Programming Highlights
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Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 2:00 pm with guest performer Albie Selznick
Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, October 19, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Albie Selznick is a multi-talented performer and former member of the theatrical circus trio The Mums. His one-man show, Letter From David, now running at the Santa Monica Playhouse, centers on his lifelong quest to work with David Bowie and his walk through the cultural zeitgeist of the 1970s & 80s. As a TV and film actor, he is perhaps best known for playing Ben Rubenstein on "Suddenly Susan," and D.A. Pomerantz on "The Young and the Restless."
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Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, Oct. 16 at 2:30 pm with guests Artistic Director Debbie Devine and Executive Director Jay McAdams (24th Street Theatre) and Todd Hitchcock and Abbie Algar (AFI Film Fest)
Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Host Donna Walker welcomes Todd Hitchcock and Abbie Algar of AFI Fest, to talk about this year's festival of outstanding films. In the second half, Artistic Director Debbie Devine and Executive Director Jay McAdams of the 24th Street Theatre to talk about their latest production "Winter's Bench," a world premiere by Olivier Award-winning playwright Mike Kenny, starring Anne Gee Byrd.
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LA Theatre Works, Sunday, October 18 at 10:00 pm, Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" starring Jennifer Westfeldt, John Hamm, and Tessa Thompson
Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Meet Olga, Masha, and Irina, warm and cultured young sisters who were reared in the exciting hubbub of Moscow, but have been living in the dull, gossipy backwaters of Russia for far too long. With their father’s passing, and the ordinary grip of day-to-day life slowly suffocating them, the urge to return to the city with its rich and exciting life rises to a fever pitch. First performed in 1901, Three Sisters beautifully mixes humor and heartbreak and is a perennial favorite of actors and audiences alike. Translated by Christopher Hampton.
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LA Theatre Works, Sunday, Oct. 12, "New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation, July 27, 1656
Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
As a young Jewish man in 17th century Amsterdam, Baruch de Spinoza excelled as a theological student; but as he encountered free-thinking Protestants, atheists, and radicals in this relatively tolerant city, he began to question his religion and the nature of God. As a result, he was branded a heretic and faced excommunication. Includes an interview with Steven Nadler, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and author of A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza’s Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age.
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Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, October 13 at 2:00 pm with guest Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding)
Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Phil and Ted welcome musician and novelist Wesley Stace, formerly (and occasionally still) known as John Wesley Harding, who is releasing his latest album, One Last Heist.
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Pacifica Performance Showcase and Arts in Review, Friday, Oct. 9, 2-3 pm with guests Kim Huber and Brad Ellis (Music Guild Benefit), filmmaker Sky Hopkinka ("Pow Wow People") and Authors Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill ("Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story")
Posted by Donna Walker at Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Hosts Donna Walker and Julio Martinez join forces for another special fund drive edition welcoming guests Kim Huber and Brad Ellis on Musical Theatre Guild's 30th-anniversary concert event Here’s to Us!, October 11, 2026 at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage; filmmaker Sky Hopinka, MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow, on his latest film "Pow Wow People" screening at Vidiots on Oct. 12, Indigenous People's Day; and Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill on their book "Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story." It's not too late to pledge for great 'thank you' gifts.
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LA Theatre Works, Sunday, September 27 at 10:00 pm, Luis Valdez' "Zoot Suit," starring Marco Rodriguez
Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Chicano playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music and traditional Latin songs. Music Direction by Daniel Valdez.
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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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