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• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, June 21 at 10:00 pm, David Hare's "Racing Demon" starring Jared Harris

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM

  Four clergymen seek to make sense of their mission while being torn in all directions by the Church of England. After a critically lauded debut in 1990 at London’s National Theatre, Racing Demon went on to earn universal acclaim. More than 20 years later, David Hare’s bold and moving revelations on gay ordination and the doctrine of the priesthood ring more resoundingly than ever.

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• Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, June 19 at 2:30 pm with guest documentary filmmaker Nick Davis ("This Ordinary Thing")

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM

  Filmmaker Nick Davis joins host Donna Walker to talk about his documentary "This Ordinary Thing" which explores the heroism, bravery, and self-sacrifice of non-Jewish people throughout Europe who risked their lives to hide their Jewish neighbors, as well as strangers. Honored by Yad Vashem in 2023 as individuals "righteous among nations," their stories are a testament that "to be human, we need each other." With never-before-seen archival footage, narrated by Academy Award winning actors, including Dame Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Ellen Burstyn, among others, the film is a powerful reminder that one person can make a difference.

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• Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, June 12 at 2:30 pm with guests Director Matthew Solomon and Exec Producer Donna Hadjikhani ("Seeds for Liberation"), Leslee Scallon (Co-Founder "Dances with Films" Film fest) and filmmaker Jay Diaz ("Angeleno")

  Posted by Donna Walker at Friday, June 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM

  Host Donna Walker welcomes filmmaker Matthew Solomon and Executive Producer Donna Hadjikhani to talk about their documentary "Seeds of Liberation" which explores Palestinian resistance through interviews with historians and activists. In the second half, Leslee Scallon, co-founder of the Dances with Films Film Festival for a festival overview, along with filmmaker Jay Diaz, whose film "Angeleno" is appearing in the fest.

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• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, June 14 at 10:00 pm, Hugh Whitmore's "Breaking the Code" starring Simon Templeman

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 12:40 PM

  Simon Templeman stars as brilliant mathematician Alan Turing, the man who cracked the German Enigma code and enabled the Allies to win World War II. Shortly after, Turing was to find that the country he saved cared less about his genius and more about his sexual orientation. Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.

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• Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, June 9 at 2:00 pm with guest author Lisa Graves ("Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights")

  Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, June 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM

  Phil and Ted welcome Lisa Graves, author of the national bestselling book, Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights. Lisa Graves is one of the nation’s foremost experts on the right-wing influence on the US Supreme Court and other levers of power. She leads True North Research and co-hosts Legal AF. She has served as a senior advisor in all three branches of the federal government, including as chief counsel for nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee for Senator Patrick Leahy.

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• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, May 31 at 10:00 pm, "Zeni: Dean of the Diamond" Starring Michael Sun Lee

  Posted by Donna Walker at Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM

  Kenichi Zenimura – known as “Zeni” – loved baseball. As a young man in the 1920s he developed a Nisei baseball league in Fresno, California, and later organized barnstorming tours that brought the likes of Babe Ruth to the West Coast and Japan. And despite being sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II, he knew that somehow, baseball would be the key to improving the lives of his fellow detainees. Special thanks to Bill Staples, Jr., and the Nisei Baseball Research Project for sharing their research and expertise to inspire and accurately depict the historical events of this project.

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• 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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