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‘Don’t Let My Mama Read This: A Southern-Fried Memoir’

May 29 2009

Hadjii

Let’s say it’s Saturday night and you’re at home with no particular plans.
Dinner is done, the night is young, and you think you might see what’s on TV. You grab the remote and flip through some channels.

Do you choose an action movie you’ve seen a dozen times, a tired old repeat of some 80s show, or do you click on something that’s going to make you chuckle?

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‘Intimate Apparel’

Kathy Williamson

May 29 2009

A dream deferred

Standing ovations and ‘boos’ for the villain filled the Morgan-Wilson Theatre in Santa Monica, Sunday, when the cast of “Intimate Apparel” took their final bows after an incredible run.

The story follows Esther, a 35 year old unmarried seamstress of ladies’ lingerie (intimate apparel) in the early 1900s.

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Reggae Fest goes green

Amber Jones

May 29 2009

A weekend of peace, love, and music

This Memorial Day weekend, UCLA kicked off its 22nd annual Jazz/Reggae Festival featuring well-known artists The Roots, Goapele, and Stephen Marley. The two day event, held on UCLA’s intramural field, attracted a large and diverse crowd while emphasizing an environmental friendly and socially sustainable atmosphere through the festival’s “go green” ideas.

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‘Dear Success Seeker’

Terri Schlichenmeyer

May 28 2009

by Michele R. Wright, Ph.D., foreword by Camille O. Cosby, Ed.D.

Failure is not an option.

When you put your heart and soul into something —a project, a career, a program—you want everything to go right. You don’t want to lose. And you don’t want to give up because nobody wants to fail.

But now you find yourself stuck. You’re at a crossroads. How can you find the guts to stay the course and keep on going in the face of adversity, loss, and a bad economy? You’ll get many words of strength for success when you read Dear Success Seeker, by Michele R. Wright, Ph.D..

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