By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Conductor Sonia Marie de León de Vega is excited. Not only because the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, the ensemble which she founded and leads, begins its new season in only a matter of days but also because the orchestra will be marking a milestone this Saturday night: It’ll be celebrating its silver anniversary. […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween is nearly upon us and, to celebrate the spirit of the season, the local theme parks go all out to bring scary fun to boys and ghouls searching for a good fright. So far, we’ve seen all that Knott’s Scary Farm, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights and Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The leaves are turning, the air is crisp, and the days draw shorter. Fall has arrived and with it arrives a new season for music in Los Angeles. A new year for Le Salon de Musiques begins this Sunday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Downtown Los […]
By Charly SHELTON Space – the final frontier. Just because humans in the futuristic society of the “Star Trek” universe have headed into the stars doesn’t mean they have escaped grappling with the same issues we Earthbound humans deal with every day. Issues that include what is right, how to behave in certain circumstances and […]
“Architects Of Denial: Genocide Denied Is Genocide Continued” is a documentary that traces the turbulent modern history of the Armenian people from their decimation by Ottoman Turks at the onset of World War I until the present when they are threatened by Turkey as well as its ally, Azerbaijan. It chronicles the Armenian Genocide of […]
By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH October 2017 Here are the new shows opening in our theatres this month: OPENING “THE FACE, Behind the Face, behind the face” A performing artist confronts the ups and downs and struggles of his life and career and is led to the conclusion that his […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween is nearly upon us and, to celebrate the spirit of the season, the local theme parks go all out to bring scary fun to boys and ghouls searching for a good fright. So far, we’ve seen all that Knott’s Scary Farm and Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights have to offer. This […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween is nearly upon us and, to celebrate the spirit of the season, the local theme parks go all out to bring scary fun to boys and ghouls searching for a good fright. Last week, we saw all that Universal Studios Hollywood had to offer with its Halloween Horror Nights. This week, […]
Ask managing director Steve Jarrard what types of shows his LA-based theatre company Collaborative Artists Ensemble has built its well-respected reputation on, he’ll say shows that most haven’t seen … but should. As such, Collaborative Artists Ensemble is presenting “afterlife: a ghost story,” running Oct. 13 to Nov. 12 at The Avery Schreiber Playhouse in […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE Barely in his early 20s, Franco-Belgian composer Guillaume Lekeu seemed to have it all: the respect of César Franck, acceptance as an artistic peer by the literary luminaries of late 19th century France such as Stéphane Mallarmé, and mastery of a highly original idiom that augured a career of remarkable promise. Perhaps […]