By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Supporting Cal Jam 18 where they will be performing in October, the Foo Fighters, who also perform under the name The Holy S**ts, were found on stage at the parking lot of The Palladium in Hollywood on Sunday afternoon. Opening for the Foos was drummer Taylor Hawkins’ band Chevy Metal, which performs […]
By Charly SHELTON For those in the haunted house maze business, the Halloween season starts in summer. Work begins with design – adding in the gags, finding the “scaractors,” incorporating the new tech that has come out for this haunt season and whatever else the designers can get their hands on. So the end of […]
Choirs, musical theater, school marching bands, opera, jazz bands and orchestras are just some of the non-profit organizations that have benefitted from gifts and grants from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA). The organization’s president, Dana Marevich, announced that applications for gifts and grants are now available on its website at www. PasadenaShowcase.org. […]
By Susan JAMES Through Saturday, Oct. 6, the 12th Annual Art of Television Costume Design Exhibition is open free to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) on the corner of Grand Avenue and 9th Street in Los Angeles. Over 100 costumes from 24 featured […]
On Wednesday, Sept. 5 the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature viola d’amore player Adriana Zoppo premiering a new work by Los Angeles composer Maria Newman at the sanctuary of Glendale City Church. She will also perform works by Quantz, Graupner, and Ariosti with baroque violinist Lindsey Strand-Polyak and harpsichordist Arthur Omura. The program […]
By Charly SHELTON Crossing the city in a car is no big feat. Twenty-two miles can fly by in about 20 minutes or so. That is if you don’t have an elite squad of mercenaries trying to kill you all the way. “Mile 22” follows a team of even elite-er CIA operatives who need to […]
Pittance Chamber Music, known for featuring the resident artists of the Los Angeles Opera pit and stage, announced its fifth anniversary season with three programs taking place in Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. The season consists of An Afternoon with John Walz and Friends on Sept. 30 at 3 p.m.; Piano Quartets […]
Brand Library & Art Center and its non-profit organization, Brand Associates, announced the opening reception and awards ceremony for Brand Associates’ 46th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper. Juror Edward Goldman, a prominent Los Angeles-based art critic, collector, and KCRW commentator, selected all of the artworks on exhibit and will attend the reception […]