Charles Andrews

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The Vietnamese did. And the First American Revolutionaries. And so many other people fighting not for conquest, health, or wealth, but to keep their nation

By Charles Andrews DID YOU REMEMBER? That NOTEWORTHY is back to being a weekly thang? And just in time, because the summer performance schedule is Catch Gustavo Dudamel’s final shows at the Hollywood Bowl alongside top local theater, live jazz, and summer concerts this week.

By Charles Andrews WE ALL JUST LEARNED OF DOLLY’S PASSING As I was writing this, so I’m not going to do a rushed tribute to such a 5’0 giant. Next week. Charles Andrews shares weekly local music, theater, and arts picks across Santa Monica and West L.A., featuring performances at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

As I was writing this, so I’m not going to do a rushed tribute to such a 5’0 giant. Next week. For your great support of this column and my CURIOUS CITY po

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By Charles Andrews. First things first: subscribe free to my Substack, Music, Politics, Life here, and receive my Santa Monica Mirror columns Columnist Charles Andrews highlights September Santa Monica arts events, including the Donizetti opera by Pacific Opera Project and Topanga Canyon Theater.

The House of Representatives passed an updated version of its annual resolution condemning socialism. This year it complained about the Democratic Socialists of American (DSA) in particular.

By Charles Andrews. Opera people can afford. That was the crazy notion of Josh Shaw 15 years ago. Quality, groundbreaking opera at a fraction of what the Pacific Opera Project brings the U.S. premiere of a rare Donizetti opera to the Garibaldina Society in Highland Park for a final weekend.

By Charles Andrews Really ready? Oh yeah. I know my good guys from my bad guys, and I’m ready to mark my ballot, like a Good American Voter. Plenty ofColumnist Charles Andrews examines the upcoming Santa Monica local elections, overdevelopment concerns, and grassroots candidates.