Why Disneyland's Latino-style Festival of Holidays matters
Disney's Festival of Holidays and ¡Viva Navidad! helped bring Asian, Black and other cultures to park celebrations, beyond Mulan and Black Panther characters.
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Disney's Festival of Holidays and ¡Viva Navidad! helped bring Asian, Black and other cultures to park celebrations, beyond Mulan and Black Panther characters.
Lynn Trimble Grand Avenue Changes Changes could be coming to a Phoenix-owned property at 723 West Polk located near a section of Grand Avenue known for arts and historic preservation. The city is in negotiations with a developer that plans to purchase the property, then build new housing (with a preference for veterans) while preserving some elements of the existing American Legion post. The city is currently making presentations at various meetings, and several small business owners and creatives based on Grand Avenue are hoping to meet with the developer and city to provide additional input...
Urban Voices Projectâs Skid Row Choir Releases First Single âA Holiday Called Homeâ Erin is the Digital Content Manager at the Jewish Journal. She also covers Jewish art, entertainment and culture. When Mostly Kosher frontman Leeav Sofer co-founded the Urban Voices Project (UVP) Choir along with Christopher Mack, an outreach worker in skid row dubbed âthe Urban Sage,â he had no idea six years later the choir would have its first single out for the community to enjoy for the holidays. Released on Dec. 20, âA Holiday Called Homeâ is the choirâs first sing...
The ultimate holiday shows list: 81 ‘Christmas Carols,’ ‘Nutcrackers’ and more [Los Angeles Times] Our gift to you: a stocking stuffed full of star-studded virtual shows this holiday season, including “Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Andrew Lincoln of “The Walking Dead” fame in “A Christmas Carol,” an intimate concert with chanteuse Lila Downs and a pandemic edition of “Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce.” Here are more than 80 shows, including the big-name extravaganzas, globe-hopping affairs and hometown entertainment for those lo...
“Nutcracker Rouge at Home” Company XIV, a Brooklyn-based purveyor of burlesque, reimagines its saucy take on the holiday favorite as a virtual series of eight newly recorded performances, with a new film dropping weekly. Available through Dec. 31. $150 and up. companyxiv.com “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” Bristol Old Vic, Kneehigh and Wise Children theater companies present this multimedia-enhanced romantic fable about painter Marc Chagall and his wife, Bella. Available on demand from 8 p.m. Dec. 11 through 18. 16 pounds (about $21). thewallis.org “George Balanchine’s the Nutcrack...