Arts and Entertainment Editor Michael James Rocha, Photo and Video Director Sam Hodgson, and Editor and Publisher Jeff Light discuss award-winning work by Union-Tribune journalists.
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Sandi Dolbee, formerly the religion and ethics editor for The San Diego Union-Tribune, had already been retired for a long time when Arts & Entertainment Editor Michael James Rocha approached her about returning to the pages of this newspaper as a columnist for the Arts+Culture section.
Last spring, the Sunday section had undergone a major change as a result of the pandemic, with the return of faith coverage as one of the priorities. Since then, Dolbee has been writing about faith, spirituality and ethics every two weeks.
Today, she returns to the front page with a story that explores how a nation, wounded by partisanship and cultural division, heals.
I’m
David L. Coddon,
and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week.
With the arrival of the new year, I’ve been thinking as many of you have about what I will do when someday the world is safe again. Among the many things I’ve missed is traveling, in particular to major hubs of arts and cultural entertainment.
You don’t get more major than New York City.
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Though I’ve visited the Big Apple on occasion before, I’ve never made it to the storied Apollo Theater in Harlem. Its history, which dates back to 1914, is populated by generations of Black musicians and performers across multiple genres and artistic disciplines.