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The Glass House won’t reopen until it can do so at 100% capacity, says Jon Halperi, talent buyer for the Pomona-based venue.

The Glass House won’t reopen until it can do so at 100% capacity, says Jon Halperi, talent buyer for the Pomona-based venue.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

For this dancer, getting vaccinated means a return to her troupe

For Oakland resident Jenni Bregman, getting vaccinated meant she could rehearse with her dance troupe again.

‘Thunder Force’ was set up to be smart but it ‘swung and missed at every single opportunity,’ says critic

Critics review “Voyagers,” about a group of genetically engineered teenagers in outer space; “Thunder Force,” a Netflix original comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as…

Evan Kleiman’s favorite spring season recipes: Get creative with asparagus, artichokes, peas

The season brings vegetables to market like sugar snaps, English peas, asparagus and artichokes.

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for April 12, 2021

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for April 12, 2021.

For years there has been a symbiotic relationship between these two giants but its time for increased transparency and some guiderails governing appropriate behaviors.

from Second Opinion

Over 55% of your day is spent listening. Yet only 2% of us have been trained in how to listen. That’s according to Oscar Trimboli, author of “Deep Listening: Impact beyond Words.”

from Life Examined

Listening is more than just hearing what people say.

from Life Examined

The hero of "Moffie" is a closeted gay conscript in the South Africa of 1981. In addition to the killing arts, he and his fellow draftees are trained in racism and homophobia.

from Film Reviews

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Los Angeles is having an identity crisis. City officials tout new development and shiny commuter trains, while longtime residents are doing all they can to hang on to home.

There Goes the Neighborhood

Los Angeles is having an identity crisis. City officials tout new development and shiny commuter trains, while longtime residents are doing all they can to hang on to home.

 A sound-rich storytelling show that explores the night, the landscape of the unseen, and how thoughts, feelings and behaviors transform in the dark. Episodes are released monthly.

Nocturne

A sound-rich storytelling show that explores the night, the landscape of the unseen, and how thoughts, feelings and behaviors transform in the dark. Episodes are released monthly.

 A collection of the greatest music stories never told.

Lost Notes

A collection of the greatest music stories never told.

 Everything you wanted to know about good cooking, good eating, good food! From LA Chef, author, radio host, and restaurateur Evan Kleiman, at KCRW.com.

Good Food

Everything you wanted to know about good cooking, good eating, good food! From LA Chef, author, radio host, and restaurateur Evan Kleiman, at KCRW.com.

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Originally from New Zealand, Chef Analiese Gregory remembers growing up barefoot in the Outback.

Haute and feral: Chef Analiese Gregory takes to the wild

Originally from New Zealand, Chef Analiese Gregory remembers growing up barefoot in the Outback.

from Good Food

In Netflix’s new children’s series “ Waffles + Mochi, ” Waffles is a Yeti with a waffle for a father, and her sidekick Mochi is filled with strawberry ice cream.

Netflix’s ‘Waffles + Mochi’: Puppets and Michelle Obama introduce kids to new foods

In Netflix’s new children’s series “ Waffles + Mochi, ” Waffles is a Yeti with a waffle for a father, and her sidekick Mochi is filled with strawberry ice cream.

from Good Food

Roxana Jullapat talks about her long-awaited cookbook, “Mother Grains," and the pilgrimages she made to discover barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, and wheat.

Baker Roxana Jullapat brings mother grains to modern times — and makes chocolate chip cookies

Roxana Jullapat talks about her long-awaited cookbook, “Mother Grains," and the pilgrimages she made to discover barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, and wheat.

from Good Food

Legions of restaurants pivoted last March as the city shut down. Many Michelin restaurants found it difficult to switch gears as chefs swapped their tweezers for takeout boxes.

Swapping tweezers for a rolling pin: Curtis Stone opens The Pie Room

Legions of restaurants pivoted last March as the city shut down. Many Michelin restaurants found it difficult to switch gears as chefs swapped their tweezers for takeout boxes.

from Good Food

The corner of 7th and Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles has seen its fair share of lumpia. If restaurant spaces have lineages, Petite Peso is a third generation Filipino concept.

‘In the Weeds’: Ria Dolly Barbosa’s Petite Peso is a corner spot for opportunity

The corner of 7th and Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles has seen its fair share of lumpia. If restaurant spaces have lineages, Petite Peso is a third generation Filipino concept.

from Good Food

Gather For Good started in 2017 with a community bake sale.

‘Gather For Good’ AAPI bake sale: Buying ingredients with Steph Chen

Gather For Good started in 2017 with a community bake sale.

from Good Food

In the early 1970s, a then 15-year-old Jim LeBrecht spent a summer at Camp Jened in upstate New York.

Replay: ‘Crip Camp’ co-directors on how a hippie-run camp inspired disability activism

In the early 1970s, a then 15-year-old Jim LeBrecht spent a summer at Camp Jened in upstate New York.

from The Business

Viewers have been abandoning awards shows en masse this year, and the Oscars producers want to avoid the mistakes of the Golden Globes by having the event be in-person as much as…

Oscars 2021 will honor movies almost no one has seen in theaters

Viewers have been abandoning awards shows en masse this year, and the Oscars producers want to avoid the mistakes of the Golden Globes by having the event be in-person as much as…

from The Business

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for April 9, 2021.

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for April 9, 2021

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for April 9, 2021.

from David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report

Writer-director Oliver Hermanus discusses his new film and the complex history of his native South Africa on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”

“Moffie” links white supremacy and homophobia as macho perversions

Writer-director Oliver Hermanus discusses his new film and the complex history of his native South Africa on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”

from Scheer Intelligence

In San Marino 72 years ago today, Kathy Fiscus was a 3 year old who fell so deep into an unused well that it took a miracle to get her out alive.

How the rescue of 3-year-old Kathy Fiscus became one of TV’s first live news stories, as told in new book

In San Marino 72 years ago today, Kathy Fiscus was a 3 year old who fell so deep into an unused well that it took a miracle to get her out alive.

from Greater LA

Six Flags Magic Mountain welcomed visitors again this past weekend as theme parks got the green light to reopen due to reduced COVID-19 case numbers.

Six Flags reopens: Long lines, rides disinfected between guests, mix of excitement and safety concerns

Six Flags Magic Mountain welcomed visitors again this past weekend as theme parks got the green light to reopen due to reduced COVID-19 case numbers.

from Greater LA

Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” is a novel focused on a small group of people in a robot future.

Kazuo Ishiguro: “Klara and the Sun”

Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” is a novel focused on a small group of people in a robot future.

from Bookworm

The last gray wolf in California was killed nearly a century ago, ridding the state of one of its natural predators. But in 2015, a female wolf was spotted in Lassen County.

After a century, gray wolves return to California. Local ranchers aren’t thrilled

The last gray wolf in California was killed nearly a century ago, ridding the state of one of its natural predators. But in 2015, a female wolf was spotted in Lassen County.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand