CityBeat With Jill Stewart; MacArthur Grant Recipient Chuck Steidel; The Controversy Over "Barbershop"; "Blue" at the Pasadena Playhouse
CityBeat With Jill Stewart
Larry Mantle speaks with New Times LA columnist Jill Stewart about the three finalists--Timony, Lopez and Bratton--for Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.
MacArthur Grant Recipient Chuck Steidel
Larry Mantle talks with Caltech cosmologist Chuck Steidel about his work in astronomy and about winning the prestigious award. Steidel's expertise is cosmology, a field to which he has made numerous contributions in the ongoing attempt to understand the formation and evolution of galaxies and the development of large-scale structure in the universe. In particular, Steidel is known for the development of a technique that effectively locates early galaxies at prescribed cosmic epochs, allowing for the study of large samples of galaxies in the early universe.
The controversy over 'Barbershop'
Larry Mantle speaks with author, radio host, commentator and president of the National Alliance for Positive Action, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, and takes listener calls about a controversial scene in the new film “Barbershop” that is getting criticism from some black leaders such as Jesse Jackson and the Reverend Al Sharpton. The film contains controversial remarks about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and Jesse Jackson, as well as O.J. Simpson and Rodney King.
"Blue" at the Pasadena Playhouse
Directed by Sheldon Epps, “Blue” is Charles Randolph-Wright's coming-of-age comedy set in rural South Carolina, about a black family and its successful funeral parlor business as seen through the eyes of the eldest son. This is the West Coast premiere. “Blue” will go on a six-city tour after it closes at the Pasadena Playhouse. Larry Mantle speaks with Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse, and actress Leslie Uggams, who plays Peggy, the matriarch of the well-to-do African American family in “Blue.” Blue runs through October 13th.