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MAIN STREET FOURTH OF JULY PARADE – was going to be at the top of my HIGHLY RECOMMENDED list for

GETTY VILLA REOPENS -courtesy photo, LA Opera By CHARLES ANDREWS BRIAN WILSON I wrote last week that I needed more

HUNCHBACK JESTER RIGOLETTO (far R) -courtesy photo, LA Opera By CHARLES ANDREWS R.I.P. TWO GREAT ONES, SLY STONE, BRIAN WILSON

THE AMAZING MONTY, JAZZ BAKERY -courtesy photo HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!! Thank you, thank you, tusen takk! May 29: JFK,

DEFEND ART! - courtesy photo ART ATTACK It is part of the “I Want to be King” playbook. Stifle the

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: BEETHOVEN with ESA-PEKKA SALONEN – We’re all feeling a bit verklempt over Maestro Dudamel’s scheduled departure for New

SO MANY FISH IN THE BARREL To not shoot. But it’s important to hit the nastiest ones. Or they may

WHICH ONE IS BERNIE? -courtesy photo You can argue that the huge changes in our society being wrenched through by

RICK SHEA, TONY GILKYSON -courtesy photo McCabe’s “HANDS OFF!” GLOBAL PROTEST, THIS SATURDAY! – This is the time to show

SAMARA JOY -courtesy photo HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: SAMARA JOY – Careful, Charles, don’t oversell it. But I really am crazy about

CELSO & DARRYL, BLUES @HARVELLE’S -courtesyphoto NOTE: CHECK FIRST WITH ALL VENUES BEFORE GOING NEW FEATURE This NOTEWORTHY column intends

Music: Bassist Extraordinaire Richard Bona plays at the Moss Theatre on Saturday. (Courtesy Photo) TAKE IT SLOW, BUT GO by

PICK ME UP, BOB-STYLE At a dark moment when I spied a photo of our newly-(s)elected City Council, agonized through

ZUBIN, RUSKIN, CUBA By Charles Andrews MUSIC, ART, CUBA - HELP! Every good cause is now asking for your donations.

ZUBIN, RUSKIN, CUBA By Charles Andrews MUSIC, ART, CUBA - HELP! Every good cause is now asking for your donations.

CURIOUS CITY, 2012-2025 * R.I.P. By CHARLES ANDREWS NOT IMMEDIATELY… And not forever, yet. But its days are numbered. The

CURIOUS CITY, 2012-2025 * R.I.P. By CHARLES ANDREWS NOT IMMEDIATELY… And not forever, yet. But its days are numbered. The

Nashville Before my first visit there, a week ago, I didn’t know all that much about Nashville, longtime capital of

I MISS JACK NEWORTH No - he’s still with us. The esteemed, very popular longtime humor columnist for the Santa

STING 3.0: The Police legend returns to Los Angeles, remaining experimental and relevant– Courtesy Photo TAKE STING OUT OF ELECTION