Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Alexander Calder. Whimsical mobiles. Free-standing ‘stabiles.’ A surrealist painting come to life! I’ve always loved those kinetic sculptures—the pretty mobiles of elegantly s…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMMonday, July 21, 2014
REDCAT, CalArts’ downtown center for contemporary arts, announces its 11th annual New Original Works (NOW) Festival, a three-week celebration of Los Angeles’ vibrant community …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:59PMThursday, July 17, 2014
Dear #LAThtr peeps! My newest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of journalists &…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:48PMThe Hollywood Bowl will celebrate DreamWorks Animation’s 20th anniversary with DreamWorks Animation in Concert – Celebrating 20 Years, hosted by Jack Black and featuring music/scenes fro…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:16PMTuesday, July 15, 2014
One guy, one girl, one guitar, one cello… Aaron & Jane will be performing a free concert at the Fremont Centre Theatre on July 19. Aaron & Jane’s music draws you in…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:36PMMonday, July 14, 2014
A bold, autobiographical one-woman show written and performed by Nadia Parvez Manzoor, Burq Off! is making its West Coast premiere with three shows this weekend only in L.A., with three more…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:21PMFriday, July 11, 2014
The Snowy Day and The Art of Ezra Jack Keats is a wonderfully magical and thoughtfully designed exhibition currently on view at the Skirball Cultural Center. It traces the life and career of…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:39PMThursday, July 10, 2014
Gentle readers! My latest theater review for the new critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of journalists &…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:29PMTo celebrate the inauguration of the new Neutra Institute Museum & Gallery in Silver Lake, an opening night gala event will be held at the new venue, housed in the iconic Neutra Office B…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:12PMWednesday, July 9, 2014
Some of the world’s top taiko ensembles and performers are set to converge on L.A. for a 3-concert series of mind-blowing percussion. Thrilling, heart pounding and joyous percussion are th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:38PMMonday, July 7, 2014
9 solo artists presented in three distinct programs… The First Annual Solo Creation Festival continues with Programs 2 and 3, plus bonus performances of #aspellforfainting, a solo piece by…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:13PMThursday, June 26, 2014
Review by Boston McCormickk: Even though I haven’t seen even half of the Hollywood Fringe Festival shows at this point, I can easily say Love Is by Lee Turnbull has got to be the worst. We…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMWednesday, June 25, 2014
To celebrate their brand new gallery in Yountville, Chloe Fine Arts — San Francisco’s prestigious art gallery on Ghirandelli Square — is hosting a series of events, including st…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:22AMNightmaricomio A guy named Kevin (musician Kevin Van Cott) pounds away at a drum kit while a writhing ball of cast members moan and gyrate manically like a nest of vipers. And that’s prett…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:30AMSaturday, June 21, 2014
Coming soon! Reviews for Stage Raw of: Nightmaricomio Riot Grrrl Lost Moon Radio Presents Million Dollar Hair The Lost Moon Radio kids have done it again, serving up a screamingly fun…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:41PMFriday, June 20, 2014
Past Present Perfect Unveiling a magnificently restored Mid-Century Modern in Sherman Oaks. Written by Pauline Adamek | Photographed by Marco Franchina In 2005 Guy Genis, along his wife…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:06PMThursday, June 19, 2014
Two weekends of performances remain for one of the best shows currently playing in LA. Stoneface is a truly brilliant play about Buster Keaton, renowned star of the silent movie screen, and …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:28PMWednesday, June 18, 2014
You have the chance this weekend to take part in an imaginative production that already gained acclaim at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this month. On Saturday, June 21 at 6pm, head over to …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:08PM Dearest readers! The 5th Annual 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival is underway! Here are some new reviews filed for Stage Raw. Sex, Lies and Social Media A mostly dull collection featurin…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:03PMMonday, June 16, 2014
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s early 70s musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has been given a frantic, up-tempo makeover. The unimpressive and crazily fast-paced show …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:51PMWednesday, June 11, 2014
Dear readers! The 5th Annual 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival is about to commence and so here are some advance reviews. Lysistrata by Aristophanes. Adapted by Savage Players. This bold and co…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:18PM80s dance tunes and dazzling choreography that features plenty of sky-high kicks and ball-busting splits! Our favorite hirsute high-kicking heroine Connie is back with a brand new show that …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:25PM Hello readers! The 5th Annual 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival is about to commence and so here are some advance reviews. Man’s Dominion A TV writer/producer for most of his lengthy c…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:27PMTuesday, June 10, 2014
A German conceptual artist plans to install seven helium angels hovering over Downtown L.A. According to the creation myth of L.A.’s indigenous Tongva Tribe, the gods sang and danced the w…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:09PMMonday, June 9, 2014
Greetings theater peeps! My latest theater review for the new critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of journalists …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:43PMThursday, June 5, 2014
“It’s like parkour on ’shrooms!” That’s the first response of choreographer Victor Quijada to artist Gustavo Godoy’s latest large-scale sculpture that forms an exciting and unusu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:19PMWednesday, June 4, 2014
Two performances remain for Thaïs– the lush opera by Jules Massenet, starring soprano Nino Machaidze, now being staged by L.A. Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, in downtown Los Ange…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:58PMFriday, May 30, 2014
Dear readers! Here is my recent feature article for the Stage Raw site – American Artist Jackson Pollock’s large-scale masterpiece, the abstract impressionist work Mural, has been ne…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:05PMThis year marks the 175th anniversary of the announcement of the invention of photography. To commemorate the occasion, the J. Paul Getty Museum’s Department of Photographs will be hosting…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:36PMWednesday, May 28, 2014
Star of stage and screen — most notably in two Tim Burton feature films — is O-Lan Jones. The actress and musical artist is now appearing in modern American playwright Edward Albee’s f…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:03PMGentle readers! Here’s a preview of some of my most recent theater reviews for Stage Raw, the new(ish) critical website that recently launched. Stage Raw contains the latest arts and t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:57PM 
