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Friday, November 1, 2013

Interview with renowned architect Richard Landry for Ventura Blvd. Magazine – Los Angeles by Pauline Adamek

The Midas Touch Renowned architect Richard Landry takes on four distinctly different projects in the Valley—all with wondrous results. Not only does architect and designer Richard Landry r…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:17PM
Thursday, October 31, 2013

“Wait Until Dark” at the Geffen Playhouse – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

  A hoary old thriller, Wait Until Dark still holds some scares for 21st century theatre audiences and can be seen at the Geffen Playhouse until Sunday, November 17. The stage play by F…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:24PM
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Off-the-beaten paths and scenic hikes – article for Ventura Blvd. Magazine – Los Angeles travel report by Pauline Adamek

Get away from the hustle and bustle of the Valley’s most populated treks and touch base with nature in a serene way. Instead of Fryman and Runyon canyons, explore one of these routes—all…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:00PM
Monday, October 28, 2013

This SUNDAY – Captured Aural Phantasy Theater presents “Haunted Horror Spook Show” – Los Angeles variety theater report by Pauline Adamek

Terror from the page – on stage! CAPTURED AURAL PHANTASY THEATER presents its Haunted Horror Spook Show at the historic El Cid for One Night Only – Sunday, November 3. The perfect co…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:29PM
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Interview with Ann Noble for LA Stage Times by Pauline Adamek

LA Stage Times feature article – Ann Noble’s on the Laramie-Liar Shuttle — But Writing Comes First by Pauline Adamek You think you know LA theater? Who’s currently acting in two …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:59PM

Ann Noble’s on the Laramie-Liar Shuttle — But Writing Comes First by Pauline Adamek

Ann Noble shuttles between roles in "The Laramie Project -- Ten Yeats Later" and "The Liar," even as she maintains that she's first and foremost a writer.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:52PM

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

::STOP PRESS:: Lost Girls at Rogue Machine has been extended until December 16, 2013   Previously reviewed: Almost immediately after the central protagonist Maggie (Jennifer Pollono) bu…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:43PM

“Creditors” – Los Angeles theater review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

  Dear readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Creditors, now playing at the Odyssey Theatre in West L.A. We gave it ‘Pick of the Week.’   Cre…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:07PM

Rumination – Los Angeles theater review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

Hello again dear readers! My second review this week for the LA Weekly is of Rumination, now playing at the Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre in North Hollywood. Rumination This one-act…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:06PM
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

A fun & frothy romp – “The Liar” at Antaeus – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

David Ives’ dazzling translation of Pierre Corneille’s farcical play by (first performed in 1644) is vividly brought to life by two casts at Antaeus. Here follows a review of the ‘Tang…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:28PM
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

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