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Interview with Carlo Ponti about LA Virtuosi – his new Chamber Orchestra –...
The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra envisions a world in which every young person has access to music education. LA Virtuosi is Carlo Ponti’s totally non-profit orchestra supporting arts education in...
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Body Fine Art Competition 2015 – Los Angeles art event report
From Mariah Carey and Beyoncé to Game of Thrones and MAC Cosmetics, body painting has invaded every part of American culture. Now for the first time on the West Coast, artists from around the world...
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“A Love Affair with Blundstones”– an essay for TueNight – Los Angeles
Hello readers and subscribers! Here’s an essay I wrote for the online magazine, TueNight.com, about my favorite boots. When you work long days that merge into nights, running around, climbing up and...
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Angel City Chorale concerts in June – Los Angeles concert report
Angel City Chorale will perform the hit tunes and music from video games and films in two concerts at the Wilshire United Methodist Church in early June. Inspired by recent blockbuster movies such as...
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Hollywood Fringe Festival’s sixth season kicks off with historic unveiling –...
Just in time for the launch of the sixth season of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, the City of Los Angeles is formally recognizing Theatre Row. You can join City Councilmembers Mitch O’Farrell and Tom...
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Australian Theatre Company presents staged readings of Australian plays in...
Intent on sharing Australian stories, voices, culture and talent — as well as collaborating with topnotch American practitioners — co-producers Nick Hardcastle and Nate Jones formed the U.S.A.’s very...
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Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg brings “Rodin”– Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance...
Premier dance events can be experienced this month and next in downtown L.A. During its eleven-season history, the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center series has offered wide variety of...
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OPENING TONIGHT –“Dog Days” LA Opera at REDCAT – Los Angeles opera interview
Opening tonight, and making its West Coast Premiere, is Dog Days, a deeply unsettling 2012 operatic work that blends classical vocalism with dark, heavy metal influences. In the aftermath of an...
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“My Crime Novel Addiction Revealed!”– an essay for TueNight.com – Los Angeles
Greetings readers and subscribers! Here’s an essay I wrote for the online magazine, TueNight.com, about my passion for crime fiction. I was one of those kids who always had her head in a book. I...
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THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY – BalletNOW – Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The...
Some of the most prominent ballet stars in the world are visiting Los Angeles, many for the first time, as The Music Center’s acclaimed dance series, Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center,...
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Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015 – Annual Gala 2015 Auction Preview –...
Countdown! The Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the region’s cultural vitality, is happening soon! The 10-day festival runs from July 17-26, 2015...
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Sheryl Crow in concert at the Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles concert review
WEEKEND SPECTACULARS at the Hollywood Bowl continue this summer. Nine-time Grammy®-winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow performs with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for an evening of good-time hits and...
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Interview with Ice Cube for “Straight Outta Compton”– Los Angeles film interview
I actually feel lucky to have survived a recent visit to the film set of Straight Outta Compton. The upcoming biopic dramatizes the mid-to-late eighties rise of the groundbreaking rap group N. W. A,...
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Warner Bros. Presents Bugs Bunny At The Symphony – 25th Anniversary! At the...
WEEKEND SPECTACULARS at the Hollywood Bowl continue this summer. For 25 hilarity-filled years, Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes pals have teamed up with live orchestras playing those phenomenal Carl...
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San Antonio Film Festival 2015 Preview – travel film report
Director David Zucker, actor Sean Young, and stuntman Corey Eubanks are all scheduled to attend the San Antonio Film Festival, which takes place July 28th through August 2nd at the Tobin Center for...
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San Antonio Film Festival: Short Films – Part One – travel film festival reviews
A variety of entertaining and provocative short films are being screened at this year’s San Antonio Film Festival from filmmakers all over the world. So far, I’ve had the opportunity to see about 22 of...
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Trombone Shorty, Michael Franti and Charles Bradley – Jazz at the Hollywood...
JAZZ AT THE BOWL at the Hollywood Bowl continues this summer. New Orleans native Trombone Shorty fronts one of the hottest funk/jazz/rock/hip-hop bands and never fails to bring the party atmosphere....
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San Antonio Film Festival: Short Films – Part Two – travel film festival reviews
Of the dozens of shorts screened at this year’s San Antonio Film Festival, some really stood out in terms of execution, creative vision, and dramatic heft. Here’s another selection of compelling films...
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ONGOING – REDCAT presents New Original Works Festival 2015 – Los Angeles...
Each summer REDCAT celebrates the vitality of Los Angeles’ vibrant and growing community of artists making work for the stage. They transform our theater into an artist-driven creative laboratory where...
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MOCA presents “storefront:”– Los Angeles art exhibition report
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles introduces storefront:, a new project that invites artists and artist collectives to inhabit the anteroom space of The Marcia Simon Weisman Works on Paper...
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