"They built a billion-dollar farming empire, but the people of El Valle saw little of that wealth. Now, the water’s vanishing, and the chemicals left behind are aerosolizing and entering the lungs of El Valle residents." -- Jennifer Givhan culturaldaily.com/interview-with…

I know I’m old because some people open doors for me. -- from "Opening Doors at My Age" by Howard Richard Debs culturaldaily.com/howard-richard…

Street dance in Culver City and the Hollywood Hills; contemporary dance in East LA and El Sereno; Mexican folkloric in Santa Monica and the Hollywood Hills; more SoCal dance this week & next. culturaldaily.com/langorous-loco…

Elizabeth McGovern trades the 1920s England of Downton Abbey for the Hollywood of Ava Garnder in the spicy, entertaining but thin bio-play, Ava: The Secret Conversations. culturaldaily.com/ava-juicy-holl…

On August 23, the 20th anniversary of his 2005 retirement from NYCB, Jock Soto returns to the stage for a celebration of his trailblazing dance career. culturaldaily.com/new-york-city-…

And here you are shaking the snaking vines down from sweetgum trees for muscadine, that wild grape, letting them fall into the leaf clumps. A few roll onto the path. How you used to covet them in autumn months. -- from "Muscadine" by January Gill O'Neil culturaldaily.com/january-gill-o…

I only wanted to imagine a world of liberation and joy, not how to integrate the mundane with the horrific. -- from "Witnessing" by Lisa Eve Cheby culturaldaily.com/lisa-eve-cheby…

Bubba Weill's moving new play Well, I'll Let You Go starts slowly but builds in emotional impact and tension for a heartbreaking look at grief and community. culturaldaily.com/well-ill-let-y…

An LA icon celebrates in the Hollywood Hills; a Spanish siren on pointe in Santa Monica; street dance in Culver City; contemporary dance confronts grief in El Sereno; dancing musicals in Hollywood and Downtown, more SoCal dance this week & next. culturaldaily.com/of-sirens-and-…

Lula Washington may be the face of LWDT, but it is a team effort that fuels resistance and resilience to obstacles that have devastated other companies. culturaldaily.com/lula-washingto…

I swallow sleep to silence the oldest church hymns I no longer believe in. -- from "My Benadryl Serves as an Antidepressant" by Darius Phelps. From his upcoming debut collection, MY GOD'S BEEN SILENT (Writ Large Press) culturaldaily.com/darius-phelps-…

In The End of Childhood, Wayne Miller explores the hopes and realities of both childhood and parenthood in late-stage American capitalism. culturaldaily.com/review-the-end…

A Santa Monica dance festival mixes it up; contemporary companies team up in Culver City; a South Asian protegé steps up in Santa Clarita; ten minute tastes in Venice; dancing musicals in Hollywood and Downtown, more SoCal dance this week & next. culturaldaily.com/eclectic-end-t…

The retrospective Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity opened at Skirball May 1, 2025, and will be on view until March 1, 2026. culturaldaily.com/jack-kirby/

New book coming from LA icon Gary Phillips. Preorder your copy of THREE BULLET OPERA (Writ Large Projects) culturaldaily.com/three-bullet-o…

The London West Hollywood occupies a singular space in the history of Los Angeles hospitality—a hotel that has reinvented itself from 1980s excess to modern sophistication. culturaldaily.com/california-coo…

We have forgotten how often the world is a home for the damaged. -- from "My Monarch" by Dorianne Laux culturaldaily.com/dorianne-laux-…

Roastmaster General Jeff Ross bring snark and sentiment to Broadway in Take a Banana for the Ride, a moving, riotously funny solo show. culturaldaily.com/jeff-ross-roas…

New York ballet in the Hollywood Hills; compelling contemporary considerations in Sierra Madre; jazz meets modern dance in Long Beach; dance in a downtown light installation; more SoCal dance this week & next. culturaldaily.com/tolerable-into…

Wu Wei Eats an Egg, the new poetry collection by Lucas Hirsch, has just been released in New York by Ben Yehuda Press. It is translated from the Dutch by Donna Spruijt-Metz in collaboration with Caecilia de Hoog. culturaldaily.com/review-wu-wei-…