By Michael YEGHIAYAN Some of the most renowned and well-respected chefs in Los Angeles took part in this year’s “The Taste,” an annual celebration of food and drink presented by the Los Angeles Times over Labor Day weekend. Like much of the Los Angeles food scene, the event’s focus was centered on restaurants, bars and […]
Casa 0101 Theater and Mexica Films present “Light In The Darkness,” a story of a young gang member’s journey from self-destruction to self-realization. Carlos Alvarado, a gang member from Los Angeles, is on the road to self-destruction but a sudden tragic event forces him to come face-to-face with all the pain and loss he carries […]
Changes On the Horizon for Gamers? By Michael WORKMAN Microsoft has been in damage control mode since the Xbox One was announced back in May, mostly due to fans displeasure over “always-on” Internet connect and no game sharing policy. In June, E3 didn’t do much to help the Xbox One’s appeal since Microsoft was hoping […]
By Susan JAMES Since 2004 and the release of “Shaun of the Dead,” British filmmakers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have been creating quirky little comedies that go on to become cult favorites. They write scripts together for Pegg to star in and Wright to direct. According to a recent interview with Pegg, their new […]
A Lively Time Found in ‘The Walking Dead’ Game By Michael WORKMAN In the early days of video games, “point-and-click” adventures were some of the most popular PC games. Titles such as “The Secret of Monkey Island,” “Space Quest” and “Day of the Tentacle” offer fond memories for devoted PC fans of the late ’80s […]
By Ted AYALA The musical styles of a pair of works that formed part of the California Philharmonic’s end of season program on Sunday at Disney Hall offered a striking contrast. Claude-Michel Schönberg’s epic setting of Victor Hugo’s equally epic novel of the French Revolution, Les Misérables, is a pageant of pop-flavored music with a […]
By Charly SHELTON The D23 Expo is the ultimate Disney fan event. Comic book fans have New York Comic-Con. Movie fans have Comic-Con International. Cosplay (short for costume play) fans have the Labyrinth Masquerade. And Disney fans have D23 Expo, the convention held by Disney for its fans. With sneak peeks into the worlds of […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU First Baptist Church of La Crescenta held the first of two Concerts Under the Stars on Sunday night. The concert was held to promote the activities of the Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition (CVDAPC), which hopes to create awareness of drug issues in the community. Sunday night’s concert featured […]
“Champion: The Stanley Kramer Centennial,” a film series presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, continues at the Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles through Sept. 29 on what would have been the late legendary award-winning filmmaker’s centennial birthday. Many of the upcoming screenings in the film series will be highlighted by special guest […]