The solo performer Katie Rubin works in the theatrical comedy tradition of Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg, portraying multiple characters, often at the same time, in the same scene. In her new show, “Why I Died,” playing through November 23 in Hollywood’s Hudson Theater, Rubin applies her considerable acting chops to a confessional memoir of spiritual...
An Open Letter to Councilmember Hugo Soto-MartinezDear Councilmember Soto-Martinez,
The man you replaced, Mitch O’Farrell, was perceived by many as a cynical politician who placed the desires of wealthy real-estate developers over the concerns of the people he was supposed to represent. Sensitive to any perception of impropriety, you’ve made it a point to not accept…
For more than forty years one of our favorite writers, Detroit-based Peter Werbe, has been publishing provocative essays about capitalism, technology, religion, politics, and popular culture in the anarchist journal The Fifth Estate, where he’s long been an indispensable member of the editorial collective. Some of his best work is now organized in a compulsively readable...
