Tuesday, June 2, 2020
From the archives!
Here is my interview with the Coen Brothers, for their award-winning film Fargo, first published in April 1996.
Set in Minneapolis, ‘Fargo’ forges true-life crim…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:54PMMonday, June 1, 2020
Horror! Musical! Comedy! Now available for streaming is Vampire Burt’s Serenade. In this raucous, raunchy, bloody thriller with a touch of camp, Vampire Burt (Kevin Scott Richardson of the…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:36PMTuesday, May 26, 2020
From the archives!
Here is my interview with Richard Gere, star of Primal Fear, first published in February 1996.
Primal Fear, a tense thriller with an undercurrent of black wisecracks…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:06PMMonday, May 25, 2020
In recent days we’ve seen Broadway shuttered through early September and now a recent global study of nearly 12,000 consumers indicated that 64% will return to live theater slowly or not …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:36PMHola Mexico Film Festival, the largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico, proudly presents the Hola Mexico Virtual Theatre online film series.
Hola Mexico Film Festival has announc…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:32PMFriday, May 22, 2020
26th ANNUAL HERB ALPERT AWARD IN THE ARTS — RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED.
Five $75,000 prizes given annually for the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts in the categories of Dance, Film/Video, Music…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:18PMWednesday, May 13, 2020
Spend some time with Ree Morton:The Plant That Heals May Also Poison currently at ICA LA and viewable with Virtual ICA LA. It is the first major U.S. exhibition of Ree Morton (1936–197…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:36PMTuesday, May 12, 2020
From the archives!
Here is my interview with Bruce Willis, star of Last Man Standing, first published in September 1996.
With it’s unpaved streets and dust-caked, rickety buildings, …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:24PMMonday, May 11, 2020
The Latino Theater Company is going online with Latino Theater Co. LIVE, a series of online conversations hosted by Xavi Moreno.
On Friday, May 15 at 4 p.m.PDT: Join the Latino Th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:03PMSunday, May 10, 2020
From the archives!
Here is my interview with Keanu Reeves, star of Chain Reaction, first published in December 1996.
In a University of Chicago research lab, a dedicated team of sc…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:18PMFrom the archives!
Here is my coverage of a press conference with Michael Mann for his film Heat, starring Al Pacino and Robert de Niro, first published in 1995.
You may have already …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:18PMThe Roots and Wings Project Founder/Creative Director Jesse Bliss and the California Arts Council Cultural Pathways Grant Present WOMEN AT WORK, a transformative works-in-progress experie…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:18PMWORLD PREMIERE of The Present.
Written & Performed by Helder Guimarães
Directed by Frank Marshall
May 7 – June 7, 2020
Purchase tickets here.
The Present is inspired b…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:12PMSaturday, May 2, 2020
From the production of A Midsummer Saturday Night’s Fever Dream📸 @eddywilliamwill
Live viewing parties are now officially on SUNDAY FUNDAY with the Troubadour Theater Company.Join t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:32PMImpro Theatre is sharing their free online performances!
The award-winning Impro Theatre has announced an innovative line-up of ongoing, live Main Company
performances that will be free …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMFrom the archives!
Here is my interview with filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, first published in November 1996.
What was your motivation to jump from a musical to Shakespeare?
Baz Luhrmann…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMRed Hen is so excited to partner with The Broad Stage for a new livestream initiative to bring poetry into the comfort of your homes, live, for free!
The Red Hen Press Poetry Hour contin…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMFriday, April 17, 2020
From the archives!
Here is my interview with writer/director John Sayles, first published in June, 1996.
In the latest film by Independent filmmaker John Sayles, a skeleton – unearth…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:06PMWednesday, April 15, 2020
From the archives!
Here is my interview with writer/director David Lynch, first published in March, 1997.
LOST HIGHWAY, David Lynch’s first film since the disappointing TWIN PEAKS �…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:03PMSunday, April 12, 2020
From the archives!
Here is my interview with director Tim Burton, first published in December, 1996.
Over the past decade, Tim Burton has proven himself to be one of the most imaginati…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:48PMTuesday, March 31, 2020
Bouchaine Vineyards introduces its “B Together” virtual experiences by reservation each weekday at 12:00 noon.
Bouchaine introduced its proprietary virtual wine experiences earlier i…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:06PMHere are links for 179 History Documentaries that you can
watch right now, no membership required.
All of these shows are available to watch right now without a membership. Just click the…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:54PMPoetry, novels, romance, classics — there is a wealth of literature available online.
Browse works by Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Joseph Conrad, William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:54PMIf you’ve always dreamed of cooking along with Julia Child, now’s your chance!
The French Chef — every episode of the classic PBS TV show that taught American home cooks how to pre…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:54PMInternational superstar Dolly Parton has concocted the Goodnight With Dolly video series to read us bedtime stories when everyone needs them more than ever!
The library’s announcement…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:54PMAvailable to dreamily view now — live video streams from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Although @MontereyAq is closed, their webcams are still streaming.
Until they reopen, viewers can…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:54PMParis Musées, a collection of 14 museums in Paris have recently made high-res digital copies of 100,000 artworks freely available to the public on their collections website.
Artists wi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:54PMThe Philharmonie Berlin is closed until 19 April to help contain the coronavirus. But the orchestra will continue to play for you – in the Digital Concert Hall. The Berliner Philharmoniker…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:54PMTuesday, March 3, 2020
Announcing an extremely rare opportunity to view a major collection of drawings by master Florentine artist Michelangelo, now on exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
The exhaustively deta…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:36PMKnown for their site-specific operatic works, with elaborate
mobile staging, The Industry returns
to Los Angeles with a new work about Imperial invasion. Intending to unravel
the accepted na…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:36PMMonday, March 2, 2020
Four Larks’ riveting one-act opera Frankenstein is a visual and aural treat that engages you from beginning to end with its marvelous staging, haunting music and mesmerizing performances. …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:06PM 
