A & E

	‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Heats Up the Kirk Douglas Theatre By Frederik Sisa @ 3:00 PM January 27, 2012 Found in: Theatre It always puzzles me when fellow critics take notes during a performance. I’ll notice them scribbling away on their note pads or in the margins of the press kit – sometimes sedately, sometimes madly – and wonder how they can possibly foster an osmotic relationship with the performance. read
	Culver High AVPA Students Winners at Major Theatre Festival By Art & Entertainment @ 9:00 AM January 24, 2012 Found in: A & E From Justin Lujan Dateline Anaheim — At the end of the prestigious California Educational Theatre Assn. festival, five actors from Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts program earned Certificates of Merit from the AVPA fall production of West Moon Street. read
	W.E. Won’t Rock You By Frederik Sisa @ 4:00 PM January 23, 2012 Found in: Film It’s not a good sign when you suspect filmmakers are lying to you. W.E.’s credits list Abbie Cornish in the role of a maritally distraught New Yorker obsessed with the scandalous love affair between the Once and Never More King of England, Edward VIII, and American Wallis Simpson. But throughout the film I wondered what Charlize Theron was doing slumming around in the glassy lead role when surely there was a better film elsewhere for her to inhabit.read
	Through A Mirror, Bloodily: A Review of Alice: Madness Returns (Part 2) By Frederik Sisa @ 2:00 PM January 13, 2012 Found in: General Art It would be easy to end the discussion with the game’s art and design, oooing at each character’s presentation, aaaahing at every level’s aesthetic, staring with wide-eyed excitement at the stylish animated cut scenes; such is the game’s rich artistry and sophisticated storytelling...But this is a game, after all, and while the quality of the art is beyond question the game’s greatness in terms of gameplay washes out in a mix of brilliance and nuisance, with enough of the former to mitigate frustrations with the latter.read
	AVPA Students Off to Seek a Major Prize in Anaheim By Art & Entertainment @ 4:00 PM January 12, 2012 Found in: A & E From Dr. Tony Spano Thirty-three Culver City High School students are returning to the California Educational Theatre Assn. High School Theatre Festival in Anaheim — where the school was a big winner last year — on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. read
	Through A Mirror, Bloodily: A Review of Alice: Madness Returns (Part 1) By Frederik Sisa @ 2:00 PM January 12, 2012 Found in: General Art Gone was the innocuous blonde-haired girl with a summery blue-and-white dress and a penchant for attracting the whimsical. In her place, a dark gothic beauty with a blue, white, and bloodied dress, and a steely resolve to fight her way through Wonderland and, eventually, peace of mind.read
	It Isn’t Easy Being ‘Green’ By Dr. Janet Hoult @ 1:00 PM January 10, 2012 Found in: A & E [Editor’s Note: A tribute to City Council candidate/community activist Meghan Sahli-Wells by Culver City’s favorite poetess.] read
	A Brief Dispatch from the 52nd Annual County Holiday Celebration By Frederik Sisa @ 1:00 PM January 06, 2012 Found in: General Art As in past celebrations, L.A.’s cultural and ethnic diversity was showcased on Dec. 24 through a range of performances from traditional Mexican folk dancing to Afro-Cuban drumming, Dickensian choirs to gospel ensembles, Jazz Tap to contemporary hip-hop dance, and more.read
	Just Trying to Understand Mysteries By Dr. Rosemary H. Cohen @ 8:00 AM January 04, 2012 Found in: A & E [Editor’s Note: The newspaper is presenting excerpts from the new novel by Dr. Rosemary H. Cohen, “The Mother of Jerusalem Is Crying,” inspired, as all of her extensive writings are, by the sudden death of her teenage daughter 19 summers ago.] read
	Just Trying to Understand Mysteries By Dr. Rosemary H. Cohen @ 6:00 AM January 03, 2012 Found in: A & E [Editor’s Note: The newspaper is presenting excerpts from the new novel by Dr. Rosemary H. Cohen, “The Mother of Jerusalem Is Crying,” inspired, as all of her extensive writings are, by the sudden death of her teenage daughter 19 summers ago.] read