With an invite to the audience to “get down” with a live DJ set and complimentary champagne before and after the performance, and during the intermission, Los Angeles-based BODYTRAFFIC set the mood for an entertaining program of works from four choreographers
Saturday, October 1st was a very entertaining and soulful night of Latinx music at the Ford Theatres in Hollywood. What I loved about the open air amphitheater is that we were outside with the Hollywood Hills behind the stage. What a
Considered to be one of the best living jazz fusion drummers, Billy Cobham has performed with a slew of impressive musicians in the jazz and rock genres, including Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Horace Silver, Bob Weir and The Mahavishnu Orchestra. This
Commissioned by BroadStage, Emily Johnson /Catalyst presented the world premier of “Being Future Being,” a highly engaging and multi-dimensional performance piece that integrates movement, story, imagery, ritual, social practice art in the context of honoring an indigenous perspective to how we
It was another beautiful night at the Hollywood Bowl, one of my favorite venues to experience live music here in LA. I am a longtime fan of Sheryl Crow (nine-time Grammy Winner) and thought Keb’ Mo’ (five-time Grammy Winner) was a great
The Pacific Northwest Ballet presented three exquisite and enthralling works choreographed by three acclaimed choreographers, performed by an extraordinarily talented group of dances accompanied by spellbinding live music by the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra. Fostering having a deeper experience and enjoyment
Hershey Felder is Chopin in Paris! From the moment we are invited into Fryderyk Chopin‘s Paris salon where he gives music lessons by day and performances at night, we are captivated by Felder’s wonderful performance. We, the audience are given a
The Mark Morris Dance Group & Music Ensemble performed a gleefully uplifting and mood enhancing program at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica that provided a welcome diversion from the distress of the times. New York based Morris, recognized as one of
I first became aware of Miles Davis as an obsessed teenage music nerd. I loved an LA band called The Fents and when they released their first album, the keyboardist Adam Holzman invited my buddy and I to his pad in
The Mexican born Frida Kahlo was a woman of the world…a revolutionary. Unlike most women of that era, Kahlo was a wife who did not hold her tongue, a feminist prior to the feminism movement, an activist before women dared to
