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Welcome to impeachment week, in which we grow increasingly concerned about the fate of our fragile republic — but also the aesthetics of Sen. Ted Cruz’s haircut. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, here with your weekly dose of culture news — and hamburger dispatches: Artistic legacies Shortly after abandoning her religious vows in 1968, Corita Kent produced a series of 29 prints called “Heroes and Sheroes” that honored political and civil rights figures she admired. The prints mark a moment of departure, when Kent is increasingly...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA How this drag performer is trying to save regional theater, one cocktail at a time [Los Angeles Times] She’s a fiery redhead with a heart of gold. A sassy Southern gal whose euphemisms would make a sailor blush. She believes that the four food groups are gin, rum, vodka and tequila, and she’d like to invite you to happy hour at her place. Dixie Longate is the drag persona of actor, writer and comedian Kris Andersson, who has been touring with his solo show, “Dixie’s Tupperware Party,” for longer than a decade. Like most everything else, that run came to ...

Newport Beach News Dixie Longate is back, and she’s owning Happy Hour at Segerstrom Center. Alabama’s favorite fast-talking, gum-chewing southern belle Dixie Longate performed her smash off-Broadway hit “Dixie’s Tupperware Party” at Segerstrom Center’s Samueli Theatre in December of 2019, and proved she’s as much fun in the OC as she is on – or off – Broadway. Now, Dixie is back in a new show, “Dixie’s Happy Hour,” with virtual performances every night from Feb. 9 through 21 at 7 p.m. Dixie gone digital, and according to the folks at...

Chicken curry is bubbling on the stove. The rich scent of garlic, ginger, coriander and Indian chili powder fills the air. Check the basmati rice. It’s almost done. Take a sip of your Mumbai Mule — feel that vodka kick? Now, turn your attention back to your laptop screen. Sri Rao has something important to say. He stands by his stove in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, wearing a smart suit jacket and a collared shirt with no tie. He’s cooking what you’re cooking, and he’s explaining what the dish means to his family. He’s the child of Indian immigrants, and he learned about his heri...