Culture Watch

When I was a UCLA undergrad studying literature in the 1970s, the feminist movement was in full flower across the...

The Hollywood Fringe Festival, an annual celebration of independently produced emerging arts across all genres, is premiering new music, film,...

Every year, students in Lincoln Middle School’s seventh grade life science class take a field trip to the Los Angeles...

Los Angeles is misunderstood. Paraphrasing Woody Allen, it’s dismissed as having no culture except for yogurt, or simply dissed as...

I’ve been a bit under the weather this week. Being bedridden gave me the excuse to dig into my overstocked...

I use public transit in every city I’ve ever visited but seriously never expected to ride the rails around Los...

Just over a decade ago, a Westside venue for world-class performing arts was wishful thinking for Dale Franzen, a former...

Last week I went to the Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center for the U.S. premiere...

In an era when many arts groups have suffered a downturn in funding, Santa Monica’s 18th Street Arts Center has...

Spring has definitely sprung across the Southern California arts landscape. Here’s a roundup of upcoming and ongoing events that pique...