Friday, on the eve of Colin Powell’s visit to Egypt, Los Angeles Opera brought Egypt to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The secretary of state’s trip is important business and so, too, should be Handel ...

In retrospect, I was enough of a smart-ass as a child that I might have been that little boy in Harlan Howard’s classic song “No Charge.” The song is about a boy who invoices his mother for his ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. Set in a women’s prison, Great Performances: Julius Caesar ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Gospel music has a way of touching the soul, and few artists have done it as powerfully as Shirley Caesar. Known as the “First Lady of Gospel Music“, her voice has inspired ...