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Dear James by Anthony Rucker at HFF

Hudson Backstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Dear James by Anthony Rucker Featuring Charles Reese at the Hollywood Fringe Festival A thought provoking, entertaining, and insightful journey through the mind of the renowned poet Anthony ‘Da Boogie Man’  Rucker in the form of a conversation with James Baldwin. Walk ...

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Inner City Cultural Center II presents Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology

Hudson Mainstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! Poets Jazz House, Inner City Cultural Center II and Tuesday Conner are proud to present "Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology" starring Gil Scott-Herons daughter Gia Scott-Heron. Join an evening that will spark your soul and shake your emotions when ...

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$25 – $35

Philosophy & Pasta — Live Comedy Taping by JP Brown at HFF

Eastwood Performing Arts Center 1089 N Oxford Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Philosophy & Pasta — Live Comedy Taping by JP Brown Featuring Max Byrd, Carissa Gomez, and Andrew Searles at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) JP Brown is recording his very first stand-up comedy special: Philosophy & Pasta. In this debut comedy special, ...

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$15

Inner City Cultural Center II and Poets Jazz House present Father Amde Hamilton

Willie Agee Playhouse 714 Warren Ln., Inglewood, CA

Poets Jazz House is honored to present Father Amde, a hero and legend to poets worldwide. Formed out of the fury of the Watts Riots in 1965 the Watts Prophets were young Black poet-performers railing against police brutality, institutionalized poverty, American hypocrisy, ...

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$15 – $50

TYT 5 by Byron Coolie and Sidney Edwards at HFF

The Broadwater Studio 1078 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, CA

TYT 5 by Byron Coolie and Sidney Edwards Directed by Sidney Edwards at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) TYT 5 (tight five) is a play with three monologues that follow our main character “Byron Coolie” at three different points in his life ...

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$15

TRANSlation: A Nu Gworl Group by Terrell M. Green at HFF

Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center 1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA

TRANSlation: A Nu Gworl Group Written & Directed by Terrell M. Green at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) TRANSlation: A Nu Gworl Group by Terrell M. Green is a lip sync musical about the first BIPOC  Trans Girl group to make it ...

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