By Lisa PAREDES Popular singing group The Texas Tenors returns to the Foothills area for a special fundraising concert to benefit the Community Scholarship Foundation on Sunday, Dec. 21. The concert, “Deep in the Heart of Christmas,” will be held at Pasadena’s Ambassador Auditorium and features the three tenors and their band performing holiday […]
By Ted AYALA Thirty years after its premiere, Hans Werner Henze’s opera “The English Cat,” which was performed last week at USC’s Bing Theatre by members of that university’s Thornton School of Music, retains its power to disturb. In an era where “class warfare” has reentered the popular lexicon, not to mention an awareness that […]
Ireland’s tourism commission held a very informative event at the Beverly Hilton on Nov. 19 “Jump Into Ireland” showcased the best of the Emerald Isle and all it has to offer. From Ashford Castle, historic hotel for the stars, to the Guinness Storehouse where Ireland’s most famous beverage is made and stored, to The […]
By Susan JAMES Looking for a fabulous and unusual Christmas present for that sister who posts screen catches of costumes from “Revenge” on her Pinterest website or that friend who never misses an episode of “The Mindy Project?” Relax, shoppers, your search is over. The Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing (919 S. Grand Ave.) […]
By Ted AYALA Grumpy Cat may be pretty, well, grumpy. But she has nothing on the feline protagonists of Hans Werner Henze’s 1982 opera, “The English Cat,” which the USC Thornton School of Music will be presenting on Nov. 21 and 23. Edward Bond, the librettist of Henze’s opera, took his inspiration from Balzac’s “Sorrows […]
Beloved cast members of the daytime drama “Days of our Lives” will participate in a special presentation during the largest Christmas parade in the country – the 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade – on Nov. 30. “Days of our Lives” is NBC’s longest running daytime drama. Cast members, including Deidre Hall, Kristian Alfonso, Suzanne Rogers, […]
By Michael WORKMAN Sometimes a game comes along that is so big and hyped up it deserves a preview to fully cover all the important aspects that a single review simply can’t. “Dragon Age: Inquisition” is one of those games. From the creators of the equally popular “Mass Effect” series, BioWare’s fantasy RPG Dragon Age […]
By Ted AYALA Chamber Opera Players of Los Angeles – COPOLA – like Pacific Opera Project and WildUp among other local emerging classical music organizations before it, seems to have taken sage pugilistic wisdom to heart: float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. Short on resources but long on ambition and savvy, the […]
Evanne Friedmann of La Cañada Flintridge and Tournament of Roses’ Rose Queen in 2010 will be featured on the big screen in the acclaimed coming-of-age high school thriller “As Night Comes.” The film debuts on Friday, Nov. 14 in a week-long Los Angeles theatrical release at Laemmle’s Music Hall in Beverly Hills. “As Night Comes” follows […]
By Charly SHELTON A new restaurant has popped up in Downtown L.A. and in Burbank – Asian Box. In much the same way that Subway, Blaze Pizza and Chipotle offer a make- your-own sandwich, pizza and burrito experience (respectively), Asian Box is a make-your-own box lunch restaurant with quick and friendly counter service or in […]