June 17, 2026
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Noteworthy 6/17-24/26: SUM

By CHARLES ANDREWS COVER IT UP! PRETEND! LIE! Yes, exactly what a spoiled five-year-old would do when caught at something he knows is wrong. Trump posted last August that he thought his name should be […]

Noteworthy 6/10-17/26: SUMMER TSUNAMI OF GREAT ART

By CHARLES ANDREWS AFTER ALMOST FIVE DECADES OF SEEING THE ARTS EXPLODE Every summer in LA, after the post-Christmas doldrums, I am no longer surprised. But some summers are better than others, and you never […]

Noteworthy 5/13-20/26: SUMMER MUSIC HAS BEGUN!

By CHARLES ANDREWS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Final Performances -“BLUE KISS,” Ruskin Group Theatre – I hope you’ve taken the opportunity to experience this all-around excellent two-actor play, a most unusual story slowly revealed like layers of […]

Noteworthy 5/6-13/26: INT’L JAZZ FEST IN SM

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, […]

Noteworthy 4/29-5/6/26: JAZZ FEST COMES TO US

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 […]