By Susan JAMES Looking for a fabulous and unusual Christmas present for that sister who posts screen catches of costumes from “Revenge” on her Pinterest website or that friend who never misses an episode of “The Mindy Project?” Relax, shoppers, your search is over. The Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing (919 S. Grand Ave.) […]
By Ted AYALA Grumpy Cat may be pretty, well, grumpy. But she has nothing on the feline protagonists of Hans Werner Henze’s 1982 opera, “The English Cat,” which the USC Thornton School of Music will be presenting on Nov. 21 and 23. Edward Bond, the librettist of Henze’s opera, took his inspiration from Balzac’s “Sorrows […]
Beloved cast members of the daytime drama “Days of our Lives” will participate in a special presentation during the largest Christmas parade in the country – the 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade – on Nov. 30. “Days of our Lives” is NBC’s longest running daytime drama. Cast members, including Deidre Hall, Kristian Alfonso, Suzanne Rogers, […]
By Michael WORKMAN Sometimes a game comes along that is so big and hyped up it deserves a preview to fully cover all the important aspects that a single review simply can’t. “Dragon Age: Inquisition” is one of those games. From the creators of the equally popular “Mass Effect” series, BioWare’s fantasy RPG Dragon Age […]
By Ted AYALA Chamber Opera Players of Los Angeles – COPOLA – like Pacific Opera Project and WildUp among other local emerging classical music organizations before it, seems to have taken sage pugilistic wisdom to heart: float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. Short on resources but long on ambition and savvy, the […]
Evanne Friedmann of La Cañada Flintridge and Tournament of Roses’ Rose Queen in 2010 will be featured on the big screen in the acclaimed coming-of-age high school thriller “As Night Comes.” The film debuts on Friday, Nov. 14 in a week-long Los Angeles theatrical release at Laemmle’s Music Hall in Beverly Hills. “As Night Comes” follows […]
By Charly SHELTON A new restaurant has popped up in Downtown L.A. and in Burbank – Asian Box. In much the same way that Subway, Blaze Pizza and Chipotle offer a make- your-own sandwich, pizza and burrito experience (respectively), Asian Box is a make-your-own box lunch restaurant with quick and friendly counter service or in […]
By Isiah REYES Crescenta Valley High School students are completing their final rehearsals for the annual CV’s “Got Talent” at the school’s MacDonald Auditorium. There will be a total of 12 dances and seven acts performing. The dance styles will range from jazz to ballet to hip hop while the talents will include singers who […]
By Ted AYALA Few composers experienced the transformation, indeed the kind of second musical youth, that Leoš Janáček experienced. The fire that ignited this fuse was the largely unrequited love he felt for Kamila Stösslová, a married woman 38 years his junior. “My soul and feeling is warmed and comes to a boil only through […]
