Thursday, August 13

In the news:


Capturing a Community

For the first time in two decades, Outfest is returning to UCLA. The Los Angeles-based showcase for international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film and video has joined with the renowned UCLA Film and Television Archive to create the Outfest Legacy Project, the largest publicly accessible collection of LGBT films in the world. Read more...


Unearthing King Tut

Though he was buried in a vast, treasure-filled tomb, King Tutankhamun probably never would have dreamed that thousands of years later, a comparable sum would be spent to share his story with the world. Read more...


Harry and the Potters tour the nation

What if Harry Potter had a band? And what if Ron and Hermione played backup? Paul DeGeorge had been stewing over this idea when someone yelled out “We love you, Harry Potter!” at a concert for his younger brother Joe, who looks like the boy wizard. Read more...


Absent-minded DJ better than any music

Somewhere between Casino Morongo and the only Burger King in Indio, a part of me died on May 1, 2005. I’m exaggerating, but when you half expect to see the Fox News text crawl reveal which celebrities have developed a taste for human flesh, it’s obvious that hyperbole is now the new black (forget pink, it’s over). Read more...


Barbarian Invasion

Live and on the air early one Friday afternoon, Malik Gaines, keyboardist for the band My Barbarian, instructs listeners on how to make a homemade percussive instrument. Read more...


“˜A Good Soldier’ has its moments, but too unreal

Playwright Nicholas Kazan loosely bases his new drama, “A Good Soldier,” on both Sophocles’ “Antigone” and on contemporary events in Iraq. But in the program notes, Kazan also warns his audience that “no attempt has been made to be faithful to either.” Kazan accurately assesses his work. Read more...