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  • LA Theatre Works, Sunday, January 4 at 10:00 pm, George Eliot's "Daniel Daronda" Starring Julian Sands

    Scornful of men and the love they profess for her, Gwendolen Harleth is a beautiful but spoiled young woman, frustrated by her limited options in Victorian England. Daniel Deronda is an intelligent, handsome young man who has been raised by his guardian, Sir Hugo Mallinger, but knows nothing of his true origins. Deronda’s search leads him into the world of 19th-century Zionism, a discovery that will alter the course of his life. An original L.A. Theatre Works commission, adapted and directed by Kate McAll. Includes an interview with Hilary Schor, Professor of English, Comparative Literature and Law at USC.

    Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, December 30, 2025

  • Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, Jan 2 at 2:30 pm with guest acclaimed filmmaker Asmae El Moudir ("Mother of All Lies")

    Host Donna Walker welcomes acclaimed filmmaker Asmae El Moudir, winner of the 76th Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard award for Best Director. Shortlisted as Morocco's entry for Best Foreign Language Film for the 96th Academy Awards, "Mother of All Lies" re-creates her childhood neighborhood in an effort to uncover her family's personal pain, fear and truth amidst her troubled country's 1981 Bread Riots during the repressive regime of King Hassan II.

    Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, December 29, 2025

  • Washington tramples UCLA 48-14 on Senior Night

    Washington steamrolled UCLA 48–14 on Senior Night at the Rose Bowl, capitalizing on turnovers, special teams chaos, and a dominant night from QB Demond Williams Jr.

    Posted by Charlie Gonzalez at Monday, December 1, 2025

  • UCLA Football Wins Its Third Straight Game Ahead of Ranked Matchup

    UCLA keeps rolling. After edging Maryland 20–17 at the Rose Bowl, the Bruins have quietly stacked three straight wins and are heading into another ranked showdown. Charlie Gonzalez breaks down the grind, the grit, and the moments that mattered.

    Posted by Charlie Gonzalez at Sunday, October 19, 2025

  • What Are We Cheering For?

    Every holiday, every weekend, every so-called American ritual came with a side of football. The game would be on, and we were supposed to care. I didn’t. Not really. Not until I almost did. For a brief stretch, when my dad worked with the Clippers during the Lob City era, I started to believe. Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan — it felt like swagger, like culture, like something to belong to. Then the trades came, the team got gutted, and the curtain dropped. It wasn’t family. It wasn’t culture. It was business. That moment stuck. The more I watched, the more the wires showed: how ritual gets packaged, sold, and weaponized. How meaning becomes merchandise. How attention becomes empire.

    Posted by Ace Estwick at Tuesday, August 19, 2025


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