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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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Lindsay William-Ross/LAist (see more here) In the next few days and weeks, cherry blossoms are about to blanket the branches of local trees with their gorgeous blooms. Last weekend LAist headed out to Encino to the Lake Balboa area to see some early blooms, and today the Daily News has a listing of other places around town where you and yours can enjoy the cheerful springtime sight of cherry blossoms, take a stroll, snap...
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Enjoying the wildflowers | Photo: Pink Sherbet Photography via Flickr It's Friday, so that means more updates from the Thomas Payne Foundation in their weekly Wildflower Hotline update. Here's what's going on in the immediate area: Downtown Los Angeles is even sporting some natives, just check out the Cornfields area, near the Los Angeles River. This park features a great display of Lupinus sp. (lupines), Layia platyglossa (tidy tips), a bit of Eschscholzia californica...
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Prince has some events lined up for the people of Los Angeles some time around March 24th. At least that's what this message written by the Purple One, passed along to us by Prince's people, suggests. Update: Dr. Funkenberry.com reports, and we have confirmed, that Prince will be appearing on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno three consecutive nights - March 25th, 26th, and 27th.
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Season 1 of G4's "Code Monkeys" on DVD We're highlighting the DVD release of G4's animated series, "Code Monkeys", because Season One features the actual Steve Wozniak as the owner of GameAvision, the hilariously dysfunctional video game developer that is the focus of the show. Wozniak will also be featured in this season's "Dancing with the Stars", which starts tonight at 8pm on ABC - yes, the Woz will be donning dancing shoes to...
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A Noise Within tackles the Bard's Taming of the Shrew. Photo by Craig Schwartz Let's brush up on our Shakespeare, shall we? The Taming of the Shrew is one of the Bard's earlier comedies. Basically, a young man falls in love with girl. The problem is that the girl's father won't allow her to get married until her "difficult" older sister gets hitched (aka the shrew in the play's title). To solve the problem,...
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Hang out with your dogs and drink wine with your dawgs. / Photo of Love by puck90 via LAist's flickr pool. Los Angelenos love their dogs. And even more love wine. Much Love Animal Rescue has teamed up with LearnAboutWine to bring both together for a good cause. Tomorrow the “Much Love for Dogs & Wine” event will take place at The Lofty Dog’s indoor dog park in downtown LA from 2-5 pm. Guests...
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Photo by moria via Flickr Whether your a bicycle advocate or a someone who hopes Los Angeles could be a smarter planned community, tomorrow's all day (and free) LA Bike Summit will hold a good number of workshops and panels including ones with local bloggers of note such as Damien Newton at Streetsblog LA and Siel at Green LA Girl. For Newton, this is a really important step for the LA community. "People don't...
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The much celebrated co-op zombie-killing franchise Resident Evil has a new installment releasing this month, and to celebrate RE5 developer Capcom is teaming up with the American Red Cross to organize a blood drive at World of Wonder in Hollywood. On March 13th from 11-5 pm, fans of the game can trek over to WoW for the event, and those who donate some blood will receive special edition collectibles as well as a chance...
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MOCA's holding a mini golf art party. / Photo by pink_fish13 via LAist's flickr pool. Tonight marks the next installation of MOCA's "Engagement Party" series, where the public is invited to participate in art installations with local collectives. Tonight Knifeandfork (founded by Brian House and Sue Huang) step up to the tee box for the intallation "Emptiness is Form (Golf and Donuts)." Knifeandfork retools miniature golf as an interactive art installation that appropriates the...
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Tonight's monthly Skid Row neighorhood watch walk will include a trip to the LAPD Central City Division Police Station for a look at just how the district is using these cameras to reduce crime and increase safety in the area. In 2006, the Central City East Association's Downtown Industrial Business Improvement District installed the cameras. The ten cameras have assisted police in reducing crime and in identifying criminal suspects. The system uses fully controlled...
