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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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You know those people that won't so much as breathe on their food before snapping photos of it from multiple angles? Oh, that's you?!? FOODIES is a brand-spankin' new web TV satire that pokes fun at L.A.'s food spotting, snack blogging, confectionary-pr0n engorged masses.
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Need something to do tonight? In today's Pencil This In we've got the Pac-10 Basketball Free Fan Fest at LA Live, the opening reception for "Wall Works" at SMMoA, and rocker Exene Cervenka performing her new album at the Redwood Bar & Grill.
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Photo by D. Sharon Pruitt via Flickr Not to out-gloried by a seasonal stampede of cookie pushing Girl Scouts, the quintessential chocolate chip speaks up and says, "Hey everybody! Look over here!! It's National Chocolate Chip Cookie Week! FOR REALLLLS!" The Huffington Post heeded the cry and has put together their Top 10 locations around Los Angeles to indulge in the warm, gooey basic. Can't get away from your desk to celebrate? Don't have...
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It’s no secret that the LA fashion scene has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately. From feature exhibitions at FIDM, MOCA and LACMA to the rebirth of GenArt, the celebration of style is back in a big way. The spotlight continues this Saturday, March 12th, as Project Ethos celebrates local artistry with their bi-annual showcase of emerging talent.
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Even the young ones are into street art these days. Inspired by a viewing of Exit Through the Gift Shop, the 10-year-old daughter of children's author Aaron Zenz declared her intention to become a street artist like Banksy when she grew up. Explaining that art is good, but vandalism is bad, pops and daughter dreamed up an art project that was publicly stealthy, but not destructive...
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You know who hasn't gotten enough publicity lately? Charlie Sheen. Yeah, that guy from that terrible sitcom, "Two and a Half Men." To ensure that Sheen doesn't fall off the public's radar, Spike TV has decided to immortalize him through animation.
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photo by Rollence Patugan, courtesy of Keith Glassman When it rains, it pours. And don’t we know it. Lotta good dance going on this week. The first Bootleg Dance Festival opens this Friday and runs through the weekend, presenting the choreography of seven intrepid local dancemakers. Alongside the traditional centers for “experimental” dance, the Bootleg Theater has embarked on an ambitious performance event. Housed in its 1930’s warehouse that was, at one recent time...
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Attendees of the 2011 Edwardian Ball, held in San Francisco in January. Photo by Neil Girling - TheBlight.net This Saturday night The Edwardian Ball returns to Los Angeles at the Music Box (Fonda). This will be the second Edwardian Ball in LA (the previous one was in January 2009) but the event has become an annual tradition in San Francisco, where they recently held their 11th consecutive ball. The Edwardian Ball was inspired by...
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Florence and the Machine performing live at Sundance (Photo by Joey Maloney/LAist) If you didn't score tickets to see UK songstress Florence Welch, aka Florence and the Machine, at the Greek Theatre in June, well, for one lucky LAist reader, the "Dog Days Are Over." We are giving away a pair of tickets to see Florence and the Machine live on June 14, the second date of a two-night stop in Los Angeles. With...
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Eiko & Koma's Raven. Photo courtesy of the artists. Pioneering Japanese movement theater masters Eiko and Koma are celebrating their 40th anniversary of making art with a national retrospective tour that will touch down here at REDCAT tonight through Sunday. Presenting work that spans their career and which they, themselves, will perform, the legendary duo will revisit ideas, images and terrain that have marked them as groundbreaking creator/performers from their inception in the 70s....
