By Charly SHELTON After years of waiting and several months of construction behind temporary walls, it’s finally time. Fans across Los Angeles are getting their letters to Hogwarts and assembling at Universal Studios Hollywood to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. An all-new land with two rides, a signature drink and one of the […]
The Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra will be presenting two performances of its third concert series of the season on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. at the Glendale City Church located at 610 E. California Ave. in downtown Glendale and on Sunday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica. The […]
By Charly SHELTON Eating good food is a big part of good overall health. Organic, locally sourced meat and produce are not only better for you, I also think they taste better too. But eating all fresh and good-for-you foods is difficult if you want to go out to eat, as restaurants usually buy food […]
Piano Spheres co-founder Vicki Ray presents a program exploring the four elements at REDCAT on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 8:30 p.m. The concert includes Luciano Berio’s Luftklavier, Erdenklavier, Wasserklavier, Feuerklavier, Takemitsu’s “Between Tides,” the Piano Spheres commission premieres of “Aufwind” by Dominique Shafer and “Pale Fire” by Mu-Xuan Lin. Also featured is John Luther Adams’ […]
By Susan JAMES Running through April 30, the annual exhibition of Oscar-nominated movie costumes is now on display at the Los Angeles Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Featuring 100 costumes from 23 films, including the five Oscar nominations, the exhibit runs the gamut from romantic “Cinderella” ball gowns to high tech “Star Wars” Stormtrooper […]
By Charly SHELTON If you’ve ever had cake, you like cake. And pretty much everyone has had cake at some point. So when I say the L.A. Cookie Con and Sweets Show is for everyone, it really is for everyone. Whether you’re sugar-free, vegan, Paleo-diet or no restrictions, this show proved that there is a […]
By Susan JAMES When Hollywood takes on Hollywood the results can be laugh-out-loud funny or a disastrous misfire. Fortunately for audiences, the Coen Brothers’ new journey through the looking glass at the Hollywood of 1951 is the former. Clever production whisks us back to the days when TV was still a gleam in the entertainment […]
By Charly SHELTON Red lanterns, Chinese food and plum blossom trees. It must be Chinese New Year. Monday was the official start of the Year of the Red Fire Monkey in the ancient Chinese lunisolar calendar and Universal Studios Hollywood celebrates it in a big way. The Universal Plaza in the center of the upper […]
By Susan JAMES Go for the action. Skip the romance. Director Craig Gillespie has put a blow-out action film on screen that makes you hold your breath as long as the men being pounded by killer seas. But when the movie cuts to the lame love story, it drags its anchor. Adapted from the 2009 […]
Calling all cookie connoisseurs… all savourers of sweets… all devotees of donuts… it is time to unite at LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show! This coming weekend at the LA Convention Center in Downtown, the second annual convention of all things sweet will be held for professional and enthusiast alike to come taste some candies, […]