This was a big year for San Diego theater, with many ambitious world premiere musicals and plays produced by theaters large and small. In 2025, I reviewed nearly 120 local productions. Normally, I ...

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Greece is steeped in fascinating holiday traditions, with its Christmas carols, or kalanda, being some of the most ...

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It barely made waves when it debuted, but this 1970s Beach Boys song later became a cult favorite and one of the band’s most ...

Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

The right ’70s song does more than trigger nostalgia, it feels like it could drop into a 2025 playlist without missing a beat ...

The movie is based on a pair of children's books by British author Mary Norton. The first, The Magic Bedknob (1943), is about ...

Grease is one of the most-streamed movies on Pluto TV, proving the John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John classic is still a beloved movie musical.

While the joyous holiday is often embodied by the eight-slotted menorah and the nightly lighting of colorful candles ...