By Charly SHELTON It’s fall everywhere else, but in L.A. summer rages on. It’s not time for jackets and pumpkin beers yet, but it’s time for sunglasses and cold gin with lemongrass. That’s why Ombra Wine Bar is perfect for right now. This new outdoor wine and cocktail bar located at the Americana at Brand […]
By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH Well, since school is back in session again there is more time now to take in these great productions all around our wonderful city, such as: OPENING “All the Way” The story begins in 1963 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. “All the Way” follows Lyndon Baines […]
Dixie Consumer Products launched Deadzone Diners last weekend. The campaign aims to make diners more aware of the benefits of putting down the cellphone and striking up a conversation. The initiative will transform the negative perception of cellular dead zones into unique opportunities for people to “Be More Here.” To drive home the impact of […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Come for the T-shirt launchers and flying toilet paper, stay for the rock show. That might be a worthy tag line for the ongoing North American tour headlined by arguably the biggest band in pop-punk history. Blink-182 will wind down its tour with A Day to Remember in Southern California in late […]
By Charly SHELTON School may be back in session but it’s still hot out and will be for another month. Why not take a weekend for a little reprieve from school and summer heat to get away to the woods or the beach for some camping? The great outdoors can be a rugged place but […]
By Charly SHELTON Not many movies come along that are beautiful in story and visuals, resonate in the heart and mind, surpass expectations for the film itself and the genre overall, and can leave the viewer spellbound, thinking about them for days, weeks, years. “Kubo and the Two Strings” is just such a movie. From […]
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood is almost upon us. All the mazes have been announced and the tickets go on sale on Friday, Sept. 16 for dates ranging through early November. If you haven’t already heard, here is the maze lineup for this year: In “The Exorcist,” guests will see, hear, feel – […]
Maestro Victor Vener and the California Philharmonic welcome the talented street, animation and hip-hop dancers from some of the top-tier dance shows on television at the 2016 summer season grand finale on Sunday, Aug. 21 at the Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall. Cyrus “Glitch” Spencer, James “B-Dash” Derrick and Kevin “Konkrete” Davis will be […]
By Charly SHELTON Scare LA is the scariest convention of the summer. Specializing in Halloween, horror and all things scary, this is a convention held every August at the Pasadena Civic Center for fans of fear to get into the “spirit” of the season, just a few months early. It also serves as the go-to […]
By Charly SHELTON Sitting in a little counter service restaurant, you’re surrounded by skateboards and Mexican folk art-style skulls colored by customers, Loteria cards and punk band logos on the walls while Unwound’s song “Envelope” jams from the speakers above. This is not just a taco place … this is Epic Taco. Michael Ruiz, […]