By Charly SHELTON It’s that time of year again … the time in mid-February to indulge in cookies and candy and pastries and chocolate and sweets of all kinds. No, not Valentine’s Day; I mean something really important. It’s almost time for the LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show. Once a year, the Los Angeles […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Piano Spheres continues its 2016-17 season with a recital on Tuesday, Jan. 31 by pianist Vicki Ray. Among the works on her wide-ranging program of contemporary music will be pieces by Pulitzer Prize winning composers David Lang and Julia Wolfe. Both have entrusted Ray with the world premieres of their “spring and […]
By Charly SHELTON Town Kitchen and Grill has fast become a staple of the Montrose diet. Though it has been only open since 2015, it has a loyal following of regulars and locals who visit the restaurant and bar, while attracting visitors from all over LA. The menu features fan favorites like the Brussels sprouts, […]
By Charly SHELTON When you think of a candy store, maybe you think of old soda fountain stores like in the opening of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Maybe you think of the candy tubs priced per ¼ lb. in the mall between the cookie place and the lotion store. No matter what version […]
“The present day composer refuses to die,” was the dictum from Edgard Varèse that was printed on every Frank Zappa album. Not only does the living composer refuse to die but the past week demonstrated that in Southern California he thrives. It certainly helps to have musicians like Mark Robson in their corner. “An amalgam […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE n Tuesday, Jan. 17, the Los Angeles Philharmonic will celebrate the 80th birthday of composer Steve Reich, one of the great living musical masters. The Green Umbrella program will consist of two classics from the composer’s catalog bookending a West Coast premiere. Reich’s art, which crackles with that peculiarly American sense of […]
2016 was the annus horribilis of our still young 21st century, if one is to believe the cacophony of op-eds that bid last year farewell. I tend to be skeptical of hyperbole myself – especially of the sort projected and magnified to apocalyptic proportions by the internet. (After all, nothing generates page clicks and ad […]
To kick off the new year a family-friendly musical fantasy set in the fictional Middle Eastern city of Agrabah will come to life on the Main Stage of CASA 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights as a beloved Disney princess finds true love with a commoner boy with a magic carpet in a land inhabited with […]
By Charly SHELTON GBK, the company behind all the amazing gift bag lounges for The Oscars, The Emmys, The Grammys and more, have outdone themselves. They give back through donations to charities all year long and this year they decided to put on a gifting lounge independent of any awards show and donate everything […]
Well the holidays are over, but you can still have some fun at one of our local theatres enjoying productions such as: “The Roommate” The story is set in Iowa and follows Sharon. She’s sensible, an empty-nester, curious and very, very talkative. For the first time in her life, at age 54, she takes in […]