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Thursday, October 17, 2013

“Silent Witnesses” – solo show at Whitefire – Los Angeles theater review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

Hello dear readers! This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of Silent Witnesses, the solo show about a group of holocaust child survivors — now playing at the Whitefire Theatr…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:42PM
Monday, October 14, 2013

Kinder Gardens – Los Angeles school garden report for Ventura Blvd. magazine by Pauline Adamek

Behind a wall on busy Victory Boulevard, in the midst of a strip mall-filled corridor, lies something you wouldn’t expect: a secret garden. It spans across the four-acre campus of a primar…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:03PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley – ONE NIGHT ONLY – Sacred Fools – Los Angeles theater cabaret report by Pauline Adamek

  A swirling mix of comedy, be-bop and cabaret! Performing ONE NIGHT ONLY at Sacred Fools Theater on its last stop before New York City is His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley. Monday, Octobe…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:46PM
Monday, October 7, 2013

Tierney Gearon – “Private Princess” exhibition – opening at the Eastern Star Gallery at Archer – Los Angeles art report by Pauline Adamek

TIERNEY GEARON: Private Princess exhibition Thursday, October 10 – Friday, November 9, 2013 Opening reception for the artist: Thursday, October 10, 2013 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. At the Easte…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:32PM

Interview with Sandra Bullock for “Gravity” – Los Angeles movie interview by Pauline Adamek

You’re probably thinking, Sandra Bullock – lost in space… How interesting can that be? Surprisingly – very! Gravity is gripping, tense thriller with an emotional through-line that is…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:27PM
Saturday, October 5, 2013

“Gravity” – a luminous performance from Sandra Bullock, lost in space – Los Angeles film review by Pauline Adamek

Ever the architect of her relatively luminous career, A-list star and sometime producer, Sandra Bullock, follows her highly successful broad comedy buddy movie, The Heat, with a complete vol…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:18PM

“The Pat & Charlie Variety Hour” – at The Cavern Club Celebrity Theater TONIGHT – Los Angeles cabaret theater review by Pauline Adamek

Nancy Kissam and Linda Santiman star a hilarious send-up of those hip and groovy TV Variety shows of the seventies (think Sonny & Cher and Donny & Marie) in The Pat & Charlie Var…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:54PM
Friday, October 4, 2013

“Sunshine Boys” Neil Simon’s classic restaged with Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

Legendary comedy writer Neil Simon’s 1972 play The Sunshine Boys has an excellent premise: two old vaudevillian stars who worked together for over 40 years, but who haven’t spoken in ove…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:10PM
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Fowler at Fifty – by Pauline Adamek

The Fowler Museum at UCLA will honor its 50th anniversary (!) with a suite of special exhibitions and programs from fall 2013–fall 2014. The exhibitions in the fall of 2013 will fill the F…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PM

SAAF 2013 – South African Arts Festival THIS weekend – Los Angeles film music arts culture festival report by Pauline Adamek

For a vibrant weekend of music and film, friends of film, music & South African Culture can converge Downtown. This inaugural event of the its South African Arts Festival 2013 (SAAF) wil…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:44PM
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

HBFF – the 2013 Hollywood Black Film Festival starts TONIGHT by Pauline Adamek

There’s a lot going on at the 2013 Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) The festival starts tonight and runs through October 6, 2013. 73 films will be screened, including: Film Diaspor…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:17PM

4handsLA – Sundays At Two series in Rolling Hills United Methodist Church by Pauline Adamek

Rolling Hills United Methodist Church’s Sundays At Two 
next concert is Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. sharp!
 Free Admission 4handsLA—Duo Pianists Steven Vanhauwaert an…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:02PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Fort Ross Vineyard launches a new AVA wine district & Wine Festival – Fort Ross-Seaview – California travel report by Pauline Adamek

  Welcome to the first post of ArtsBeatLA Adventures   Way up in the wine district, on the Sonoma Coast of Northern Cali, is a brand new AVA wine district—Fort Ross-Seaview—boa…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:14PM

“Creature Feature” – Los Angeles feature article Universal monsters by Pauline Adamek

Creature Feature How a flotilla of bloodcurdling creations—beginning in 1923—gave birth to a monster of a movie studio in the Valley. Vampires, zombies, aliens. Horror movies and creatur…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:01PM
Monday, September 30, 2013

This SUNDAY – Captured Aural Phantasy Theater presents “Night of Noir Show” – Los Angeles variety theater report by Pauline Adamek

Feature this! Captured Aural Phantasy Theater (CAPT) presents its Night of Noir Show at the historic El Cid for one night only – Sunday, October 6th. In their newest live retro variety sho…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:38PM

LAST WEEK – Kai & Sunny “Caught By The Nest” art exhibition at Subliminal Projects – Los Angeles art report by Pauline Adamek

One week remains to catch the Kai & Sunny ”Caught By The Nest” Exhibition at Subliminal Projects on Sunset. The current exhibition Caught By The Nest will be on view through…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:21PM

Humor Abuse – Los Angeles theater review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

  Gentle readers! This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of Humor Abuse, the brave and bold musical now playing at The Hayworth Theater in LA. We gave it a ‘GO!’ H…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:04PM
Saturday, September 28, 2013

“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” now playing at Sacred Fools – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

Creating a mysterious, melancholy and futuristic world that immediately ensconces and transports you, Edward Einhorn has brilliantly adapted novelist Philip K. Dick’s 1968 existential scie…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:11PM

“The Producers” at The Norris Theatre – Los Angeles theater report by Pauline Adamek

The Norris Center for the Performing Arts presents Mel Brooks’ outrageously funny smash hit musical, “The Producers,” September 20 – October 6. Based on the classic film of the same …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:56PM
Thursday, September 26, 2013

SUNDAY! Free Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall with LA Phil, YOLA, Herbie Hancock and La Santa Cecilia by Pauline Adamek

Youth Orchestra LA (Yola) will perform alongside the LA Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall, for the first time in the Program’s Six-Year History. Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock and l…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Skylight Writers Panel with Terrence McNally – Friday, Sept 27 – Los Angeles theater event by Pauline Adamek

Skylight Theatre is hosting a Writers Panel this Friday eve — Sept 27th — with Terrence McNally at 8pm. This event is part of a FOUR-DAY Salute to the Playwright. Friday, Sept 27…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Monday, September 23, 2013

“Lost Girls” – a feminist drama by John Pollono at Rogue Machine – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

  Almost immediately after the central protagonist Maggie (Jennifer Pollono) bustles onto the stage, pretty soon she’s letting fly a string of profanity. We are abruptly dropped into …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:46PM

Memorial celebration for Damon Intrabartolo – TONIGHT at Pasadena Playhouse by Pauline Adamek

A Memorial Celebration for composer Damon Intrabartolo is set for today – Monday, September 23, 2013. Friends, family and colleagues will gather today at 7:30 p.m. at The Pasadena Pla…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Thursday, September 19, 2013

“Bare” – a brave musical returns to Los Angeles – theater review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

Hello dear readers! This week my (rave) theater review for the LA Weekly is of Bare, the brave and bold musical now playing at The Hayworth Theater in LA. We gave it a ‘GO!’ Bare…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:01PM

“Tone Clusters” — at Theatricum Botanicum – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

The works of prolific author and playwright Joyce Carol Oates are being presented at Theatricum Botanicum
 for a select handful of performances. The evening features four short monologues …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:42PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Alice Cooper to storm the Segerstrom – Los Angeles rock concert report by Pauline Adamek

Creating macabre music and mayhem, Rock phenom and ‘The Godfather of Shock Rock’ Alice Cooper will take to stage, making his Segerstrom Center debut at Segerstrom Hall on Tuesday, Novemb…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:28PM
Monday, September 16, 2013

Hollywood Sign celebrates its 90th Anniversary with a White Party by Pauline Adamek

    This week, the towering icon of Tinsletown – the Hollywood Sign – is celebrating its 90th Anniversary with a ‘White Party’ event at Drai’s Hollywood on the rooftop of…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:15PM
Friday, September 13, 2013

EXTENDED: “Captain Dan Dixon vs. The Moth Sluts from the Fifth Dimension” – theater review for LA Weekly – Los Angeles theater by Pauline Adamek

  ::STOP PRESS:: Extended by popular demand for two weekends: 
FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS @  11:00pm 
SEPTEMBER 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2013.   Greetings Earthlings! This theater re…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:38PM
Thursday, September 12, 2013

John Pollono’s “Lost Girls” – interview article for LA Stage Times by Pauline Adamek

John Pollono Discovers Some Lost Girls at Rogue Machine by Pauline Adamek | September 12, 2013   Playwright/actor John Pollono is one busy guy. His newest play, the very female-ori…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:43PM

An all-female, multicultural production of “Hamlet” – Los Angeles theater review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

  Gentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of an all-female, multicultural production of Hamlet, now playing at Odyssey Theatre in West LA. Hamlet An all-fe…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:12PM

John Pollono Discovers Some Lost Girls at Rogue Machine by Pauline Adamek

"Lost Girls" marks the return of playwright Jobn Pollono ("Small Engine Repair") to Rogue Machine, just as he's also involved in a web series, a TNT series and the opening of "Engine" in New…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:49PM

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