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• Pacifica Performance Showcase/Arts in Review, Friday, October 10, 2-3:00 pm, guests Victoire Charles ("JaJa's African Hairbraiding," Daniel Chaffey (German Currents Film Fest), Todd Hitchcock (AFI Film Fest), Actress Sharon Gless ("Show Her The Money)

  Join hosts Donna Walker and Julio Martinez for a special fund drive edition with guests actress Victoire Charles, currently starring in "JaJa's African Hair Braiding" at the Mark Taper Forum; Daniel Chaffey of the Goethe Institut to talk about the 19th Annual German Currents Film festival, running Oct. 17-21; Todd Hitchcock and Abbie Algar of AFI to talk about this years' AFI Film Fest, running Oct,.22-26; and Emmy Award winning actress Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacy, Queer as Folk) to talk about her latest venture, "Show Her The Money" supporting women entrepreneurs, Tune in and pledge!

  Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, October 8, 2025

• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, Oct. 12 at 10:00 pm, Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband" starring Alfred Molina and Jacqueline Bissett

  A tender love story, a serpentine villainess, a glittering setting in London society and a shower of Wildean witticisms are only a few of the reasons this play has enjoyed hugely successful revivals in London and New York. This 1895 drama also seems eerily prescient, as it explores the plight of a promising young politician, desperate to hide a secret in his past. With empathy and wit, Wilde explores the pitfalls of holding public figures to higher standards than the rest of us. Includes an interview with Michael Hackett—the Department Chair of Theater at UCLA. In addition to his extensive directorial work for L.A. Theatre Works—which includes plays by Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams, and Noël Coward.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, October 8, 2025

• What Are We Cheering For?

  Every holiday, every weekend, every so-called American ritual came with a side of football. The game would be on, and we were supposed to care. I didn’t. Not really. Not until I almost did. For a brief stretch, when my dad worked with the Clippers during the Lob City era, I started to believe. Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan — it felt like swagger, like culture, like something to belong to. Then the trades came, the team got gutted, and the curtain dropped. It wasn’t family. It wasn’t culture. It was business. That moment stuck. The more I watched, the more the wires showed: how ritual gets packaged, sold, and weaponized. How meaning becomes merchandise. How attention becomes empire.

  Posted by Ace Estwick at Tuesday, August 19, 2025

• When AI Replaced Our Comics

  When AI replaced hand-drawn comics in our newsroom, I saw more than ugly art — I saw the erosion of what makes journalism worth doing.

  Posted by Noah Velez at Friday, August 8, 2025

• Congress Defunds Public Media — Pacifica Responds

  In a historic gut-punch to independent journalism, Congress has voted to defund public media. That includes the very institutions that bring you local news, climate alerts, culture, and grassroots truth-telling. Pacifica—our national network—has issued a bold response. Here’s what’s at stake.

  Posted by Ace Estwick at Wednesday, July 30, 2025

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