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 […]
By Ted AYALA There are few things that really unite the increasingly fractured fan-base for Final Fantasy, Square-Enix’s ironically deathless video game series which is in its 14th installment – and that’s not counting its numerous spin-offs. An Internet Verdun has been drawn-up in various online forums by the partisans of different games in this […]
By Charly SHELTON DC has officially launched its new line of number one issues, the New 52. And being such a comics fiend, I was there on the release day to pick up the first issues. Every week DC will release a few more of the 52, and we are introduced to some new […]
Gourmet plant-based fare served to thousands as part of Supreme Master TV’s anniversary. More than 3,000 people gave a rousing standing ovation for the world premiere of “The Real Love,” a new musical which brought together some of the biggest names of Hollywood and Broadway onstage at the Pasadena Civic. In what may be the […]