A new Lear; Walk this “way”
CULTURE WATCH — The big news of the week is the return of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, something of an annual tradition at The Broad Stage in Santa... Read more →
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State Secrets, Religious Discord, and Design Dreams
CULTURE WATCH — Privacy? Or liberty? No matter where you come down on the question of whether whistleblower Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor,... Read more →
Fish from the sky
CULTURE WATCH — A fish falls from the sky and a story told across multiple generations begins. “When The Rain Stops Falling” is the latest... Read more →
The Woman Who Would Be King
Before she was erased from history, Hatshepsut had been both queen and king of Egypt. Hat-who? Was what? We've heard of pharaohs and Cleopatra but... Read more →
October, rock-tober, doc-tober
CULTURE WATCH — Do a good deed while groovin’ to pop music from all eras. “Pop for Docs!” will offer an evening reviewing popular music from... Read more →
Mommies, Mummies, M & M’s
Hossein Khosrojerdi, “Seeing and Not Seeing” Mommies, Mummies, M&Ms Japan has created “robots with a heart” to... Read more →
An Art Day Out
CULTURE WATCH — With Bergamot Art Station redevelopment leading the headlines, it’s nice to remember what Bergamot actually is: a pretty darned... Read more →
Fall preview
CULTURE WATCH — A quick trip to Portland last week prevented me from seeing anything local this week, but my inbox is overflowing with news about... Read more →
Bound and Unbound
CULTURE WATCH — There's something distinctive about a Neil Simon play; the quick patter, the complex relationships, the neighborhood (Brighton... Read more →
Fringe Binge, Part 2
CULTURE WATCH — Sadly the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 ended this past Monday. But what an incredible array of arts, ranging from the unwatchably... Read more →
Fringe Binge, Part 1
CULTURE WATCH — After not traveling for more than 15 years, I just returned from a two-month trip throughout the UK, from northern Scotland to... Read more →
Culture Watch: Using her head
Image courtesy Bruria Finkel What happens when an artist, dependent upon head, hand and heart, loses the full use of one of them? Local artist... Read more →
Culture Watch: Looking forward
TAKING IT ALL IN TOGETHER: The crowd during the opening reception for ‘Robert Swain: The Form of Color’ at the Santa Monica Museum of Art... Read more →
Culture Watch: Art, books, music … and theatre camp
In case you missed “Incognito,” the unique “guess-the-artist” annual fundraising art show benefiting Santa Monica Museum of Art, you still... Read more →
Culture Watch: May arts bouquet
ACTORS PUTTING IN WORK: Daniel J. Travanti and Amanda Summers star in 'False Solution.' (Photo courtesy Mark Monteil/Architect's Newspaper) Yom... Read more →
