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The community altar is part of a 10-day cultural exhibition at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown L.A.
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Get Out! (We mean that in the nicest way possible.) Another fine LA day greets you with free community yoga, a Venice Beach festival and soothing soul music from around the globe.
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Today in Get Out.... GET OUT! It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood with Bloomfest LA in the Arts District, Monster Movies for your matinee, and an all-night musical happening in Eagle Rock.
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Los Angeles is not known for its bustling literary scene. Often overshadowed by the graying publishing houses and staunchly entrenched magazines of New York, LA's reputation as a city with little appreciation for the written word persists. But Laurie Ochoa and Joe Donnelly, former editors at LA Weekly, believe that LA is a place where stories and storytelling abound.
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Is it a smart move to release Captain America: The First Avenger on Comic-Con weekend, as every media outlet (including us) talks comic movies? Or is it short-sighted, since all the fan-boys are in San Diego? Regardless, Marvel goes red, white & blue in a bid for many shades of green.
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We have a sexy Friday edition of Pencil This In. First up is a storytelling series at the Brewery Arts Complex tonight where there's sure to be a few bawdy bedroom tales—for better or worse. At Meltdown Comics, the resident sexpert from the Pleasure Chest makes a guest lecture appearance for a special lecture. Read on for all the juicy details. (And for other events that are definitely rated G.)
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Even though the broadast networks have very little to offer this time of year, we get plenty of comedy on Thursdays thanks to the likes of FX, Adult Swim, and Comedy Central - tonight's highlights are "Louie" and "NTSF:SD:SUV::", do you have a Summer comedy favorite? --- All this + news items + the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight.
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Paul Scheer has his own show, "NTSF:SD:SUV," and it premieres tonight on Adult Swim at 12:15am. We talked to the man about how this show came about, how ridiculous the genre of "acronym" shows are, as well as his experiences at Adult Swim, the coolest network on the block these days.
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Michael Silverblatt is the iconic host of the Santa-Monica based radio program Bookworm; a nationally-syndicated show about literature and poetry that has featured some of the greatest writers of our time. LA's favorite literary pundit shared with us his love of literature, thoughts about the local LA literary community, and why he can hardly wait to meet author and poet Sapphire.
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As part of a showing of the movie "Hairspray" at Hollywood Forever Cemetary on Sunday, July 31, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles and film star Nikki Blonsky will host a sing-along during the screening. The movie, which was released in 2007 as a remake of the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which was in turn based on the 1988 John Waters, tells the story of a young woman...
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The short film was once a cornerstone of the theatrical experience (think "The Twenty", only worth watching). A cinematic laboratory, short films test talents & technologies, often in less time than it takes to read this column. In an age of digital streaming, the LA Shorts Fest offers a rare opportunity to see these small films back on the big screen. The 15th annual fest begins tomorrow at the Sunset 5, and runs through the 29th.
