If you are in the Dale Jones Courtyard at City Hall this evening, sniff deeply and treat yourself to a whiff of nostalgia. Rock ‘n roll the way it sounded and smelled in the early days. When the second half of the Summer Music Festival gets under way at 7 o’clock, Big Daddy will be on the stage, introduced by … Read More
Why You Should Be a Discerning Shopper
Jessica demonstrates her stylish minimalism.
What does it really mean to be a minimalist? Many people look the part these days. You know them. They look super-cool, dressed in monochrome colors, with strikingly simple accessories in shiny silver on their wrists, arms and necks, usually with a beautifully understated bag and pair of shoes. There are many of them in social media, and their photos always … Read More
Stage Talks at Ahmanson
Betty Buckley in "Grey Gardens" The Musical.
Photo: Craig Schwartz.
A series of post-performance Stage Talks is set for “Grey Gardens The Musical” at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson the next three Tuesdays, July 26, Aug. 2 and Aug. 9. Cast members Rachel York and Betty Buckley will comment on the production and answer questions from audience members. Grey Gardens The Musical, directed by Michael Wilson, plays through Aug.14. In conjunction … Read More
Promenade des Anglais
The aftermath in Nice. AP Photo
[Editor’s Note: In the summer of 1963, Culver City’s honorary poetess laureate taught at the Centre Mediterranee in Nice, France. After last week’s single terrorist-sparked massacre, Dr. Hoult composed this work.] In my mind’s eye as I walk along the Promenade gentle breezes blow palm branches so they sigh and say “Enjoy the beauty that is Nice.” In my mind’s … Read More
The Night Africa Comes to Culver City
Peter Mawanga leads the Amaravi Movement tonight
When the curtain, or at least a signal from producer Gary Mandell, goes up at 7 o’clock this evening, the attraction in Week Two of the summer concert series not only will be vastly different from Opening Night but considerably more dramatic. In the Dale Jones Courtyard at City Hall, Mr. Mandell has billed the act as “the sounds of … Read More
Concert Opener Tonight Is a Trip to the Country
Trey Hensley, left, and Rob Ickes
The new season opens at 7 this evening for Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival, and the producer was asked if opening with a bluegrass duo was a strategic move. “No,” said Gary Mandell, the musical maestro beginning his 17th summer in the Dale Jones Courtyard at City Hall. . “Tonight was the only date they were available.” In this … Read More
Ginna Carter Prevails in PRT’s Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Brad Greenquist and Ginna Carter in Tennessee Williams' The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Review of the Pacific Resident Theatre’s production of Tennessee William’s The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. Misfit, freak, geek – whatever the description, it’s easy to see why Alma Winemiller, the delightfully odd and sassy bird who gives The Eccentricities of a Nightingale its title, was so loved by Tennessee Williams. Her indomitable spirit stands bravely against the condescending and conformist influences … Read More
Aesop’s Fables Return
On Saturdays and Sundays through July 31, the Edgemar Center for the Arts, Santa Monica, presents The Fabulous Fables of Aesop, a children’s show. The shows begin at 3 o’clock at 2437 Main St. These are magical, historic fables where the mouse squeaks, the lion roars and grasshoppers sing. Through song, dance and humor, this bright and colorful children’s musical … Read More
Sneak Peek at Sneaker Suites
Amy (Catfox) Campion. Still from YouTube video: strife.tv
Sneakers tell a story: a story about those who make them, those who wear them, and those who dance in them. Antics’ new show, Sneaker Suites, tells the story of sneakers through the virtuosity and hyper-physicality of street dance vocabulary. Antics performs Sneaker Suites at the Ivy Substation in Media Park at 8 o’clock on the evenings of Friday, July … Read More
‘Burnpile’ at the Douglas
Lucy Alibar. Photo: culturebot.org
“Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up” should be a conversation starter. Written and performed by Lucy Alibar, this one-woman production debuts on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. “Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up” blends a lecherous goat, Pentecostals on the radio, a clutter of inbred cats, phone calls from death row, … Read More