By CHARLES ANDREWS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – VERDI “FALSTAFF,” L.A. OPERA – Drink it in, the incomparable Romantic Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi borrows a really good story from the British Bard. Expect comic mayhem, […]
Attached is an article SMa.r.t. wrote in 2018, and short of a brief comment, I’m not going to edit or alter it, as it is prescient to what we are no doubt about to experience […]
By Charles Andrews FRIDAY, MAY 1, A NATIONAL STRIKE, TO RESTORE SANITY You know what to do…nothing. No work, no school, no patronizing of corporations, shop if you must at mom & pop businesses (and […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS NEXT FRI 5/1: GENERAL STRIKE We have the numbers, we have the economic power. We have seen that pushing back, protesting in large numbers, works. Trump and his clowns back off. The […]
There’s a story urban planners love to tell. A visionary architect-politician in a mid-sized Brazilian city looked at the chaos of modern urban life, the traffic, the pollution, the sprawl, and decided it didn’t have […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS BUT FIRST! THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE – If you care about the arts. And free speech, free media, free libraries – then please participate in the next protest against the insane clown posse […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS ANGER, OR FORGIVENESS? How about both. But there must be accountability – no justice, no peace – before we can stop the bleeding and proceed towards a future that works for everyone. […]
Santa Monica is rushing its long-term water plan to state regulators — and giving residents just one week to weigh in. The city is required by California law to hold a public hearing before filing […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS WELCOME into the world, JULIAN! My newly minted next-door neighbor, now is the third Beautiful Boy in our small complex. While there are little ones running around trying to get us to […]
Our city is currently coming through a cycle of decline, hoping to enter a more ascendant phase. But it is encountering two major headwinds that, in spite of everyone’s best efforts, do not augur well […]
The protest was organized by Jason Ignacio White and One Fair Wage after the owner and chef of Noma, René...
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