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Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor, has died.
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Still from 'Twist & Blood,' a short film by Kuba Czekaj which screens as part of NewFilmmakers LA tonight at Sunset Gower Studios. ART ARTBOOK @ Paper Chase and The Ice Plant host a one-hour lecture and Q&A on Frogs and Mushrooms, based on Jason Fulford’s books The Mushroom Collector and Raising Frogs for $ $ $. The evening includes anecdotes, short videos and music. Book signing and keyboard music afterward during cocktail reception....
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'Baggage & Freedom,' an art show from D. Ross (Scribe) opens at Gallery 1988 tonight. (Photo courtesy of gallery). ART Gallery1988: Melrose presents the solo exhibit Baggage & Freedom with works by Kansas City artist D. Ross aka Scribe. The opening reception will be held tonight from 7-10 pm, when G1988 unveils his paintings and sculptures. This show will run through July 1. LECTURE In conjunction with the two exhibits Houdini: Art and Magic...
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"There are more things in hell, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." This gleeful distortion of Hamlet's admonition could fairly be posted over the entrance to Zombie Joe's Underground itself as a tidy summary of the company's functional ethos. And it also well encapsulates playwright Richard Nathan's riotous new parody of the ubiquitous tragedy, now titled "Hamlet, Prince of Darkness," which ZJU is presenting at 11 p.m. every Friday night through the end of June.
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Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays is currently playing at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. The show features nine short one-act plays from nine distinguished and notable playwrights including Jeffrey Hatcher, Jordan Harrison, Moises Kaufman, Joe Keenen, Neal LaBute, Wendy McLeod, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick, and Doug Wright. A rotating cast that changes each week performs each piece as a staged reading.
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Check out our interview with stand-up comedian Louis C.K. who is the creator, writer, editor, producer, and lead of FX's "Louie" which will have the premiere of its second season on Thursday, June 23, at 10:30pm. We talked with Louis C.K. on location in New York City, outside of the world-famous Caroline's Comedy Club on Broadway.
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Lauryn Hill (pictured performing at New Orleans Jazz Fest earlier this month) will perform her classic "Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" at the Rock the Bells Festival The lineup for the summer's top hip-hop festival tour was announced last night at House of Blues. Rock the Bells visits the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino (you know - the one formerly known as the Glen Helen Pavilion, Hyundai Pavilion, and the Blockbuster Pavilion) August 20....
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William & the Earth Harp, seen here at Lightning in a Bottle 2010, returns this year to wow the crowd on Friday and Saturday night. (Photo by Andy Sternberg for LAist) If it's Memorial Day Weekend then it's time for The DoLab's Lightning in a Bottle. 10,000 people of all ages are expected to take over Oak Canyon Ranch at the eastern edge of Irvine Lake in Silverado Canyon this weekend. Complete with three...
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Tonight in LA: Karen Russell and Salvatore Scibona at the Hammer Museum; the LA premiere of 'The Writer'; a new exhibition opens at the LAXART annex, and the LA Conservancy's Last Remaining Seats movie series starts tonight.
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Gary Polonsky's Geisha Tuna, 2011, at TAG Gallery in Santa Monica. ART New Exhibition at TAG Gallery in Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station opens today featuring the work of artists Anne M Bray, Patricia Doede Klowden and Gary Polonsky focusing on American Obsessions: Food and Fashion. The exhibition will be up through June 18, with the opening reception on Saturday (May 28) and the artists panel discussion on June 1. FILM There’s a world premiere...
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Author Aimee Bender is a literary iconoclast. The Los Angeles Times lauded, “she is Hemingway, on an acid trip.” Her knack for magical realism and her admiration of the fairy tale have inspired a generation of young writers bent on the surreal, citing dog-eared copies of Bender’s iconic collection Willful Creatures as influence. I met with Bender at USC to talk about Los Angeles’ less-known lit scene, feminizing fairy tales, and the splendor of LA’s sunlight.
