SOA in Montrose
Photo by Molly SHELTON Charlie Hunnam, left, and Tommy Flanagan on set in Montrose last Friday as “Sons of Anarchy,” the FX series, films an episode. Montrose is frequented by filming, and SOA regularly uses Montrose as a location.
Curt Lowens Subject of Concerto
Broadway, television and film actor, Holocaust survivor and hero of the Dutch Resistance, Curt Lowens will appear as the narrator in Sharon Farber’s “Bestemming: Concerto for Cello, Orchestra and Narrator” on Friday, June 13 at the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre. The performance will feature acclaimed cellist Ruslan Biryukov as […]
‘A Million Ways’ to Laugh
By Charly SHELTON Not everyone likes “Family Guy” humor – the cutaways, the crude language, the non-sequiturs. But you have to admit that the social commentary of some of those jokes is very apt. That is perhaps the best summation of “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane’s new movie, “A Million Ways to Die in the […]
Huntington Library Displays ‘The Lost Works Of Archimedes’
By Susan JAMES On a spring day in April 1229, a Greek Orthodox priest named Johannes Myronas wrote his name carefully on the first page of a prayer book that he had created as a presentation gift. Myronas lived in a monastery in Jerusalem where parchment for his prayer book was scarce. So Myronas recycled. […]
CLIP: A Million Ways to Die in the West
‘Maleficent’ Casts a Spell
By Susan JAMES In the fantasy world ruled by the Disney-Marvel combine there has been a trend of late to reshape fairy tales for a contemporary audience. Working from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton, director Robert Stromberg’s “Maleficent” is a signature example. As most little girls know, fairy tales in their original form are […]
Le Salon de Musiques Performs Beethoven, et al.
By Ted AYALA If Le Salon de Musiques ever decided to adopt a mascot, German composer Xaver Scharwenka would likely be it. There has been no other musical organization in Southern California – or indeed in the United States – that has more ardently championed the music of this now mostly forgotten composer. Le Salon […]
E3 2014 Coming to LA Next Week
By Michael WORKMAN June approaches, which means E3 is coming to the LA Convention Center to dazzle gamers and industry heavyweights alike. E3 always generates a certain healthy level of excitement each year, but last year’s event had many people’s anticipation turned up to eleven with the showcasing of the Next-gen technology to come […]
Lark Society Performs Komitas, Mansurian
By Ted AYALA Less than four years separate the death and birth respectively of the alpha and omega of Armenian music, Vartapet Komitas and Tigran Mansurian, so that they share much in common stylistically and spiritually should not come as too much of a surprise. Komitas, whose career spanned the closing years of the 19th […]
Celebrating Hollywood Arts and Culture
By Mary O’KEEFE At the recent 28th Annual Charlie Awards presented by the Hollywood Arts Council held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the organization honored those who help promote live theatre in their community. Hollywood Arts Council is a grassroots organization that was founded in 1978 to promote the arts and culture of Hollywood. It […]