It’s The Hurt Locker vs. Avatar for Best Picture this year, a true David and Goliath Oscar battle. I’m rooting for the underdog.
I saw the low-budget The Hurt Locker long before the mega-million-dollar 3D IMAX film, and when I left the theater I couldn’t imagine any other film being my Best Picture pick. I was [...]
When David Longstreth heard his music Saturday night (Feb. 27) at Walt Disney Concert Hall, his body reacted. Deft toe tapping and a kind of rhythmic saunter embodied the swells and trills of The Getty Address, played in its entirety with the small orchestra of Alarm Will Sound. The operatic and genre-dissolving 2005 album would [...]
On Thursday night at Theatre Theater near Mid-City, Rogue Machine Theatre presented its eighth monthly “Rant & Rave,” self-described as “An Ongoing Art Project Where Prose Finds Voice.” In the timeless form of nonfiction first-person prose, eight men and women waxed narrative around this month’s topic – yes, February’s – love.
But this was far from [...]
We are reprinting information from the Santa Monica Museum of Art and Union Station Homeless Services about how you can help the homeless this holiday season, starting with food drives this weekend.
Santa Monica Museum of Art
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, join SMMoA for a food drive and Cause for Creativity workshop to benefit the individuals [...]
Former Wings lead guitarist and acoustic guitar player extraordinaire Laurence Juber dazzled listeners last night at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica before an almost-packed house. Juber played two of his special Martin signature model guitars, one made of Madagascar rosewood (hopefully sustainably harvested) and the other of maple, using a variety of tunings that [...]
There won’t be an eardrum-shattering sound system, elaborate lighting, fireworks, or other over-the-top stadium concert hullabaloo. There won’t even be a band — just one guy playing the guitar. And he won’t be singing either. But Laurence Juber’s solo acoustic show Friday, Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. at McCabe’s will still rock.
To get an idea [...]
Christmas has come early for cinephiles: AFI Fest brings nine days of free movies between Oct. 30 and Nov. 7.
The American Film Institute is offering free tickets to all screenings and red carpet gala events during AFI Fest, LA’s longest-running international film festival, at venues in Hollywood and Santa Monica. A Patron Pass ($500/$450 members) [...]
Experience “A Moment of Joy” with soprano Susan Mohini Kane and pianist Kristof Van Gryspeer at a CD release party at RedWhite+Bluezz Wine Bar + Grill in Pasadena on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The duo will perform a free concert of art songs and arias from Kane’s “A Moment of Joy.” The evening will also feature [...]
Who doesn’t know “The Joker” and “Fly Like an Eagle”? If you listen to classic rock radio or are one of the 18 million people who own the Steve Miller Band’s “Greatest Hits” album, you are probably already singing along. Why not do it with the band on Thursday, Oct. 22, or Friday, Oct. 23 [...]
The Actors’ Gang’s WTF?! Festival is the best response to our depressing economy that I have heard yet.
“The name of this festival came to me after a recent board meeting where I was told that due to the economic downswing and recent reduction in donations that we can no longer afford to produce theater,” Tim [...]
