HMTC This Week: Will theaters survive COVID? – Hanford Sentinel

Silvia Gonzalez Scherer 

Contributed by Silvia Gonzalez Scherer

Mama Mia, is theater going to survive 2020?

Theaters across the country are doing their best to modify their programming during the pandemic. Locally, Kings Players instituted a readers’ theater that can be accessed on their website. A theater company related to them, Golden Chain Theater in Oakhurst, is doing live performances through Facebook.

In Hollywood, where a wonderful dotting of small theaters had thrived in the …

Eid-Adha Carnival heralds return of cultural festivals to WA – Mirage News

LiveLighter Multicultural Eid-Adha Carnival at Burswood Park tomorrow First major cultural festival held in WA since onset of COVID-19 McGowan Government supports popular Eid-ul-Adha celebration with $35,000 

Western Australia is set to host its first major cultural festival since the onset of COVID-19, with this weekend’s LiveLighter Multicultural Eid-Adha Carnival to take place tomorrow (August 8) at Burswood Park.

Co-ordinated by the Australian Arab Association, the free public family friendly carnival will include international cuisines, …

Colombian-raised, Oscar Jimenez is now one of Australia’s foremost pioneers of Latin music – Beat Magazine

We catch up with the esteemed Oscar Jimenez.

Oscar Jimenez is the definition of a music chameleon, having appeared and collaborated with a number of acts across his career. Born in raised in Colombia, Jimenez moved to Australia where he is now based, yet Jimenez is always on the move. He’s toured everywhere from Japan to South Korea, Malaysia and throughout South America. You might know him as a member of ARIA-nominated Watussi or Amaru …