CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD

T'Challa rises to the throne of Wakanda, a self-imposed isolated, technologically superior African nation, but his claim is challenged by...

“Cool Runnings” (“Jamaica Abaixo de Zero”) (1993) “I had to win. You see, Derice, I’d made winning my whole life. And when you make...

Angels by Denis Johnson (1949-2017) Their lives collided one cross-country Greyhound ride. The talk between Jamie Mays, estranged from...

The Nicholas Brothers' dance sequence to "Jumping Jive" in the film, "Stormy Weather," which fellow dancer Fred Astaire described as the...

Carnaval em Canas de Senorhim

Even on Valentine's Day, she answers to no man. Young and gifted, British composer Angelica Morgan is in control of her own life in Los...

It is good to talk. I am reminded again of the importance of conversation while watching several Oscar-nominated films. Movies set in the...

(This piece appeared in the June 7-13, 1985 issue of the L.A. Weekly.) Christopher Street West’s show will go on, despite the refusal of...

National boundaries, whether they are bodies of water or lines on a map, do not block out music. In the Caribbean, musical forms travel...

The tempting aroma that wafted above the boulevard could be traced to the hot kitchen of Adelle’s Bar B Q Soul Food where Adelle...

The barber’s scissors clicked in time with the quick rhythm of the jazz tune on the radio. The music bounced from a wooden console,...

Tired of being interesting? Is keeping abreast of the latest fashions, books and self-improvement schemes becoming an increasing...

IN AN 11-YEAR THE IDEALIST Matters of religion come to the fore. Teachers of psychology spring up like mushrooms and all their classes...

My car is in the shop, Christmas is a week away, and I live in the Portuguese countryside 17 kilometers from the nearest town....

The night belongs to men, but women are demanding it, a feminist writer said Saturday night at a rally protesting sexual violence against...

These photographs of the City Market, built in 1923, are from the collection of Carroll H. Walker. Vendors (above) sell cheeses, fine...

Linda Mah Ark sat in the restaurant holding Tiffany, her youngest daughter. The child was unusually cranky, Mrs. Ark explained to nearby...

“I guess I never thought I would find it. The ultimate thing, as I see it. The perfect marriage of science and beauty. An impossible...

Shoulders, necks, backs and bellies were strewn on workbenches in the violin maker’s shop. Wood chips made a carpet of spruce and maple....