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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ventura County Star Stories: Culture</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/entertainment/culture/</link><atom:link href="http://venturacountystar.com/news/entertainment/culture/" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"></atom:link><description>Ventura County Star Stories: Culture</description><language>en-us</language><category>entertainment/culture</category><item><title>Tune up your summer at free concerts all around the county
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/sound-decision-tune-up-your-summer-at-free-all/</link><description><![CDATA[The summer concert season is here, which means BYOB or C (bring your own blanket or chair) to a park or plaza. All you need is something to keep you off the itchy, lumpy, dewy grass or hard-boiled concrete.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/sound-decision-tune-up-your-summer-at-free-all/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Cast change, onstage mishap don't derail opening night of the Camarillo show
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/pippin-perseveres-cast-change-onstage-mishap-of/</link><description><![CDATA[It was a perfect storm of a &quot;Pippin&quot; staging Saturday night at the Camarillo Airport theater. As the lights dimmed and Camarillo Community Theatre prepared to perform the Stephen Schwartz musical, the audience was told that director-choreographer Jeff Wallach would be playing the key role of Charlemagne, with Paul Babb returning for performances from the July 4 weekend through the final July 27 curtain.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/pippin-perseveres-cast-change-onstage-mishap-of/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Favre: Sunset Strip clubs throw a three-day music festival 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/boulevard-bash/</link><description><![CDATA[ The Sunset Strip, a mile-and-a-half section of Sunset Boulevard that winds its way through West Hollywood, is one of the most famous stretches of asphalt in the world.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/boulevard-bash/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Rousing 'Music Man'
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/rousing-music-man/</link><description><![CDATA[ It's a great way to get the kiddies and teens off Ojai's &#8212; uh, River City, Iowa's &#8212; streets for the summer.   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/rousing-music-man/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Five things to do in Ventura County
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/no-headline---g05vfivebrfs26ev/</link><description><![CDATA[ Five things to do in Ventura County this week.   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/no-headline---g05vfivebrfs26ev/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Songs in the key of 'Life'
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/songs-in-the-key-of-life/</link><description><![CDATA[ Like a refreshing splash of cool water on a warm Ventura weekend, &quot;It's Only Life&quot; washed over Sunday's matinee audience at the Rubicon Theatre with a thoughtful look at beginnings and endings, hopes and fears, all expressed through the ingratiating music and well-honed lyrics of composer John Bucchino.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/26/songs-in-the-key-of-life/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Favre: Cheech Marin shares his Chicano art trove in L.A. museum exhibit
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/19/coming-home/</link><description><![CDATA[ In a discussion of the most influential Chicano comedians of the 20th century, Cheech Marin would have to be placed high on the list. He would also be near the top when it comes to popular comics who flaunted convention by openly dealing with drug humor, and he is one of the more successful stand-ups to make the transition to film and TV acting.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/19/coming-home/</guid><category>entertainment/columnists</category></item><item><title>Veteran actors make historic 'Trial' come alive in T.O.
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/05/courtroom-clashes-veteran-actors-make-historic/</link><description><![CDATA[Gothic Productions leader Michael Jordan has dipped into the past to revive a drama that still has resonance today. The Thousand Oaks troupe first staged Saul Levitt's &quot;The Andersonville Trial&quot; in 1988, inspired by the 1970 TV production directed by George C. Scott, who himself had played the pivotal role of Judge Advocate N.P. Chipman on Broadway.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/05/courtroom-clashes-veteran-actors-make-historic/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Actors are note-perfect in Ensemble Theatre's 'Old Wicked Songs'
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/05/impeccable-duo/</link><description><![CDATA[The transformational power of music is the engine that hums through Jon Marans' &quot;Old Wicked Songs,&quot; which is being staged through June 22 by Ensemble Theatre Company in Santa Barbara.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/05/impeccable-duo/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Favre: Immerse yourself in the legend of African water spirit Mami Wata
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/05/splash-course/</link><description><![CDATA[ By all accounts, she's gorgeous, intelligent, able to attract money and &#8212; just in case the need arises &#8212; she can also charm snakes.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/05/splash-course/</guid><category>entertainment/columnists</category></item><item><title>Favre: Musical tells Janis Joplin's stirring story in her own words
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/29/piece-of-her-heart/</link><description><![CDATA[Janis Joplin's death from a heroin overdose came on Oct. 4, 1970, just one month after the death of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix and less than a year before the passing of Doors frontman Jim Morrison. All three were 27 years old when they died, and all three became icons of a music and cultural era that still fascinates millions.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/29/piece-of-her-heart/</guid><category>entertainment/columnists</category></item><item><title>Five things to do in Ventura County
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/29/no-headline---g05vfivebrfs29ev/</link><description><![CDATA[Ideas of things to do in Ventura County.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/29/no-headline---g05vfivebrfs29ev/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Hats off to 'Chorus Line'
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/29/hats-off-to-chorus-line/</link><description><![CDATA[ The revival, now on its national tour and currently at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, appears nearly four decades after Michael Bennett first conceived the idea of an entire musical based on the physical and psychological roller coaster of the audition process.   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/29/hats-off-to-chorus-line/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Favre: Getty exhibits document life in 20th-century Germany
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/souls-and-structures/</link><description><![CDATA[ There are many paths to understanding a society. One way is through studying its citizens, and another is by examining the structures that dot its landscape.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/souls-and-structures/</guid><category>entertainment/columnists</category></item><item><title>High Street center's comedy delivers warmhearted laughs
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/gentle-savage/</link><description><![CDATA[ Continuing what seems to be a community theater season for high-minded, warmhearted plays from the past, the High Street Arts Center in Moorpark is staging its entry in the genre, John Patrick's 1950 comedy &quot;The Curious Savage.&quot; Savage is the family name, not necessarily the heritage.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/gentle-savage/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Theater League, Cabrillo Music Theatre unveil 2008-09 seasons
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/kings-cats-scoundrels-theater-league-cabrillo-09/</link><description><![CDATA[ Cabrillo Music Theatre and Theater League, which both present musicals in the Civic Arts Plaza's 1,800-seat Fred Kavli Theatre, are now offering season-ticket packages. Here's a look at their respective seasons.   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/kings-cats-scoundrels-theater-league-cabrillo-09/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Rubicon's 'My Antonia' is tale of love, hope
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/life-passages/</link><description><![CDATA[ Willa Cather's &quot;My Antonia&quot; is as sprawling as the plains of Nebraska where she first encountered salt-of-the-earth people linked to the soil, some from pioneer stock, others from the flood of immigrants that made up 40 percent of the state's population in 1890.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/life-passages/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Five things to do in Ventura County
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/no-headline---g05vfivebrfs22ev/</link><description><![CDATA[ Things to do in Ventura County this week.   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/no-headline---g05vfivebrfs22ev/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Mighty return Camerata, just back from successful tour, wows crowd
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/mighty-return-camerata-just-back-from-successful/</link><description><![CDATA[ Power! Passion! Agility! No, it's not the first big summer movie blockbuster, it's the season finale of Camerata Pacifica, just back from its first international tour.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/22/mighty-return-camerata-just-back-from-successful/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item><item><title>Best bets
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/no-headline---g42vgochill15ev/</link><description><![CDATA[Best bets of things to do.   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/no-headline---g42vgochill15ev/</guid><category>entertainment/culture</category></item></channel></rss>