Culture Watch

By Sarah A. Spitz A Fevered Dream: Nat “King” Cole It’s the last night for the first African-American host of...

So Much Art! What a whirlwind week it was for contemporary art all across Los Angeles. There were at least...

CINDERELLA RETURNS Spoiler alert: A pumpkin will not become a golden carriage nor will four white mice turn into four...

PHOTO FRENZY; LA FOODWAYS By Sarah A. Spitz Judging from the size of the crowd on opening night of Photo...

By Sarah A. Spitz AN OLD PLAY, A NEW CIRCUS Photo LA opens tonight at the Barker Hangar; I’ll be...

By Sarah A. Spitz FARE-THEE-WELLS AND MORE SHINE, Santa Monica’s inspirational true story-telling series, is taking its final bow. Produced for...

BROKEN GLASS AND OTHER PIECES I will risk the scorn this statement heaps upon me. I was never a big...

MUSIC, CIRCUS, THEATRE, GLASS Do you sing in the shower? Need an outlet for your (alto, soprano, tenor, baritone) pipes?...

MARY POPPINS RETURNS; PUSSY RIOT PERFORMS Thanks to KCRW’s Partner Screenings, LACMA and Disney, I was treated to a screening...

THREE FOREIGN FILMS I tend toward the quieter films; you’ll never see me in line for the latest big buzz...