Dust Bowl in the Basement

Ubuntu brings The Grapes of Wrath to life in an Oakland church basement.
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Sprawling Pastures

There was an appropriately agricultural scent in the air for opening night of California Shakespeare Theater’s world premiere of John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven. The company’s brand new Sharon Simpson Center with café, store, offices and the like under a verdant living roof was not quite completed, and the prosperous smell of fertilizer wafted through the outdoor amphitheater.