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Thirty years ago, a group of gifted young pianists with a bent towards new music, gathered together to lick stamps. Led by the late pianist, scholar and Schoenberg associate Leonard Stein, t…
The team of researchers and art experts at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles have collaborated with officials in Türkiye to arrange the return of this valuable and historical object " rare ar…
The Spanish word ¡Pasaje! translates as 'passage' or 'crossing.'  It can also mean "fare", "ticket", "airfare", and even "scripture", "extract", "text", or "paragraph" in English.
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In my twenty-five years of theater reviewing, time and again when I find myself less enthusiastic about a show, ninety-nine percent of the time the culprit is the writing. One would think th…
Thornton Wilder's 1942 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Skin of Our Teeth, is an assuredly odd duck. It's eighty-two years old but still seems postmodern with its frequent fourth-wall breaki…
Los Angeles Opera kicks off their 2024-25 season with Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly, starring Karah Son and Jonathan Tetelman, led by conductor James Conlon.
Performances will run Se…
The Future Sounds of Jazz Festival is happening at the BroadStage in Santa Monica on September 21, 2024. It promises to be a special day of jazz music curated by Stanley Clarke.Â
Begi…
Neil LaBute's new two-hander play drops us right into a date-in-progress. The pair have drunkenly staggered back to one of the couple's place to hang out after a night of drinking. "I'm not …
Nora is a mess. Played on stage by Alana Dietze, the 30-something baroque musicologist is embroiled in a steamy sexual relationship with a slightly older married man, Michael, played by J…
Music! Fiesta! Fun!
¡Viva! Disney and Pixar's "Coco" Returns to the El Capitan Theatre.
See the Mariachi Divas and Ballet Folklórico de Los Ãngeles LIVE on stage as you enter…
Torrance-Based Kala Koa Entertainment presents the 8th Annual Los Angeles International Ukulele Festival.
A Celebration of the Small Four-Stringed Wonder; Unique Family-Friendly Festival …
In my fifty-seven years of life, I've never seen this country so divided and tribalized. I think the media bears a lot of blame for this, referring to us as living in red or blue states and …
Center Theatre Group's summer hit stage production of Clue is now in its final weeks. You still have until Sunday August 25 to catch a show, with matinees on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, a…
The Santa Fe Opera 2024 season has a few performances remaining this year. Located at 301 Opera Dr, Santa Fe, New Mexico, this gorgeous live theater space is open air and elegantly beautiful…
As of early August 2024, there are 12 performances remaining in the Santa Fe Opera season for this year.
Attending the Santa Fe Opera can be a wonderful experience! Here's what you need t…
Arts Bridging the Gap presents a Community Paint Day " happening on SATURDAY, August 10. Join the crew and do your part to help paint their mural designed by the sixth graders at Grant…
Fans of history can't help but wish they were there for private, unrecorded conversations between famed historical figures, to be the proverbial fly on the wall and gain insight into what th…
Did you ever see a show that left your cheeks aching from too much laughter? The smash-hit, home-grown comedy musical Reefer Madness just got extended for another month, so now's the time to…
Welcome to Watching the Dark, a regular column featuring essays, articles and reviews about horror films. Written by Terry Morgan.
Longlegs in cinemas
This is the third piece of a thr…
Currently on view at The Hammer Museum in Westwood are four summer modern art exhibitions. My review will focus on two of those.
"Refashioning: CFGNY & Wataru Tominaga" on view from J…
The first time I read Jon Robin Baitz's 1991 play, The Substance of Fire, and later saw the film made from it, I liked it. I wasn't alone " the success of that play catapulted Baitz into the…
Old California is known for its retro-style lighting fixtures and fine home goods. The company look to the past for inspiration, and so their product design is informed by giants in the anna…
The illegitimate daughter of a farmer, Eva (Evita) Perón concealed her shameful past as she rose to be Argentina's First Lady. Her work as an activist for Argentina's women and working-cl…
Beautifully written by Philip W. Chung, Unbroken Blossoms is a new play that drops us into Hollywood during the late teens. Still wounded from the criticism and accusations of racism for his…
Hollywood Chamber Orchestra presents Grammy-award winning conductor Lucas Richman and 13-year-old piano prodigy Yuze Lee who will both make their Walt Disney Concert Hal…
