Don Reed Wins Our Hearts with Warmth & Wit—Oakland Style by Barry David Horwitz If you’ve never seen a Don Reed stand-up show, now is the time for a rare treat. Don Reed has come home to the East Bay from Hollywood, and he’s got lots to tell us about how it rolls down…
Taylor & Jones’ Musical Echoes Mahalia Jackson’s Spirituality by Barry David Horwitz In “HALIE! The Mahalia Jackson Musical,” co-writers Wendy E. Taylor and Darryl V. Jones dramatize the life of Mahalia Jackson, the most gifted Gospel singer of all time. She influenced all the music around her: Blues, Rock n’Roll, Pop—they all incorporate Jackson’s…
August Wilson’s Fiery 60s Friends Deliver Wit & Wisdom by Barry David Horwitz If you haven’t grown up either poor or Black or marginalized, then it’s hard to understand how powerfully those forces affect our opportunities. It takes a genius to make voter suppression and oppression emotional. August Wilson is that genius. And Director…
Dustin H. Chinn Shreds Colonial & Capitalist Lies in Vietnam by Barry David Horwitz Travel with Dustin H. Chinn from French colonial Indochina to post-war capitalist Vietnam to foodie heaven Brooklyn. Catch the evolution of our tastes, our devotion to Pho, and our imperialist history. We know we’re on a tour through time, when…