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Here is a list of new plays, Critics’ Choices, etc. for Oct. 13-20. Capsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.), Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings Dear One: Love & Longing in Mid-Century Queer America Staged reading of Josh Irving Gershick’s fact-based epistolary drama. A…

Here is a list of classical music performances in L.A. for Oct. 13-20: Camera Lucida Chamber music by Shostakovich, Bartok and Bridge. Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Samueli Theater, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Sun., 8 p.m. $38 and up. (949) 553-2422. PhilharmonicSociety.org Dudamel Conducts Music from the Americas Gustavo Dudamel leads the LA…

Here is a list of dance performances in L.A. for Oct. 13-20: The Firebird Festival Ballet Theatre presents the one-act Stravinsky ballet based on a Russian folk tale. Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Sun., 2 p.m. $35-$45. (949) 854-4646. thebarclay.org L.A. Dances Two-month festival, with three distinct programs, features classic and contemporary works…

We recently received our new Global Entry card after having our interview at LAX upon returning from an international trip. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store In the future, I would skip getting Global Entry and use the Mobile Passport app. You save the $100 for five years, plus the time you spend for the…

Companies that harvest human organs, bones and other parts have worked their way into government morgues across the country to gain access to more bodies. The companies’ procurement teams often are taking body parts before coroners are able to conduct an autopsy, even in the midst of sensitive investigations such as possible homicides. A Times…

The fleeting sight of Stoney Point, a collection of flaky sandstone boulders north of Los Angeles, spurred a teenage Royal Robbins to hop off a freight train and get climbing. It was the ‘50s, and the legendary rock climber saw his destiny in those cliffs. “I went there often because I could picture the future,…

If there’s a lesson to be learned from Variety’s Power of Women luncheon, it’s to always be prepared. A teleprompter malfunction during Friday’s event put the presenters and the honorees to the test, and to their credit, all managed to sail through their remarks despite some initial trepidation. “Do you know how already nerve-racking this…

FUJISAWA, Japan —  Rescue efforts for people stranded in flooded areas were in full force Sunday after a powerful typhoon dashed heavy rainfall and winds through a widespread area of Japan, including Tokyo. Typhoon Hagibis made landfall south of Tokyo on Saturday and moved northward. The typhoon left seven people dead, 15 missing and more than…

Four people were killed and three others were wounded in an early Saturday shooting at an illegal gambling club in New York City, police said. The six men and one woman were shot just before 7 a.m. inside a building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said four men…

MEXICO CITY —  Mexican authorities on Saturday thwarted the latest caravan of migrants attempting to head north from southern Mexico with the hope of reaching the United States. Some 2,000 migrants from various nations — including Central American and African countries, Haiti and Cuba — set off on foot in the predawn hours from the southern…