By Ted AYALA Limpidity, elegance, sensuality, and charm – virtues that characterize the very best of modern French musical style. Beguiling the ear, the listener, falling under the music’s spell, may find it easy to take its ravishing beauty for granted, not realizing the toil that forged this idiom. In a 19th Century where France […]
By Ted AYALA Cellist Maksim Velichkin’s series of chamber concerts at Atwater Village’s ATX Kitchen, dubbed the M3 series, have been one of the successes of local music making in the past year. Held in a back room of the ATX Kitchen – complete with a small bar – an assortment of classical works are […]
When do I register? Today. Visit www.comic-con.org, to create a new Member ID (this is needed to purchase badges) When can I purchase badges? With your Member ID, you will receive an email with dates and instructions. Need a room? Plan early! Rates are higher than usual. Less expensive options, try Oceanside, Escondido, San Marcos […]
By Susan JAMES Taking advantage of 130,000 enthusiastic Comic-Con fans packed into San Diego’s Convention Center, Hollywood studios sent producers and casts of their best and brightest upcoming TV shows to screen pilots, answer questions and drum up support for their fall premieres. Two themes predominated: hardy band of warriors fight end of the world […]
By Susan JAMES What a difference a year makes, especially in television. At last year’s Comic-Con, the annual, highly anticipated media extravaganza held in San Diego’s Convention Center, producers and cast of the brand new ABC television show “Once Upon A Time” faced a room of a few hundred people, screened the show’s pilot and […]
The Shakespeare By The Sea theatre group returned again to Two Strike Park on Friday to perform for a crowd of anxious audience members. Families and couples brought picnic dinners, lawn chairs, blankets and other accoutrements to the park to spend an evening with Shakespeare’s classic “Two Gentlemen of Verona.” The production was set on […]
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre (www.chinesetheatres.com) is turning 85 years old and announced a 25 cent-a-ticket offering for families on Saturdays at its Chinese 6 theatres in Hollywood. Each Saturday a classic family film will be featured at 10 a.m. This Saturday is Madagascar 1; on July 21 Puss in Boots; July 28 Kung Fu Panda 1; […]
By Charly SHELTON Have you ever wanted to see someone beheaded by chainsaw? Or strung up with chains? All this and more is in Oliver Stone’s new film, “Savages.” I, for one, have never wanted to see any of that. Ever. But sitting in the darkened theater, I found it difficult to look away from […]