Culture Watch Culture Watch: Rainn’s Pain By Sarah A. Spitz on December 31, 2015 I first saw actor Rainn Wilson on HBO's groundbreaking series “Six Feet Under” in his... Read more →
Culture Watch A feast of culture at ‘Dinner Party Download’ By Sarah A. Spitz on December 23, 2015 From a 15-minute podcast to a nationally broadcast, hourlong weekly public radio show... Read more →
Culture Watch Underground no more By Sarah A. Spitz on December 17, 2015 From a classroom at John Adams Middle School to the basement of the Cayton Student Center... Read more →
Culture Watch Straight White Men and Festive Food By Sarah A. Spitz on December 10, 2015 Every time I turned on the radio last week, there was an interview with Young Jean... Read more →
Culture Watch Standing in the rain By Sarah A. Spitz on December 3, 2015 Yes, friends, I finally made it to “The Rain Room” at the Los Angeles County Museum... Read more →
Culture Watch Teen films, dark music, senior arts and more By Sarah A. Spitz on November 12, 2015 Is your teen a budding filmmaker? The Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival is... Read more →
Culture Watch Nuart Theatre hosting Laurie Anderson, Peggy Guggenheim films By Sarah A. Spitz on November 5, 2015 Laurie Anderson is a pioneering performing and recording artist, musician, composer,... Read more →
Culture Watch Do some good By Sarah A. Spitz on October 29, 2015 When the Halloween sugar rush wears off, think ahead to Veterans Day and ask yourself,... Read more →
Culture Watch Design, double love, abstracts and ogres By Sarah A. Spitz on October 22, 2015 Once again Santa Monica plays host to the WestEdge Design Fair, Oct. 22 - 25 at the... Read more →
Culture Watch Time, memory, photography By Sarah A. Spitz on October 8, 2015 "Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shadows" is a must-see photographic exhibition at The Getty... Read more →
Culture Watch Catching Up: News & Reviews By Sarah A. Spitz on October 1, 2015 By now the biggest cultural news of the past month has probably filtered through to you... Read more →
Culture Watch Awake and Sing! (and dance, too) By Sarah A. Spitz on September 24, 2015 Renowned dancer/choreographer Twyla Tharp is celebrating her 50th anniversary at The... Read more →
Culture Watch Paper Bullets and lots of boxes By Sarah A. Spitz on September 18, 2015 I've really been looking forward to "These Paper Bullets" at The Geffen Playhouse in... Read more →
Culture Watch The fall season begins By Sarah A. Spitz on September 10, 2015 This past week has been a quiet one for me; I read a couple of novels that I highly... Read more →
Culture Watch A Guy Walks into a Starbucks By Sarah A. Spitz on September 3, 2015 If you like your stage plays tight as a drum and sitcom funny, then you'll love "Caf√©... Read more →