Movies I’m Loving
“Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story” and “Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent” are two terrific documentaries... Read more →
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Joe Goode: Seeing through things
I’ve often wondered why writing about art must be so complex, so ponderous, so filled with grandiose vocabulary and overly-intellectual concepts.... Read more →
Integrating Family, Cultures and Spirit
To say Rain Pryor had a complicated childhood doesn’t come close to being an understatement. She tells her funny, harrowing, poignant and... Read more →
Art, Paradise, Heaven And Hell
You’re going to the 11th Annual Santa Monica ArtWalk at the SM Airport, aren’t you? Of course you are, why wouldn’t you? It’s a day... Read more →
A Watershed Event
Lucy Blake-Elahi is an artist engaged in both public art commissions and painting. She spent three summers as Artist-in-Residence in... Read more →
Culture Watch: Fun Home, Nowruz, Spring Break
I can’t remember the last time a musical moved or impressed me so fully on so many levels. “Fun Home,” now at The Ahmanson Theatre, is that... Read more →
Culture Watch: Making movies, changing lives
If it hadn’t been for Geraldine Gilliland, owner of Finn McCool’s and Lula Cocina on Main Street, I might never have heard of Cinemagic. Which is... Read more →
An Epic Theatre Weekend
Is “Zoot Suit” L.A.’s “Hamilton?” It’s been extended twice and it just opened. This remarkable revival of a play set in, about... Read more →
Circus and Spectacle
There are some amazing performance events taking place in Santa Monica and around town this week and beyond. Not the usual stage dramas but... Read more →
Music, Movies and More
Congratulations to Kaleidoscope, the conductorless chamber orchestra whose mission is to make classical music more accessible to diverse audiences.... Read more →
Whats on around town
Suicide and depression … no, they’re not the liberal response to the election but rather the subjects of an upcoming comedy—yes, comedy!—at... Read more →
Culture Watch:Art and Matzo Balls
Art LA Contemporary returns for its eighth year at Barker Hangar and Jewish Women’s Theatre/Braid Performance and Art Space gear up for a busy... Read more →
Winter Potpourri
Lots to see, lots to do. I’ll be attending a super special event as operatic star Julia Migenes returns to The Odyssey Theatre with a... Read more →
Start Smart
It’s a New Year, stimulate your mind with smart talk, challenging art and a unique music event. But first, while we remember all the big names... Read more →
CHRISTMUKAH FOR REAL
By Sarah A. Spitz For the fifth time in just over a century, Christmas and Chanukah (my preferred spelling; start the debate now!) fall on the same... Read more →
