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Drummer Stix Hooper Set To Honor Songstress Ernestine Anderson, Launch Radio Show And Release New Music

By steve.simmons0211 October 30, 2021Music

By Steve Simmons Pioneering drummer Nesbert “Stix” Hooper, founding member of The Jazz Crusaders, later The Crusaders, whose nearly seven-decade career has seen him play with dozens of jazz luminaries…

Los Angeles Jewish Symphony To Celebrate ‘Women’s Voices, Women’s Souls’ In Sunday Concert

By steve.simmons0211 October 11, 2021Music

By Steve Simmons - posted at 5:58 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021 The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (LAJS) continues its return to live performances with a celebration of Jewish women…

Playwright Marilyn Anderson Satirizes Hollywood’s Sexism, Ageism And More In ‘As Good As Gold’ At Theatre 40

By steve.simmons0211 September 25, 2021Theatre

By Steve Simmons - Posted at 7:50 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 UPDATE--As Good As Gold closed at Theatre 40 as of Oct. 3. A broken pipe on the second…

Photographer John Simmons, ‘Chronicler Of The Civil Rights Movement,’ Now Featured In Three Exhibits

By steve.simmons0211 August 3, 2021Art

John Simmons. Photo courtesy John Simmons, ASC By Steve Simmons - posted Monday, Aug. 3, 2021, 9:27 p.m. Photographer John Simmons is getting a lot more exposure. His historical, inspiring…

Beloved ‘Fiddler’ Hero Finally Sees His American Dream In World Premiere Of Tom Dugan’s ‘Tevye In New York!’

By steve.simmons0211 June 27, 2021Theatre

Tom Dugan in the world premiere of Tevye in New York! now playing at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Lawrence K. Ho By Steve Simmons…

Music, Magic And More In West Coast Jewish Theatre’s Virtual ‘Follies,’ Now Available On Demand Through July 31

By steve.simmons0211 May 15, 2021Theatre

Members of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony and Choir. Photo courtesy West Coast Jewish Theatre By Steve Simmons - posted 6:52 p.m., May 14, 2021; updated May 27, 2021; updated…

ICT Serves Up Satisfying Virtual Presentation Of Wendy MacLeod’s Witty And Touching ‘Slow Food’

By steve.simmons0211 May 6, 2021Theatre

From left, Stu James, Perry Ojeda and Meredith Thomas in "Slow Food." Photo by Mike Bradecich By Steve Simmons - Published at 7 p.m., May 5, 2021 For theatergoers craving…

SoCal Theatre Companies, Other Artists Unite To Pass The ‘Save The Performing Arts Act of 2021’

By steve.simmons0211 April 22, 2021Theatre

From left, Ty Jones (Sam Cooke), Jason Delane (Malcolm X), Matt Jones (Cassius Clay) and Ken Daniels (Jim Brown) in the world premiere production of Kemp Powers’ play, “One Night…

Zoom Reading Recounts Life Of First African American Female Millionaire and ‘Mother of Civil Rights in California’

By steve.simmons0211 March 25, 2021Theatre

By Steve Simmons - Published at 12:56, March 25, 2021 A lot of people don’t know the story of Mary Ellen Pleasant, the first African American female millionaire, an abolitionist…

‘Capturing Beauty – The Artwork And Photography Of John Simmons’ Exhibit Extended At Jean Deleage Art Gallery

By steve.simmons0211 March 7, 2021Art, Black History Month

John Simmons. Photo by Anaith Indjeian By Steve Simmons - Posted at 7:54 p.m., March 6, 2021 At The Jean Deleage Art Gallery at Casa 0101 theater, the celebration and…