DAYTONA Theater Review

As the Nazis ride again, British playwright Oliver Cotton’s brilliant play Daytona is about how fascism impacts and haunts survivors throughout their lives (and those are the “lucky” ones!) and what may be the first postwar “Antifa” in America. The two-acter opens mundanely enough, with an old married couple practicing for a dance competition in their rather routine, drab Brooklyn apartment, expertly designed with her usual deftness and eye for detail by Hillary Bauman.

 

But what is about to befall the seventy-something Elli (Sharron Shayne) and Joe (George Wyner) is anything but typical, as out of the blue, the long lost Billy (the peerless Richard Fancy) shows up to upset the proverbial applecart. Billy’s arrival from out of nowhere reminds first Joe and then, in Act II, Elli about who and what they really are and their deep dark past, as long buried secrets are excavated and revealed.

 

Electric Avenue Street Fair

Come join us in celebration in uplifting the Reeb Avenue Center on Sunday, September 17th in the 2050 S. High courtyard from 3-8 p.m. 

There wil be:

-2 stages with entertainment by: magician Drew Murray, DJ Bill, comedian Michelle Trimmer and musical artist Wyatt Henderson

-BBQ and Pizza 

-Photo Booth

-50/50 Raffle drawn at aproximately 7PM

-Live Silent Auction - drawn at aproximately 6:45PM

100% of proceeds from this event benefit the nearby Reeb Avenue Center, who is making major impacts in the Southside of Columbus. They focus in areas of: GED certifications, pay-as-you-can food market and restaurant, human sex trafficking, drug addiction rehab, children's education, childcare, and much more.

Purchase tickets now and join us for a rejuvenation to the neighborhood, providing hope, jobs and excitement to the Southside of Columbus and our community.

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CARMEN Opera Review

How blessed we Angelenos are: LA Opera’s Carmen is opera at its grandest, right here on Grand Avenue. I was immediately swept away by the opening strains of the “Prelude,” with Georges Bizet’s ebullient sounds as frothy as wave rolling ashore at Malibu or Makapuu in Oahu. When James Conlon strode up to conduct the 61-piece LA Opera Orchestra to launch his 10th year wielding the baton at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and LA Opera’s glorious new season, the sold out crowd erupted in applause, chanting: “Connie! Connie! Connie!” (Okay, so that’s a total lie about the shouts - but not the clapping, although I imagine many of us did indeed feel like calling out the maestro’s moniker in acclaim.)

 

IPHIGENIA IN AULIS Theater Review

 

 

 

The Greek tragedian Euripides’ rumination on war, Iphigenia in Aulis, is the Getty Villa’s annual outdoor classical theater production reviving a Greek classic at the Malibu amphitheater. Iphigenia was first performed posthumously in 405 BC at an Athens amphitheater with 20,000 seats. Iphigenia won ancient Greece’s equivalent of the Tony or Ovation Award at the city state’s Dionysia festival.

 

Unfortunately, the Iphigenia production at the 500-ish seat outdoor Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater at the Getty Villa remains startlingly relevant. Iphigenia is set against the background of the Trojan War, which according to legend was triggered by Paris running off with the beautiful Helen, wife of the Spartan king Menelaus (Michael Huftile). His brother Agamemnon (Mark Montgomery) is the leader of the Greek forces that have assembled at Aulis to set sail with a formidable fleet to recapture Helen of Troy. However, the Greek god Artemis has conspired to prevent this from happening - unless Agamemnon commits an unspeakable act as a sacrifice to the gods.

 

Upcoming events for Tyre King, Edith Espinal, and to Protect Black Families

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Balloon Release for Anniversary of Tyre King
Saturday, Sept. 16, 6-9pm
Mock Park, 2520 Mock Rd
Facebook Event
It has been one year since Columbus Police officer Bryan Mason shot and killed 13-year-old Tyre King after mistaking him for a 19-year-old who allegedly stole $10. Bryan Mason is still on duty with the Columbus Police Department. Come out to join community, friends, and family as we send our Blessings Up to Tyre. The Details: Please arrive to Mock Park by 6 pm. We will release 13 BLUE balloons at 6:30 pm. Please feel free to bring a balloon (or balloons) with you, as long as they are NOT blue ♥ We would like to honor Tyre's 13 years of life through the 13 Blue balloons we will have one site, along with any other balloons you all may bring ♥

Student Movements and the Fight against Fascism

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Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, 7-8:30pm
St. Stephan's Church, 30 W. Woodruff
Since the election of Donald Trump, the emboldened far-right has focused on university campuses as a key site of organizing -- to both recruit young people to their white supremacist, fascist movement, and to target oppressed students and workers fighting together for justice. 
The far-right's orientation on campus has forced students to ask a plethora of questions: Am I safe on campus? What can I do to stop far-right intimidation here? Is the university administration our friend in this fight? Why is this all happening in the first place?
At this meeting we will try to answer these pressing questions, distill the lessons of past and current student movements, and motivate how essential student organizing is today. 
Only a strong and organized left can stop the right-wing threat on our campuses. And combating the right will be an essential part of our common struggle for a better university, country, and world.

How Outlawing War Changed the World in 1928

When I wrote a book about the Kellogg-Briand Pact my goals were to draw lessons from the movement that created it, and to call attention to its existence as a still-current law

U.S. Path to War on North Korea Is Well Worn

The U.S. proposal for a U.N. resolution allowing “all necessary measures” to forcibly halt and inspect North Korean ships and to cut off oil to North Korea may send our species out the door with a culminating act that echoes and builds on numerous historical precedents.

We know, if we don’t deny the science, that climate change threatens us all, that a single nuclear bomb could push climate change well past the point of no return (if we aren’t there already), that several nuclear bombs could starve us out of existence, and that a significant nuclear war could end our follies quite swiftly.

That alone ought to be enough reason to choose diplomacy over the foreign-policy equivalent of shooting guns at a hurricane.

But why is innocent harmless philanthropic inspecting of ships for the good of the Rule of Law a problem? If those people have nothing to hide, then what — insert clever grin here — do they have to worry about, huh?

Ohioans to Stop Executions Vigil

Brown background with words Governor Kasich, don't resume executions in Ohio

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 9:30am
High Street in front of Ohio Statehouse
Sponsored by Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE)
The Supreme Court of the United States has refused to stay the execution of Gary W. Otte.  Gary currently has an appeal before the Ohio Supreme Court, asking them to halt his execution.  He is arguing that his age at the time of the crime (20) should have precluded him from being sentenced to death.
HELP STOP EXECUTIONS
With the resumption of executions in July comes the admonition to us all to step up our work to end the death penalty in Ohio. The next 26 executions are set for 10am on Sept. 13, Oct. 18 and Nov. 15 (and almost monthly going into 2020!). 
Contact info@otse.org to receive an action alert flier you can print out to post and/or distribute in your community

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