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• Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, February 27, 2-3:00 pm with guests Sam Clemmett ("Amadeus" at Pasadena Playhouse) and experimental clown artist Alex Tatarsky ("Sad Boys in Harpy Land" at Redcat)

  In a special fund drive edition, hosts Donna Walker and Julio Martinez welcome actor Sam Clemmett ("Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"), currently starring as "Mozart" in Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" running at the Pasadena Playhouse through March 15; and Experimental Clown Artist, Alex Tatarsky, who "confronts anguish through humor in her absurdist solo show "Sad Boys in Harpy Land," described as "equal parts sad clown, demented cabaret, and extended crisis of meaning," playing at Redcat, March 19-21.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, February 24, 2026

• Phil and Ted's Boomer Show, Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 2:00 pm, with guest Kaylee Hawkins, Executive Director of Meals on Wheels West

  There are over a million seniors in the Los Angeles area, and many of them are socially isolated and lack proper nutrition. Meals on Wheels is an increasingly essential service for seniors and people with disabilities, and they are struggling under the pressure of federal budget cuts to feed those in need. Today’s guest, Kaylee Hawkins, is Executive Director of Meals On Wheels West, serving the west side area of Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, February 24, 2026

• 'Enough Is Enough': Sanders Kicks Off California Billionaire Tax Campaign at The Wiltern

  Union workers, healthcare advocates, and thousands of Angelenos packed The Wiltern on Wednesday for the official launch of the California Billionaire Tax Act. Senator Bernie Sanders, Tom Morello, and leaders from the state's biggest unions made the case for taxing 200 of California's wealthiest residents.

  Posted by Ace Estwick at Friday, February 20, 2026

• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, February 22 at 10:00 pm, Athol Fugard's "Master Harold and the Boys" Starring Keith David

  Academy-Award winner Athol Fugard, one of theatre’s most acclaimed playwrights, finds humor and heartbreak in the friendship of Harold, a 17-year old white boy in 1950’s South Africa, and the two middle aged black servants who raised him. Racism unexpectedly shatters Harold’s childhood and friendships in this absorbing and affecting coming of age play. The play, initially banned from production in South Africa, is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding New Play. Includes interviews with playwright Athol Fugard and author Rebecca Ginsburg.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, February 19, 2026

• Pacifica Performance Showcase/Arts in Review, Friday, Feb. 20, 2-3:00 pm with guests actress Reanne Acasio ("Here Lies Love"), Peter Baxter (Slamdance Film Fest) and Edgar Miramontes (CAP UCLA)

  In a special fund drive edition, host Donna Walker welcomes guests Reanne Acasio, starring as Imelda Marcos in "Here Lies Love," at the Mark Taper Forum. This celebrated Broadway musical created by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim is a disco fever dream charting the rise and fall of the Marcos regime in the Phillipines. In the second half, Slamdance co-founder Peter Baxter talks about this year's Slamdance Fest and Edgar Miramontes, Artistic Director of CAP UCLA on this year's offerings at the Nimoy and Royce Hall.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, February 19, 2026

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