by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 9, 2026 | Commentary, Entertainment, Featured, Los Angeles, Music, Theatre
“Panic at the Disco” is an essay series that unpacks the impact of the Center Theatre Group’s new production of Here Lies Love. The critical journey will explore the complexities of artistic depictions of traumatic events and cultural figures in history and how it...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 9, 2026 | Art, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Local, Los Angeles
FILM Cult Classics Cinema presents B.A.P.S. – 6 PM, March 14: Experience an unforgettable night at Cult Classics Cinema, hosted and curated by DJ Rosegawd. This edition features the classic film, B.A.P.S (an acronym for Black American Princesses) is a 1997...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 2, 2026 | Entertainment, Featured, Film, Media, TV
SXSW can be an overwhelming experience. For 10 days, you are bombarded by a tsunami of media, films, TV, tech, music, culture, and queso… lots of queso. This year, the annual SXSW fest takes place between March 12–18, curating a seven-day instead of 10-day...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 2, 2026 | Art, Calendar, Entertainment, Film, Local, Los Angeles
THEATRE Dragon Mama – March 4 – April 12: Broadway star Sara Porkalob returns to the Geffen Playhouse for the second installment of “The Dragon Cycle.” In this next chapter, Maria Porkalob, Jr. dreams of a bigger, gayer life beyond Bremerton, WA. But when an...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Feb 24, 2026 | Books, DIASPORA Library
I am more of a non-fiction reader, but once in a while I will read a novel that just sticks to my soul. Melissa Chadburn’s A Tiny Upward Shove not only sticks to my ribs but haunts me with its thoughtful use of Filipino folklore to tell the personal, harrowing...
