On Local Government – A better way to vote
by Bob Pinzler On the March 7 Redondo Beach general election ballot are a group of measures designed, for the most part, to update a document first written in 1949. Of those, one of them would be impactful on the way we select our elected officials. In 1949, the good burghers of the city decided […]
Manhattan Beach ‘Trifecta’ School Board candidate refutes Easy Reader story
by Mike Welsh Candidate Manhattan Beach School Board I was shocked to read the lies about me in your front page story on the Trifecta, which was clearly timed as a last-minute, desperation political hit piece. It was the last issue printed before Election Day, meaning the victims of the story cannot defend themselves. Such […]
“In the Penal Colony” – Kafka, Glass, and Long Beach Opera
Crime and Punishment “In the Penal Colony” – Long Beach Opera tackles Philip Glass by way of Franz Kafka Before one of last weekend’s performances of “In the Penal Colony,” the short but intense opera by Philip Glass based on the Franz Kafka story of the same name, Long Beach Opera artistic director Andreas Mitisek […]