Kick off 2024 with KCRW DJ Anthony Valdez at the original Venice speakeasy.
Cookbooks don’t just provide instructions for recipes; they connect food with storytelling, both visual and narrative, and are your kitchen guides to help create delicious memories with family and friends. Cookbook LIVE takes these stories from the page to the stage.
Grab your bowling ball and a White Russian and join us for a special FilmWeek screening of “The Big Lebowski.” Come watch Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 L.A. crime comedy on the big screen with a few hundred other fans. We’ll be screening the film at the Gardena Cinema, a family-owned nonprofit independent theater that has been continually showing movies since 1946.
Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of AirTalk at a special live taping of the show. Host Larry Mantle will talk with a panel of guests about the art, culture and history of the desert. The show will be livestreamed and can be heard on LAist 89.3 FM the next day.
On December 6, actor Nana Visitor (she/her), other surprise guests, will join J. Keith and Helen for a trivia show like no other!
Comedy, wordplay, music, and trivia abound in THE CROSSWORD SHOW, as host Zach Sherwin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Epic Rap Battles of History) guides a pair of guest panelists through solving a crossword puzzle live onstage, with everything displayed on a big screen so the audience can follow the action. As the solvers decipher the clues, Zach takes the show down digressive rabbit holes of material inspired by the answer words, and it all ties together at the end for a grand finale that’s as satisfying as it is mind-blowing. You don’t need any crossword expertise to be dazzled by this joyful, nerdy, one-of-a-kind experience!
On December 13, DGA-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, writer, producer, and author Paul Feig (he/him) and actor Anjali Bhimani (she/her), plus other surprise guests and experts will join J. Keith and Helen for a trivia show like no other!
On January 4, acclaimed poet Amanda Gorman (she/her), plus other surprise guests and experts will join J. Keith and Helen for a trivia show like no other!