Culture Watch

More than a few podcasts originate as live shows before being adapted for the Internet. Some are produced live, then...

Remember “The Graduate,” when Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) is told that there is just one word he needs to know: “Plastics”?...

WRITING WITH ONE HAND For the past 5 weeks, I’ve become housebound, thanks to a broken left arm that won’t...

This cartoon by Chris Obrion went viral on social media in 2015 when the Library Journal posted it to its...

THIS WEEK AT THE BROAD STAGE Two Broad Stage productions caught my attention this week: “Small Mouth Sounds” on the...

BUSTED-DOWN FORD AND PLATFORM HEELS Sometimes life is defined by a single incident. And when that incident is tragic, things...

  At lunch with his wife Katherine (Kat), our mutual friend Ted Bonnitt, who brought us together, and me, Noel...

CULTURE WATCH Dec. 21, 2017 By Sarah A. Spitz   Noel Blanc once blow-dried the athletic field at Santa Monica...

CULTURE WATCH By Sarah A. Spitz Misses and Hits OK, call me the Grinch. “Something Rotten” at the Ahmanson Theatre...

Culture Watch By Sarah A. Spitz GIVING THANKS FOR SPAMILTON Need a laugh? Head to the Kirk Douglas Theatre in...