Kwanzaa traditions will look different this year, but it’s still possible to celebrate African American culture in Los Angeles.
The year-end event was created a year after 1965’s Watts riots as a way to honor African heritage and bring Black families and communities together.
Running Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, Kwanzaa is focused on seven principles rooted in the sacred teachings of Asante and Zulu harvest celebrations: Unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was easier to celebrate these principles with dance performances, parades and other in-person community events. How can you celebrate Kwanzaa while trying to stay safe at home? By lighting a candle for each principle during the weeklong holiday and embracing the principles of Kwanzaa in the new year. You can also support Black culture, businesses and restaurants. Here are nine ways to celebrate Kwanzaa in Los Angeles in
The Seth Concert Series – James Monroe Iglehart | Review
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December 18, 2020 James Monroe Iglehart
James Monroe Iglehart is a tour de force off-stage as well as on – recalling huge amounts of detail to each and every anecdote from his illustrious career, he tells stories at such a rapid pace, and with such zeal, that it is all but impossible not to be drawn in, even if he’s talking about the sort of thing that most guests on
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Karen Eterovich and Frank Farrell are cast in First Flight Theatre Company s Dickens by Candlelight: A Christmas Carol. First Flight Theatre Company
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The Ridgewood-based First Flight Theatre Company was created in November 2019 but has yet to take off, grounded by the coronavirus.
The not-for-profit troupe “devoted to presenting the plays of 20th century American playwright Maxwell Anderson” and other playwrights who “instill poetry in their writing” has had a couple of test-flight readings and workshop productions over the past year, but still awaits the day it can mount its first full-fledged work.