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Philip Gefter's Cocktails with George and Martha traces the evolution of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — from Broadway sensation, to Oscar-winning film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

An El Cajon couple fell victim to a "grandparents scam" that eventually led to the unraveling of a crime syndicate known as The Enterprise.

The Baltimore Sun was bought last month by David D. Smith, a media executive known for his conservative political advocacy. He's already changing the nearly 200-year-old newspaper.

Joshua White is one of the music scene’s most creative and technically accomplished pianists. Praised by legendary musicians like Herbie Hancock as having “immense talent” and lauded for his “daring and courageous approach to improvisation … on the cutting edge of innovation,” Joshua has distinguished himself as a formidable leader of distinct voice among his peers. Born and raised in Southern California, Joshua received early training at the piano and developed rapidly through rigorous study of both Western European Classical literature and the Black American Music traditions. Shortly after placing in the top two as a finalist of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, Joshua began concertizing as a soloist and musical collaborator all over the world and continues to maintain an active touring schedule throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. Joshua White can most often be heard with his critically acclaimed Trio (featuring Karl McComas-Reichl; bass, and Tyler Kreutel; drums), as well as these musical ensembles: The Mark Dresser Quintet, Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, The Daniel Rosenboom Quartet, Steph Richards & Super Sense, and Lancaster (featuring Eric Revis, bass; Jeff Parker, guitar; and Guillermo Brown, drums). Stay Connected on Social Media| Instagram + Twitter + Facebook

The Ramona Art and Wine Festival celebrates its 11th annual Festival with over 50 artists and vendors, several local musicians, gourmet chefs and over a dozen area wineries, cideries & breweries —a record number for the Festival that will be held at Begent Ranch. The Ramona Art and Wine Festival spotlights the area’s fine art, wine, specialty items, gourmet caterers, and area musicians at the scenic Begent Ranch for visitors to appreciate and shop. Guests can taste wine, hand-crafted beer and cider, enjoy gourmet food bites, and shop for fine art and specialty items while listening to live music. They can also bid at a live auction to win one of the unique artist painted garden chairs & planters and/or the 11th Art and Wine Festival original painting by artist Jennifer Crenshaw. Everyone has the opportunity to bid on silent auction baskets filled with contributions from participating artists, vendors, and wineries.

To fight the skyrocketing cost of insulin, California is using multiple tactics, including making its own generic versions.

A rarely-shown 1926 silent film version of the famous legend of a man’s bargain with the devil, “Faust,” will be screened by the Theatre Organ Society of San Diego (TOSSD) on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3902 Kenwood Dr, Spring Valley 91977. Music to accompany this heralded example of early horror movies will be played by expert organist Rosemary Bailey on the TOSSD vintage 1927 Wurlitzer organ. General admission tickets of $20 per person may be purchased at the door or online at www.tossd1.org. The program begins at 6 p.m. preceded by a display of vintage autos at 5 p.m. by the San Diego chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America. “Audiences should prepare for more than the usual fun-filled night of music and motion pictures,” says Bailey, who serves as the volunteer president of TOSSD. “This cinematic medieval folktale is still as thought-provoking and unsettling as it was nearly a hundred years ago.” The Faust Legend: The German literary giant Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published two volumes on Faust between 1808 and 1831; the first volume relating the tragedy of Faust’s bargain with the devil has inspired countless other stories, dramatizations, and musical works including two grand operas. Charles Gounod’s opera premiered in Paris in 1859, based on a French play titled "Faust et Marguerite." An earlier opera by German composer Louis Spohr premiered in Prague in 1816; he later reworked it for a London premiere in 1852. Among the classical composers who took up the Faust story were Beethoven, Berlioz, Liszt, Mahler, and – in 1995 – Randy Newman. Significance in Silent Film: The Halloween season offers an opportunity to review the evolution of horror films and their effect on audiences. This film, directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and produced in Berlin, is among the early landmarks of the horror genre, prior to the development of movie sound tracks in the late 1920s. “Faust” followed Murnau’s 1922 “Nosferatu,” which introduced the legend of Bram Stoker’s Dracula to movie audiences. In this film, Murnau used state-of-the-art special effects inspired by artists from Caravaggio to the German Expressionists. Dramatic lighting, scenes of flying, depth-of-field shots unique in their day, and billows of smoke and flame contribute to the film’s visual excitement. Not only the heavy theme of the Faust legend but also the exhilaration of youth and frantic celebrations in the face of death bring forth the highs and lows of the horror genre. Film critic Roger Ebert praised Murnau’s skills in creating “a landscape of nightmares.” Theatre Organ Society of San Diego on Facebook

Flaco, who fled the Central Park Zoo, thrived in New York City on his own for about a year before his death.

Illinois has a chance to enshrine its long history of corruption.

The improv and comedy organization that famously shuns New York City has just opened in Brooklyn — with a 200-seat mainstage, a 60-seat second stage, classrooms and a restaurant.