1,996 stories by "Pauline Adamek"
On the first of three sold-out evenings, composer Joe Hisaishi was welcomed to the Hollywood Bowl by an enthusiastic audience that reflected the remarkable reach of his music. Lifelong class…
‘Love letter to undocumented, Indigenous, and trans people’: Poet féi iká shumarí celebrates launch of new essay collection CHABÓCHI DOLL By Thomas Emick On Thursday, July 9, poe…
When museums talk about “immersive experiences,” it’s easy to imagine hidden speakers or sound installations woven through the galleries. That’s not what’s happening at LACMA’…
The Music Center’s acclaimed 2025/2026 Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance season concludes with an extraordinary celebration of ballet as BalletNOW: Superstars of Paris featuring Hugo Marchand …
Once again, Artistic and Music Director of MUSE/IQUE Rachael Worby took us on a musical journey, tracing the life and career of artist Joni Mitchell. Renowned as a singer songwriter, Mitc…
Back in Los Angeles for the first time in 22 years, New York City Ballet made a celebrated return to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with two distinctly different mixed-repertory programs. …
Review: The Roots Picnic Experience is now one of the Hollywood Bowl’s Greatest Summer Traditions Three summers ago, in 2024, I reviewed The Roots Picnic—an all-star celebration of hi…
An emerging theater company, Bebelos Players, is breathing new life into the century-old Theosophy Hall with a new production of Sophocles’ timeless tragedy Antigone. The recently formed…
Thrilling escapades, sword fighting, high spirits on the high seas, and heroic exploits! Robert Louis Stevenson’s rollicking “boy’s own adventure” story Treasure Island comes to the …
A powerful musical journey into the life, artistry, and influence of Joni Mitchell comes to the Mark Taper Forum this July This summer, MUSE/IQUE invites audiences to experience the story of…
Free Outdoor Shakespeare Returns to Southern California, Bringing World-Class Theatre Under the Stars for Families and Arts Lovers Shakespeare by the Sea (SBTS), one of Southern California�…
PAC LA Brings Photography and Sculpture Into Focus with Special Preview by LACMA Curator Eve Schillo The boundaries between photography and sculpture are more fluid than ever, and on June 10…
In filmmaker John Carney’s new dramedy Power Ballad a struggling songwriter and a fading pop star (Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas) turn a chance meeting into a runaway hit song – but whose son…
The multi–Tony Award-nominated (with two wins) musical Hell’s Kitchen has arrived at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre with all the energy, heart, and musical fire one would expect from a p…
Two upcoming literary Black photography art talk events are happening next weekend, on June 5 and 7, at the Getty Center that focus on race, science, health, history, and artistry. Pictur…
The Skirball’s three new spring exhibitions arrive not as a neatly unified curatorial statement, but as something far more compelling: a meditation on the many ways culture is made, inheri…
Newly installed Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Brian Sonia-Wallace today announced an art installation If These Stalls Could Talk, which will be available on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Cent…
One performance only! This coming Saturday, May 16, at 7:30pm, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents Bang on a Can All-Stars in a powerful live tribute, Ryuichi Sakamo…
The atomic age, the space race, the prospective colonization of the moon—the post-war years of the mid-Twentieth Century ushered in a thrilling era, shimmering with the promise of inter…
OperaFest LA is back! Continuing the collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles with numerous linked events. First launched in 2024 alongside the OPERA America Conference and Worl…
Shared reality is a concept I was just introduced to last week, when I was one of the lucky few to be invited to a preview of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone at Cosm LA. The experien…
A new stage production exploring the personal side of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King (pictured above) is preparing for a special live audience recording later this month in Lo…
Tickets are now on sale for Japanese rock star Yoshiki’s two classical concerts this summer at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 16 and 17, 2026. Purchase tickets her…
Coming to the Getty Center museum in May/June are three upcoming – free – film screenings that will focus on a variety of artists and their work. The Getty Center has announced the exc…
You are invited to relive the magic of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in an entirely new way – via Shared Reality. The first of the beloved original Harry Potter movies is comin…
