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Three weeks into 2006, that ancient and famous Chinese curse – “may you live in interesting times” – comes to mind.

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DUI Checkpoint Friday:

The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety/ Drivers license check point tonight, Friday August 13, at the 300 block of Pico Boulevard in the City of Santa Monica. Officers from the SMPD […]

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Review: A Powerful “Ma Rainey’s”: “Black Bottom”on Stage at the Mark Taper Forum

Playwright August Wilson has been one of the most compelling voices in illuminating the African-American experience. He received two Pulitzer Prizes for the ten plays in “The Pittsburg Cycle,” which began in 1904 with “Gem of the Ocean.” The other plays were: “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” “The Piano Lesson,” “Seven Guitars,” “Fences,” “Two Trains Running,” “Jitney,” “King Hedley II,” and “Radio Golf.” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” originated in 1927 and to say the play has travelled well is evidenced by its current riveting revival.