Video Game Lets You Live the Mars Landing
The landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars has spectators turning to NASA and JPL for their information. But what if you want to live the exciting decent into the martian atmosphere yourself? Well now you can. On XBOX 360, you can download a game that allows you to become the lander craft as you […]
Cal Phil Presents Potpourri of 19th Century Romantics and Broadway Favorites
By Ted AYALA Is the music of the great Romantic composers of the 19th century so different from the well loved songs that modern day Broadway and the West End have produced? In the program presented at Disney Hall on Sunday afternoon, conductor Victor Vener and the California Philharmonic affirmed their belief in the old […]
‘All Your Hard Work’ Pays Off at the Lillian Theatre
By Susan JAMES Imagine you’re in the living room of a 30-something single someone you’ve just met when she receives an unexpected visit from a former college lover. Nine years ago these two were close but things ended badly and they haven’t seen each other since. It all seems perfectly civilized for a while but […]
Thor, Captain America and Ant Man Coming to the Big Screen
By Charly SHELTON Imagine being a star football player. Best in the league. And more than all the success and winning all the championships, the thing that drives you onward is wanting to be there with all your football friends and have a great time – going back stage at the greatest stadiums, going to […]
Cal Phil Prepares for Center Stage
Plans are moving forward for this weekend’s Cal Phil presentation, Center Stage, highlighting some of the most beloved show music ever composed. Center Stage takes place on Saturday, July 28 at Festival on the Green at Santa Anita Race Track and on Sunday, July 29 there will be a matinee at Walt Disney Concert Hall. […]
Lorca in a Green Dress at Casa 101
“Lorca in a Green Dress,” written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, continues at Casa 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights. Set in 1936, “Lorca in a Green Dress,” follows the great Spanish poet Federico García Lorca who arrives in the Lorca Room in purgatorio, a room of the soul, where he must spend 40 days […]
Starlight Bowl Presents Face to Face, Judith Hill
Continuing its popular summer concert series, the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Sunday presents popular tribute artists Joey Riedel and Michael John with soulful vocalist Judith Hill. Elton John and Billy Joel tribute artists Joey Riedel and Michael John have joined forces to create The Ultimate Billy Joel and Elton John Face To Face Tribute […]
TDKR Shooting Aftermath
By Charly SHELTON By now most everyone has heard about the horrific shooting that took place at the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises” on July 20. Shortly following that event, studio heads at Warner Bros. reportedly thought about pulling the film from theaters, but ultimately decided against it. The trailer for upcoming “Gangster […]
SCM Launches Tribute with Debussy, Ravel and Jolivet
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 […]