By Charly SHELTON Butterflies are back for a limited time only at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. The new enclosure allows guests to get up close and personal with the butterflies, walking through their environment. The mesh-covered quonset hut allows more air through the enclosure and into the butterflies, which helps their health […]
By Pat Kramer The Channel Islands, off the coast of Ventura provide a fascinating day trip or overnight camping trip for anyone looking for a new adventure. There are five islands located across the Santa Barbara Channel that are part of Channel Islands National Park. While each of the islands is unique, the trip out […]
Greetings, True Believers! It is I, your magnanimous leader, back once again to lay some knowledge on you from beyond the computer screen. I know it’s only September but brace yourselves…Halloween is coming! It’s still 90 degrees out here in L.A. but Halloween is invading the local theme parks this week, next week and the […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s fall everywhere else, but in L.A. summer rages on. It’s not time for jackets and pumpkin beers yet, but it’s time for sunglasses and cold gin with lemongrass. That’s why Ombra Wine Bar is perfect for right now. This new outdoor wine and cocktail bar located at the Americana at Brand […]
By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH Well, since school is back in session again there is more time now to take in these great productions all around our wonderful city, such as: OPENING “All the Way” The story begins in 1963 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. “All the Way” follows Lyndon Baines […]
Dixie Consumer Products launched Deadzone Diners last weekend. The campaign aims to make diners more aware of the benefits of putting down the cellphone and striking up a conversation. The initiative will transform the negative perception of cellular dead zones into unique opportunities for people to “Be More Here.” To drive home the impact of […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Come for the T-shirt launchers and flying toilet paper, stay for the rock show. That might be a worthy tag line for the ongoing North American tour headlined by arguably the biggest band in pop-punk history. Blink-182 will wind down its tour with A Day to Remember in Southern California in late […]
By Charly SHELTON School may be back in session but it’s still hot out and will be for another month. Why not take a weekend for a little reprieve from school and summer heat to get away to the woods or the beach for some camping? The great outdoors can be a rugged place but […]
By Charly SHELTON Not many movies come along that are beautiful in story and visuals, resonate in the heart and mind, surpass expectations for the film itself and the genre overall, and can leave the viewer spellbound, thinking about them for days, weeks, years. “Kubo and the Two Strings” is just such a movie. From […]
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood is almost upon us. All the mazes have been announced and the tickets go on sale on Friday, Sept. 16 for dates ranging through early November. If you haven’t already heard, here is the maze lineup for this year: In “The Exorcist,” guests will see, hear, feel – […]