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Print Melanie Andrews was 10 years old and bedridden with sepsis when she was introduced to the world of Shakespeare. Her teachers were her mother and grandmother, a college professor who encouraged Andrews to read from the 1950s encyclopedia series “Great Books of the Western World,” which encompasses more than 400 works of literature. Over the span of a year, Andrews estimates, she read 20 Shakespeare plays, beginning with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” while confined to her Compton home. She says she is one of the few people who has read and directed, designed or performed every ...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA America Gonzalez, who has attended multiple workshops with the Compton Girls Club, is photographed at home in Sun Valley on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times/TNS) The Compton Girls Club is the after-school program you wish you’d had as a teen LOS ANGELES — Kukim Vazquez, a 17-year-old high school senior from Compton, started baking when she was in fifth grade and has spent the last few years watching YouTube tutorials and making more cookies and cupcakes than her friends and family are able to consume. After a cousin encouraged her ...

Here are Black-owned restaurants, coffee shops, fitness centers, lifestyle brands and other businesses to support. Like a lot of high school students, Vazquez had been struggling during the pandemic: there was no more French club, no gymnastics, no tutoring kids after school. Signing up for the sessions seemed better than scrolling on her phone all day. Advertisement Advertisement First, she learning how to make earrings over Zoom, then she signed up for a business incubator. Over three weekends, she and 10 other teens learned the basics of starting a small business. During a final, Shark Ta...

TikTok Was Built on the Backs of Black Creators. Why Can't They Get Any Credit? Everett “You’re in for a rude awakening. Get in,” Missy tells Torrance after a heated argument in the school parking lot. A few moments later, the ladies arrive at East Compton High School to confirm their fears: A former Toros cheer captain has been stealing routines from the Clovers for quite some time, leaving new captain Torrance in a tense rivalry. Clovers cheerleader Lava pierces through Torrance Shapman’s skin with just one line: “Were the ethnic festivities to your liking today?” Torrance (Kir...

In his role as musical director for the hotelier André Balazs, Arman Nafeei moved among the great and good in some of the world’s most glamorous hotels. Spending his evenings at the Chateau Marmont, he often found himself chatting with the West Hollywood hotel’s illustrious guests at the piano, in the lush, palm-laden gardens, or poolside, beneath the neon sign that’s become an icon of Sunset Strip. Inspired to recreate these intimate conversations, his podcast Are We On Air has now launched for a second series. A cool and considerate take on the music podcast form, the show invites g...