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During the Beverly Hills Arts and Culture Commission's regularly scheduled April 11 meeting, the city demonstrated its ongoing commitment to art, highlighting a plethora of programming and providing updates on various arts and culture events around the city.

The Portland, Oregon art scene is thriving and Lizzy is there on the margins. A potter, she lives a life of quiet frustration.

"Air," about the Nike-Michael Jordan marriage, is a pure pleasure from beginning to end.

Making a film within a film seems to be becoming a genre unto itself.

"The Lonely Few," a musical premiering at the Geffen Playhouse in the tiny Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater, was commissioned by the Geffen. Ambitious and audacious, "The Lonely Few" is a play about hopes, dreams, successes, failures, disappointments and love in all its permutations and boundaries. 

March brings a bouquet of flowers (and weeds) and I will try to give you some viewing options and opinions. Buyer beware.

Some of the very best television series available are in a language other than English. Granted, none of the streaming platforms make these foreign language gems easy to find, but a little perseverance and guidance can overcome all obstacles. Watch these shows in their original

Robert van Leer has been named Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. He will assume the post on April 1.

Very few people are aware that around 18,000 Jewish refugees fled to China during the Holocaust, but in "Shanghai Sonatas" Sean (Xiang) Gao brings this stunning tale of unfathomable horror, unlikely relationships and unpredictable victory to symphonic life.

The Independent Spirit Awards ceremony will take place March 4 under a tented pavilion in Santa Monica, provided the weather cooperates. Although they've survived rain in the past, the recent gale force winds might put a dent in the tent. But first and most important,