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April 18, 2025 11:10 a.m.
Coachella 2025 Q&A: Musician Seun Kuti on the intersection between art, social justice

Seun Kuti wears a red ensemble and squats next to a tiled wall while placing his hands on his head. Kuti is the son of Fela Kuti, a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, and is performing at both weekends of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Courtesy of Kola Oshalusi)

Seun Kuti is hoping to remind audiences of the intersection between art and social justice.
After not being able to take the Indio, California stage in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian musician and his band Egypt 80 will perform at the second weekend of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

By Sanjana Chadive

Arts

April 17, 2025 9:05 p.m.
Theater Preview: Spring is budding with musicals, revivals across Los Angeles

A fresh lineup of theater productions is budding this spring.
With the new season, theaters will be blossoming with lively revivals, revamped adaptations and new storylines across Los Angeles.

By Gwendolyn Lopez, Izzy De Leon, Ruwani Jayasekara, and Reid Sperisen

Arts

April 16, 2025 12:38 p.m.

Caroline Sierk’s ‘To Be’ uncovers what it means to be a filmmaker, actor in LA

A one-of-a-kind friendship and a motivating mantra are the inspiration behind Caroline Sierk’s directorial debut.
After the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television decided she was not to be a part of its department when she first applied in 2024, third-year political science student Sierk took it upon herself to make her own short film, titled “To Be.” Set in a romanticized 1965 Los Angeles, the movie follows college student Jack Adler, who chooses to look beyond his world of academics as he goes off into the city of stars and meets a fellow dreamer, Diana.

By Gavin Meichelbock

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