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• Pacifica Performance Showcase/Arts in Review, Friday, May 8 from 2-3 pm, with guests Grace Yoo ("Flower Drum Song"), Christiane Noll (The Sound of Music), Manuel Oliver ("Guac") and Diavolo, Architecture in Motion ("Escape")

  Hosts Donna Walker and Julio Martinez combine forces for a special fund drive edition of "Pacifica Performance Showcase" and "Arts in Review," welcoming Grace Yoo starring as "Mei Li" in East West Players production of "Flower Drum Song" adapted by David Henry Hwang, now playing at the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo; also Christiane Noll starring as the Mother Abbess in "The Sound of Music" opening on May 6 at the Pantages; Manuel Oliver, returning to the Kirk Douglas Theatre with his powerful one-man show, "Guac" in tribute to his son, a victim in the Parkland mass shooting; and Diavolo (Architecture in Motion) on their new dance production "Escape." We'll be offering tickets as 'thank you' gifts. Tune in and pledge!

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, May 5, 2026

• LA Theatre Works, "For All of Us," by Jeanne Sakata, starring Ed Asner, Greg Watanabe, Josh Stamberg

  A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The play draws much inspiration from Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and his Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai (University of Washington Press 2015) and Justice Delayed by Peter Irons (Wesleyan University Press 1989). Includes a conversation with playwright Jeanne Sakata and four of the attorneys from the Korematsu v. United States case: Lori Bannai, Peter Irons, Dale Minami and Don Tamaki. "For Us All is" sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, May 4, 2026

• Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, May 5 at 2:00 pm, with guest author Ethan Elkind ("Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City")

  Our guest, Ethan Elkind, is the author of “Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City.” Phil and Ted discuss how Los Angeles, a metropolis built for the automobile, is traffic-jammed, suffers the country’s worst air pollution, and is now reinventing itself with urban rail and developing compact neighborhoods adjacent to transit that are profoundly changing the city.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, May 4, 2026

• Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, May 1 at 2:30 pm with guests Kirby Penafiel, Senior Programmer for LA Asian Pacific Film Fest, performer, author, podcaster, activist Kristina Wong ("Auntie Kristina's Sewing Squad") and Denny Dugally (SEE Fest)

  Host Donna Walker welcomes Kirby Penafiel, Senior Programmer for the upcoming LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, running April 29 - May 3; performer/activist/author Kristina Wong on her documentary, "Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook;" in the second half, Denny Dugally, Head of Programming for Southeast European Film Festival, running April 29 through May 6 throughout LA.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, April 30, 2026

• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, May 3 at 10:00 pm, "Enron" Starring Steven Weber, Gregory Itzin, and Amy Pietz

  Fasten your seatbelts for a rapid-fire, sophisticated thrill-ride that propels you through one of the most infamous financial scandals in history! With a spicy blend of humor, pathos and music, the big biz machinations of Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling and Andy Fastow are laid bare as razzle-dazzle entertainment. Lucy Prebble’s Enron casts a shocking new light on today’s economy and how we got here. Original music composed by Adam Cork and musical direction by Dale von Seggern.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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