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Bay Area political events: Race and Hollywood, future of the office Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: TUESDAY Race and diversity in Hollywood: A discussion of the obstacles that people of color face in entertainment, as well as steps toward industry changes to increase representation. Participants include Franklin Leonard, founder of the Black List, and Sheldon Lyn, co-author of “Black Representation in Film and TV: The Challenges and Impact of Increasing Diversity.” Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. Noon. More information is here. WEDNESDAY Cindy McCain: Interiew with author of “Stronger: Courage, Hope, and Humor in My Life with John McCain.” Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. Noon. More information is here. ....
Author’s statement With the realities of climate change, inequality and the pandemic, one could be forgiven for choosing despair. But the world is no better off for that, so I choose to study hope, a discipline that requires practice. Here, treat yourself to a few minutes of joy in the next instalment of my series profiling amazing and yes, hopeful young people contending successfully with the climate justice crisis in Canada. Sophia Yang Sophia Yang wants us to listen to the stories in our clothes. Late in 2020, she launched Threading Change to raise consumer and fashion industry awareness of its climate, gender, racial, and labour justice impacts, and the ethical alternatives. ....
Bay Area political events: Housing, coronavirus town hall Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: MONDAY Rep. Ro Khanna: Fremont Democrat holds a town hall meeting. Noon. More information is here. George W. Bush: Former president on his new book, “Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants.” Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. Noon. More information is here. TUESDAY Housing solutions: A discussion with the affordable housing and homelessness advocates who created Roadmap Home 2030, a plan to end homelessness and create affordable homes over the next decade. Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. 3 p.m. More information is here. ....
Print This is the March 16, 2021, edition of The Wide Shot, a weekly newsletter about everything happening in the business of entertainment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. At about 12:45 p.m. on Monday, nearly a full year after the pandemic shut down Los Angeles movie houses, patrons finally began to trickle back into the lobby of the Cinemark Playa Vista and XD theater. One of the first through the door was Ken May, a 58-year-old financial trader who hasn’t been to a movie since seeing “The Invisible Man” right before shutdowns took hold in March 2020. He’d been dying to get out of his home, where he stares at charts all day, so he got a ticket to the 1:10 p.m. showing of Sony’s “Monster Hunter.” ....