Nelson Mandela

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Week

Monday, March 18 The Specials CLUB NOKIA Even though The Specials instigated the massively popular ska revival of the early '80s, they're far from a typical ska band. Whereas many modern groups are happy to employ ska's peppy, jerky rhythms merely for escapist dance fare, the English band preferred ... More >>

Athol Fugard's The Blue Iris at the Fountain Theatre

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, August 27 Summer Twins THE SATELLITE Summer's here and the time is right for a pure-pop escape. Sisters Chelsea (lead vocals and guitar) and Justine Brown (drums) lay down a simple, unabashedly irony-free form of pop that layers '60s garage rock with dreamy harmonies. "I'm just a piece of g ... More >>

Music Picks: Diana Krall, Concrete Blonde, Herbie Hancock

Also Echo Rising, Shlohmo, Divine Fits and others

Henry Rollins: The Column! South Africa's Present and Future

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] A few hours from now, I will be climbing onto the stage at a venue called the Bassline, here i ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Music Picks: Soweto Gospel Choir, Garbage, Neon Trees, Jennifer Leitham

Also, Kitty, Slaughterhouse, James, Chairlift and others

'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students to Know about South African Simon Nkoli?

​ South African activist Simon Nkoli​​In the history of the world, gays and lesbians have always contributed to advances in many different societies. One such person is Simon Nkoli, the anti-apartheid, gay rights, and AIDS activist in South Africa. "Nkoli's brilliance, as an anti-aparthei ... More >>

Top 10 Under-the-Radar Grammy Artists You Should Know

​Sure, you may secretly dance to Justin Bieber in your Wonder Woman undies or fantasize about Drake making you a hot fudge sundae, but there's a lot more talented, relatively unknown musicians hiding in the Grammy nominee list. The Grammys, on the most part, are about the awards gifted to peo ... More >>

Soweto Gospel Choir

Music Picks: Soweto Gospel Choir, Paul McCartney, Melissa Auf der Maur

Also, Jay-Z, Metric, Triorganico, Air and others

7 Questions with @ScrewYouSXSW

​There's a new tweeter in town and she's mad as hell. In the last week, @ScrewYouSXSW, the self-proclaimed pissed off wife of a SXSW attendee, has been tweeting about happenings she's been learning about from her husband via text. A number of people at SXSW think this enigmatic person is of ... More >>

Panic, Despair and Revolution

Yet from industry turmoil, great films arose

Let the Golden Globes (and etc.) bad-mouthing begin!

Because it's awards season and there's no holiday cheer

Invictus: All's Well That Ends Well

Not much truth, but plenty of reconciliation in Clint Eastwood's South Africa

EASTWOOD ON THE PITCH

At 79, Clint tackles Mandela in Invictus

Frog of the South

Disney’s song and dance about a black princess croaks

Africans at UCLA: Pieter-Dirk Uys and Charlize Theron

South Africa’s Dame Edna brings Elections and Erections to Glorya Kaufman Hall

Stage Raw: Pieter-Dirk Uys and Charlize Theron at UCLA

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Annette Bening in Medea at UCLAINTERVIEW with Medea's director, Lenka Udovicki, and UCLA's David SeftonPIETER-DIRK UYS AND CHARLIZE THERON AT UCLA​One of Uys' belles, giving a "blow job" to the ashes of her late Nazi husband. Photo b ... More >>

Memorial Day: Michael’s Staples Center Farewell

Clint Eastwood, America's Director

The searcher

Falling Sky: Athol Fugard's Victory

The playwright's latest premieres in Los Angeles

Victory

Revolutionary Road

All Power to the People: The History and Legacy of the Black Panther Party

Out of Afrikaans

Phillip Noyce harvests the seeds of revolution in Catch a Fire

Apartheid's Song

Phillip Noyce on the South Africa of Catch a Fire

70 Million and Counting

The clash of politics and morality in The Age of AIDS

14th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival

The Trials of Mandla Dube

During a mysterious psychotic episode, a South African filmmaker threatened to kill his children. Did our justice system protect his family over the next year — or simply destroy it?

''Do Not Hesitate''

Chicanos and the Man

Comedian Paul Rodriguez and his skateboarding son, Paulie, are rich and famous. But where would they be without Pablo?

Truth, Reconciliation — and Lots of Speeches

John Boorman’s In My Country

Have They No Shame?

Oscar gets a razzie for kissing Marty’s and Harvey’s butts. Plus, who’ll win and who’ll lose.

Arnold Decoded

Lonely Pioneers

Bush gives the boot to two of his richest pals in Texas

Lying Along the Potomac

10 fibs by our president

The Devils' Advocates

How Arkansas’ West Memphis Three went from convicts to L.A.’s cause célèbre

Hanging On

Davis’ flawed strategy for staying in power

Botswana Blues

Norman Rush’s long-awaited second novel, Mortals

Men of Convictions

Serving time on Robben Island

The Accidental Hero

Illinois Governor Ryan and the death penalty

Worlds Within Worlds

Inside/outside Peter Gabriel

Rebellion in the Backlands

Protest coverage, Brazil's elections and Bush's scary policy paper

A Baghdad Diary

Journey into the abyss

Man Without a Country

Athol Fugard in past tense

Business Gals: But How’s Her Risotto?

Immaculate Contraception

Mother's Milk

What’s the best gift for a Latina mom on Mother’s Day?

The Pope Trope

Cry Freedom

Andre Brink Weeps for Post-Aparteid Lit