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  • Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, January 16 at 2:30 pm with guest writer/director/producer George Stevens, Jr.

    Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM

    Host Donna Walker welcomes George Stevens, Jr., founder of AFI and co-creator of Kennedy Center Honors, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, 14-time Emmy Award winner, as well as Peabody and Humanitas awards. Son of the legendary director George Stevens ("Giant," "Diary of Ann Frank," "A Place in the Sun"), we will talk about the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures George Stevens lecture series, which will screen his father's epic "The Greatest Story Ever Told" with guest moderator Guillermo del Toro.

  • LA Theatre Works, Sunday, January 18 at 10:00 pm, Lee Blessing's "A Walk in the Woods" Starring Alfred Moilna and Steven Weber

    Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM

    An idealistic American diplomat locks horns with a mercurial Soviet negotiator during a series of conversations in the woods outside Geneva. As their mutual friendship and understanding deepens, an awareness that their work may ultimately be pointless casts a shadow over their hopes to achieve a lasting peace. Includes a post-play discussion with playwright Lee Blessing and UCLA Political Science professor Richard Anderson.

  • Remembering Bob Weir (1947–2026)

    Posted by Arnella Barbara at Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM

    Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead and a towering figure in American music, passed away on January 10, 2026. Arnella Barbara, host of Dark Star, Dead & Music on KPFK, shares a personal tribute reflecting on his life, his music, and what his passing means to Deadheads and listeners everywhere.

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  • Dark Star, Dead & Music

    8:00pm - 10:00pm

    Dark Star, Dead & Music is show devoted to Grateful Dead and beyond including all of the psychedelic music of the past and present, with your host Arnella Barbara, Dark Star Gurl. Arnella is huge dead head with masters in opera from Milan Conservattorio di Musica, Milan, Italy, She’s production designer with bachelors in architecture as well as vegan chef, licensed mixologist/bartender, and professional organizer. Join her every Sunday night for a couple hours of dead music, fun, information and good mantras.

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