days: Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers. Throughout history, in literature and in theatre (Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon For the Misbegotten and Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire,Tracy Letts’ August: Osage Count, Arthur Miller’s Death

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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Bent: Gay Holocaust dramatized at Diversionary Theatre

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–On May 27, 2008, a major monument to gay holocaust victims was unveiled in Berlin. The monument remembering gays persecuted by the Nazi regime ‘was unveiled in preparation for a ceremony in Berlin which was presided over by Germany’s federal commissioner for culture, Bernard Neumann, and openly gay Berlin Mayor Klaus

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Carol Davis, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast