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Today on FilmWeek, we revisit Larry Mantle’s 2023 conversation with Patrick Stewart in memory of the late actor who died at the age of 86 this week.
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Michael Bofshever and Susan Angelo in Broken Glass. (Photo by Hope Oklahoma courtesy of West Coast Jewish Theatre) Broken Glass, Arthur Miller's retrospective look at Jewish identity, pre-war psychology, and dysfunctional small group dynamics is currently playing at Pico Playhouse. Presented by the West Coast Jewish Theatre, the plot follows the disintegration of two marriages in Brooklyn at the time of Germany's 1938 Kristallnacht. Broken Glass is a doctor-driven whodunit with a thick, waxing...
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Photo by Culture Shlock via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Fistful of Dollars: The First Los Angeles Spaghetti Western Festival takes place today at the historic El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. The all-day event features screenings of classic spaghetti western, rare spaghetti western trailers, a special guest panel of heyday actors, a book signing breakout, and, of course, a live musical tribute to Ennio Morricone! 5269 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601,...
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This week's pets, Sage and Sabrina are from Santé D’Or Foundation. Santé D’Or a is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2003. It is a donor-supported, no-kill animal rescue. Run by an executive director and a staff of volunteers, Santé D’Or rescues and provides holistic care and sanctuary to animals, while working to secure them permanent homes.
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Michael Kelper Meo and William Burden in 'Turn of the Screw.' (Photo by Robert Millard courtesy of Los Angeles Opera.) Benjamin Britten's potent adaptation of the classic Henry James ghost story Turn of the Screw is currently playing at the Los Angeles Opera. The production features a flawless cast, stunning set, disturbing plot, intriguing score, and a twelve year old casanova with an angelic voice. Turn of the Screw is a psychological thriller with...
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The guy-girl duo Ben Jaffe and Suzanne Santo comprises the band honeyhoney that defies a strict genre while creating foot-stomping music from an era long ago. Honeyhoney is in the midst of month-long a residency at the Bootleg Theater, located at 2220 Beverly Boulevard. Every Monday in March the two grace the stage with a full band, offering a free show, you heard me right…free.
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Photo by douglasspics via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Green clothing? Check. Goofy green hat? Check. Shamrock-themed accessories? Check. Designated driver? Check. Well-honed pinching muscles? Check. You are ready to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Los Angeles. In order to facilitate your green-hued and brogue-sprinkled merriment, we present Your Guide to the Guides: St. Patrick's Day 2011. First, get your iTunes playlist ready for the drive, bus ride, or party you're throwing. You...
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From the 2010 Air Sex event in L.A. (Photo via Air Sex on Flickr) Okay, you know what it means to wail on the air guitar, but how about getting it on with some hot and heavy air sex? This year marks the third season the hunt for an Air Sex World Champion is on, and the competition tour makes a stop later this month at the Satellite in Silver Lake. The organizers help...
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Starting at noon on Sunday, the Milagro Allegro Community Garden in Highland Park will be giving away 400 bare-root fruit and nut trees, thanks to an anonymous donor, reports the LA Times. Milli Macen-Moore, Milagro Allegro's resident master gardener and teacher, was reportedly contacted by the donor who...
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photo of Stephen Petronio Company by Steve Schriber The New York-based Stephen Petronio Company returns to UCLA Live this weekend for a pair of performances honoring the acclaimed company's 25th year anniversary and, as the choreographer says, "[ride] the awesome and unpredictable force of now." Inspired by natural events that "affect us from without and within," I Drink the Air Before Me,has been described in the New York Times as "a sonic ephemeral wave...ferocious...
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Photo by sadjeans via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Five years ago, the independent bookstore was likely fated to join the cassette tape: nostalgically revered, but tragically doomed. Despite hand picked recommendations, too-cool cashiers, and erudite small talk, the local bookstore didn’t stand a chance against the Big Guys—corporations like Barnes and Noble, Borders, and the true Iago of bookselling, Amazon. Then came the Kindle, the Nook, whatever the hell Sony makes,...
