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Every year, millions of Halloween costumes end up in a landfill after a single use, and many are made from synthetic plastics that don’t easily break down.
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It's a literary extravaganza tonight in LA. Diane Keaton discusses her new memoir at the Hammer Museum; Miranda July in conversation about her new book at ALOUD; staged reading of a play by Polish playwright Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk; Sue Grafton signs her latest mystery at The Grove. Read on for all the details.
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Welcome back to a post-holiday working week. Lit events are back in full force tonight, including a book launch at Family; Shaq at Vroman's and Gerald Nicosia on the untold life of Mrs. Neal Cassaday. There's also Star Trek comedy at NerdMelt; Queer Mondays performances and It's a School Night at Bardot. Read on for all the details.
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Vista Hermosa means “beautiful view” in Spanish, and on clear days, that’s just what this park provides. When the ten-acre park opened in 2008, it was the first new park in downtown Los Angeles in more than one hundred years.
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Get out so you can get some rye and soup, listen to LA Phil or enjoy an early (and sunny) Christmas parade.
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Ruby is a 5-month-old Beagle looking for a home. She loves to play and would love to be an active home that has some knowledge and understanding of the breed. Stella is a gorgeous, 6-year-old Tuxedo cat who has a distinct smile and some extra toes: she's a polydactyl!
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Get out so you can see some art, watch some slapstick or, yes, do a little holiday shopping.
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The Muppets, Marty Scorsese, The Artist, David Cronenberg & Viggo Mortensen... there's a LOT to be thankful for in theatres this weekend!
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This Thanksgiving, the Cinefamily cranks it far beyond 11, with a members-only potluck stuffed with riffs & god knows how many psychedelics. Then examine "the paradox of love" with gay indie drama The Seminarian.
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Miguel Pinero's penetrating, taboo-breaching prison drama Short Eyes is currently at Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC). Co-produced by the Latino Theater Company and Urban Theatre Movement, this exciting production is dark, exhilarating, and utterly glorious. Pinero flaunts violence and poetry while navigating delicate moral, ethical, and social dilemmas contextualized by power dynamics and incarceration culture.
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Theatre managers love to put solo shows on their stages because they're very cost effective. When they don't work, however, the blame generally only has one target. Charlayne Woodard's new piece at the Douglas, The Night Watcher, is pleasant and generally amusing, but as an evening of theatre it feels thin.
