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Have some dance with your coffee: Keith Glassman Dance this Sunday at...
This Sunday at 5:00pm, when you are getting your coffee at Groundwork Coffee in the heart of Hollywood (1501 N. Cauhenga Blvd., at Sunset), you’ll get an unexpected show with your cup o’ organic and...
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Brittany Murphy's death may be just another example of Hollywood's new...
Actress Brittany Murphy’s sudden death of cardiac arrest at age 32 this Sunday has left Hollywood stunned. Unfortunately, being stunned is familiar condition for the entertainment industry in the last...
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Nine is no Chicago but is worth a see
Director Rob Marshall's Nine opened this weekend and the trailer made it look as if the musical would pick up where the Academy Award-winning Chicago left off. Unfortunately, that is not the case....
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Top Ten Albums of the Decade (Photos)
Tuesday is the day for new music releases. Albums seem to drop from the sky into our retail stores (okay, maybe not), CD players (well, sometimes) and digital music players (that’s more like it). To...
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The 2009 Ovation Awards: In Review
For someone who has never attended the LA Stage Alliance's annual Ovation Awards ceremony, this was a unique and ultimately enjoyable experience. Held at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, home...
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The Edison and Downtown Art Walk: The best cheap Thursday night in town is...
Did you make a resolution to go out more in 2010 but you also made a resolution to save money? Well, tonight has the best of both in downtown Los Angeles. First, drive or take the Metro (save on...
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SCLA's Romeo & Juliet brings Shakespeare to hundreds of local students
Professional theatre artists are accustomed to launching into a performance in a blackout, hushed murmurs of an attentive audience and whatever sound scape paints the world they are about to enter....
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yOya's "Nothing to Die" is glossy folk music for the soul...and definitely a...
New music genres are popping up all over the place, and folktronica is no exception. Los Angeles-based yOya's debut album Nothing to Die is exploring this seemingly-contradictory type of music in a...
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John Daversa Big Band at the Baked Potato Lives Up to the Hype
John Daversa is not a new name in Los Angeles but it took this writer a few years to finally go see his aptly-named Progressive Big Band play one of their Sunday night residency shows at the historic...
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Brokechella: The Poor Man's Silverlake Music Scene Coachella (Photos)
Last weekend, music lovers flooded the deserts of Indio, California for bands like The Black Keys, Radiohead, Florence + the Machine, Bon Iver, and Girl Talk at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts...
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Family Forest will make you actively think about your family history
We all have family, whether biological, inherited, or chosen. And those families come with a vault of stories that shape who we are. That is the concept behind cARTel: Collaborative Arts LA's upcoming...
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Your Dad's Kids are young but definitely up-and-coming in LA music scene
In the low amber glow of Harvard and Stone in East Hollywood, Your Dad's Kids took the stage for only the third time in their band's history. Watching a musical group in its infancy can...
View ArticleThe shows people are talking about this weekend: June 22-28 (Photos)
Although San Francisco is a beautiful and vibrant city, this writer is desperately wishing she could be in Los Angeles to see some theatre. The next best thing is to list what she would see if she...
View ArticleLAb WORKS 2012 brings new voices to the LA stage
On the trendy Vermont Avenue stretch of Los Feliz Village, to the right of Skylight Books, hangs a little sign behind a closed gate that reads "Skylight Theatre." One might disregard the sign as a...
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CASA 0101 celebrates what it is to be LGBTQ and Latino/a in East Los Angeles
Over the past 12 years, CASA 0101 has emerged as an artistic leader in not only on the East side but the greater Los Angeles area. With Real Women Have Curves writer Josefina Lopez at the helm of this...
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Carmageddon II inspires local art with ARTmageddon
In July 2011, Los Angeles' worst fear came true: the closure of the 405 freeway between the 10 and the 101 for two entire days. What came to pass during "Carmageddon" was something of a miracle...
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A Benefit for Oliver James is an art showcase and a chance to save a puppy...
What is better than spending a Saturday night at an art showcase in a trendy Fashion District warehouse? Saving a puppy while you're at it! Tonight, A Benefit for Oliver James will bring together...
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Black Women: State of the Union returns to the stage as a social movement
In recent years, Los Angeles’ Company of Angels has celebrated Black History Month with thematically-relevant plays by Black writers. In 2009, they presented Black Women: State of the Union. Developed...
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GALAXY: The marriage of storytelling and science at a party not to be missed
When I sit down with cARTel: Collaborative Arts LA Artistic Director Negin Singh at Millie’s Cafe in Silverlake on this cool but sunny November day, she orders a large breakfast of eggs, toast,...
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cARTel's GALAXY was an otherwordly sensory experience (Photos)
Saturday night I visited LA Mart, which is across the street from a desolate warehouse where I attended an art party back in 2004.The collegiate hipster vibe in 2004 does not remotely compare to...
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