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 [...]
Spontaneous Fantasia is a high-tech virtual reality show in which creator J-Walt dazzles his audience with something he calls “digital animation performances.” In his latest show, “The Omnicentric Universe,” J-Walt creates a planet and populates it with plants and creatures, his brushstrokes dancing through animated landscapes to music he’s also composed. J-Walt’s spontaneous work at [...]
The art world has its superstars, just like sports, television, and film have theirs. This fall, you’ll find a variety of them on stages across LA. For instance, a young Venezuelan nicknamed the Dude gets ready to take the classical world on an energetic ride at the Bowl and Disney Hall; and the original Super [...]
Culture Spot’s own Hank Schlinger performs a solo acoustic gig of finger-style country blues at the Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena on Monday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m. He opens up for the hugely popular doo-wop group The Alley Cats. Tickets are $15. Here is more information from the Coffee Gallery’s website:
The Alley Cats…… are [...]
The Downtown Film Festival returns for its second year Wednesday, Aug. 12, to Saturday, Aug. 22.
The nonprofit will screen shorts and features in venues across downtown Los Angeles, including the 500-seat state-of-the-art screening room at the AT&T Center (the festival hub), the historic Los Angeles Theatre, and the Downtown Independent, and host parties (two per [...]
It has been a long time since I’ve been to the Greek Theatre, and what I saw there on July 21 was shocking. The venue hadn’t changed. What was different, what I have never seen before, was a headliner surrendering top billing to become part of an integrated jumbo jumble of talent. The Counting Crows [...]
There are plenty of great places to enjoy music and a picnic this summer. Here are a few hot spots.
Music in the LA Zoo
On Friday, July 24, from 6-9 p.m., the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens will be filled with the sounds of classic rock for an event called Music in the LA Zoo. [...]
Help Inner-City Arts celebrate 20 years of free arts education for at-risk youth at a party on Saturday, July 25. There will be music and dancing from 7 p.m. to midnight at the school’s downtown LA campus. Son y Clave, an LA Latin music band, will perform, with world champion dancer Enio Cordoba on hand [...]
