By Ted AYALA Following a stunning season debut last month, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), under the ever genial baton of its music director Jeffrey Kahane, returned to the Alex Theatre on Saturday for a program that sat side-by-side two sprawling explorative musical works: one a psychological journey, the other an exploration of the […]
By Ted AYALA One of Russia’s oldest and finest symphony orchestras in making a stop in Southern California on Tuesday. The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, the house band for the eponymous opera company in St. Petersburg, makes a one-night appearance in the Los Angeles area on Oct. 18. The program, which begins at 8 p.m., will […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Landscape painters have a chance this month to show off their talents as The Crescenta Valley Arts Council is in the midst of holding its second annual “Paint Out” event. Registration began on Friday and continues through Nov. 4 at White’s Fine Art at 2414 Honolulu Ave. Artists can register up to […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale’s resident pianophiles would do well to keep this Sunday evening open. Local pianist Harout Senekeremian will be performing an eclectic recital of music spanning the 19th Century to the present day. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. and concluding at 9:30 p.m., the concert will feature music by Beethoven, Arno Babadjanian, Nikolai Kapustin, […]
By Michael WORKMAN If there’s one thing that has been done to death in video games it’s having the undead itself as the main enemies. Zombies have been in the cross-hairs of countless games as far back as 1997 with the hit arcade shooter House of the Dead. Even though the whole zombie setting in […]
Presenting the best that Disneyland and Universal Studios offers for the scariest time of the year. By Charly SHELTON Who doesn’t like to get scared? Well, I’m sure that there are some out there who don’t care for the thrill that comes from a good fright, but for most of us a good-natured Halloween scare […]
By Cristeen MARTINEZ Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980 is an unprecedented six-month series of exhibits at more than 60 cultural institutions ranging from Santa Barbara to San Diego, Santa Monica to Palm Springs. The collaboration, the largest ever undertaken in the area and possibly the country, tells the story of the rise of […]
By Ted AYALA These days, the partnership of conductor and orchestra tend to be short lived bursts. Like supernovas, they often beginning in a burst of energy, then quickly burn out. Sometimes because the conductor is eager to move on to the next big thing; other times because the relationship between the orchestra and conductor […]
By Charly SHELTON For the last two weeks, CV Weekly reporter Charly Shelton has been reviewing the New 52 comics, all new number one issues from DC, as they are released. Take a look at a sample of this week’s breakdown, which can be found in full online at CVWeekly.com, or by scanning the QR […]
By Ted AYALA In the days leading up to the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, it was hard to cope with the panoply of gore and destruction the media served up on a resplendent silver platter for its audience. Masquerading as commemoration and dignified remembrance were lurid images and reminiscences that barely concealed the media’s […]