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Think of unicorns, big smiles, dancing, ladybugs, butterflies and all the colors on a bright palette, and you begin to approach the past joys of the television show “Reading Rainbow.”

When the United States government, for one brief moment in time, decided they would wield the sword of art and culture against Communism, they stirred up a hornet’s nest at the Venice Biennale.

Despite the occasional May showers and June gloom, summer is heating up in Beverly Hills, and during its May 14 meeting, the Beverly Hills Arts and Culture Commission highlighted some of the marquee summer programming happening over the next few months.   

I apologize for these late entries, many of which have been on for a while, but they were new when I watched them.

So much to watch! The TV series just keep coming and many of them are quite good.

It’s time to celebrate mom, grandma, or the special mother figure in your life this Sunday, May 12.

Obvious from the opening, when a home movie of a wide-eyed very young Gad stares into the camera, already performing for his onlookers, this is a very personal film.

“Nowhere Special” is quite the opposite. It is a wonderful film taking you on a journey that is anything but ordinary.

More than 200 artists will display their work across four city blocks, spanning Santa Monica Boulevard from Rodeo Drive to Rexford Drive. 

“We Grown Now” is a wonderful film, both a revelation and celebration of youth in an environment foreign to most of us.