Guarded By Cats
A number of poets gathered at 585 Boardriders off Abbot Kinney to celebrate and raise funds to help with the restoration of the Venice Beach Poet’s Monument. The monolith was created in 2000 by Beyond Baroque and the city of LA.
South, the Place for Southern Food has Closed!
South has closed - We miss you. If you love Southern food...head to South, on Wilshire in Santa Monica, every Friday, South, presents a fun night with local DJ Jacque from 9:00 pm to 2:00 am. It’s always a fun night
Review: The Hollywood Bowl, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Charlie Musselwhite
The great blues guitarist Albert King said, "If you don't dig the blues you got a hole in your soul" and I would have to agree with him after this week's triple-threat blues bill at the Hollywood Bowl featuring the revered
Exhibition Review: Luis De Jesus, “Refraction,” Chris Engman
Chris Engman's works in "Refraction" surpass the human imagination's ability to conceive of the meticulous. Indeed, together with the site-specific Containment which creates an ethereal effervescent stimulus – quite extraordinary for a fine art to accomplish – we have a rigorous
Review: Love Actually Live at the Wallis
Love Actually is a classic holiday movie. In case you have been living under a rock, the 2003 cult classic has made a huge impact on its devoted fans and I admit to being one. My roommates and I would have
Review: Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Company at UCLA Royce Hall
In 2017, Bill T. Jones removed the word "dance" from the name of the company he founded with Arnie Zane in 1983. As he now says, "We're a contemporary performance ensemble." It is with this subtle, yet meaningful, frame of reference
Restaurant Review: The Brixton
Santa Monica restaurant The Brixton was recommended by a friend. It was a Sunday evening. I was with a group of about ten people who had just attended an art opening at Blue 7 Gallery on Pico Boulevard, a few blocks
Event Review: SLEEPLESS: THE MUSIC CENTER AFTER HOURS
The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion entrance was turned into a snow tunnel blasting out snow, light set up and music all merging together to create a whimsical multidimensional experience. The time of the night played a major role on the
Celebrate Chefs & Cellars Event at Palos Verdes Vineyard – A Huge Success!
Catalina View Gardens, a Palos Verdes vineyard hosted an incredible food and wine event titled Celebrate Chefs & Cellars. The vineyard offered exceptional views....of course the food, wine and spirits were simply magnificent as well. Read my Huff Post review about the
Review: The Nonsemble presents [Up]Rising: an Afro-Future Jazz Her-Story
What a wonderful night of art, culture, history, sound and soul at the beautiful and newly remodeled, open air Ford amphitheater nestled in the Hollywood Hills on Sunday, August 11th! Don Cheadle; photo by Gennia Cui, courtesy of John Anson Ford Theatres