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She Can Be Evil - A Survivor’s Story

Booker began performing at the age six, producing her own concerts for family and friends throughout the New Orleans area and was a fan favorite at talent shows. She made her formal acting debut at age 16 in the Philelectric Society of Jesuit production of “Ain’t Misbehavin” with Harry Connick, Jr. Her voice has been featured in various advertising campaigns for Coca-Cola and Ralph Lauren and she received the distinct honor of being a “Jeopardy!” clue. She has conducted vocal workshops and master classes at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, and the Civica Scuole di Musica in Sondrio, Italy. She has written and produced numerous one-woman shows and stand-up comedy routines, including “Life Without God: Confessions of an Atheist Black Woman” and “Or As the Black People Say.” Booker uses her talents as a form of activism. She started Jazz Musicians Against Cancer to promote the concept that Music Is Medicine for those battling the disease. She returns to the theater stage to combine her passion for spoken word and music addressing hot button issues including religion, social injustice, and police brutality. For more information about Sandra Booker, visit www.sandrabooker.com. -- NoHo Arts District

Superman: The Complete Animated Series Is Up for Preorder on Blu-ray

The Despot Darkseid: A Villain Worthy of Superman (Featurette) – Darkseid takes center stage in this examination of one of The Man of Steel’s most vicious adversaries, plus other Fourth World characters that appear in Superman: The Animated Series. The featurette includes producers Paul Dini, Bruce Timm and Alan Burnett, art director/producer Glen Murakami, writers Rich Fogel and Stan Berkowitz, director James Tucker and Charles Hatfield (Department of English, Cal State Northridge). -- ING

Ask the Experts: Grocery Credit Card Shopping Tips

Yoko MimuraPh.D., Professor, Graduate Coordinator, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, California State University Northridge Which do you think is likely to benefit the average person more: a credit card with great rewards on groceries or a credit card with great rewards on travel? Unless you travel on regular basis with your own money, a credit card with great rewards on groceries is likely to benefit the average person more because we are more likely to buy groceries anyways (necessity) than to spend on travel (often a luxury). -- Wallet Hub

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