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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and the Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) announce the first HFPA Snow Leopard Scholarship, which will be awarded to a new Asian short filmmaker during the Festival's fifth anniversary in Culver City, Los Angeles in November 2019. The festival will run Nov. 6 to 14, 2019 in Culver City. There will be no submission process as AWFF will curate the twelve films from a select number of short film festivals and programs across Asia throughout the year. A special Jury of HFPA members will decide on the...
Working in clay is a lifelong passion for Jeffrey Siegel. In this short commentary article, Siegal talks about his lifelong love for clay. The movements of shaping a ball of clay into something wonderful on the potter's wheel is a series of exciting actions and reactions. Like having a conversation with my artwork, it is common for me to say "the clay speaks to me," launching me into artistic expression. It is the process of creating something from nothing that inspires me." I fell in love with...
Last year’s event was incredible, but this year’s event should be even better! We’re turning up the volume once again! Culver City Arts District and Arts District Residents Association are proud to present the 2019 rockin’ Art Walk and Roll Festival. Grab a map and take a self-guided stroll and visit our local galleries, restaurants and retail or hop on one of our electric shuttles for easy access to dozens of galleries and businesses. Events will take place throughout Culver City Arts District, including a designated street closure that st...
Flashing lights . . . blaring alarms . . . confusion . . . an unexpected ending to an intriguing week, but allow me to backtrack . . . "Raison" (reason) is an appropriate French word with which to start this story, because what reason can I give to justify writing in a local publication about COLCOA (City of Light, City of Angels), a week of French film and series premieres that took place Sept. 23 - 28 at the Directors Guild of America on Sunset Blvd.? Well, since Culver City's seal proudly...
Readers, you are in for an exceptional afternoon thanks to CRE Outreach's presentation of Point of Extinction, a science fiction political thriller that is sure to enthrall and inspire its audience on Sunday, October 6 at 3 PM at Culver City High School's Robert Frost Auditorium, 4401 Elenda Street, Culver City. This revelatory, entertaining and most unusual production is made possible in part by the City of Culver City in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Performing Arts Grant...
Seven musical acts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Canyon Clubs in October 2019. On the 18th in Agoura Hills and the 19th in Montclair, Martha Davis & The Motels will take the stage. One of LA's original new wave bands, they scored big with hits including "Only the Lonely," "Suddenly Last Summer," "Danger," among many others. They gathered up two gold albums with Davis on lead vocals and also doing some songwriting. She won Best Performance in a Music Video at the American Music...
In an exclusive report by Amanda N'Duka with deadline.com comes the report that in an effort to refine its operations with a global focus, Sony Pictures' Worldwide Partnerships group has tapped Andre Seddoh as Senior Vice President of International Partnerships, where he will oversee all international promotional partnership efforts for the studio. In addition, Tine Hansen has been hired as the Director of APAC Marketing Partnerships, a position that reports to Seddoh and oversees partnerships...
Five musical acts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Canyon Club. On September 1, the British Invasion invades The Rose in Pasadena with Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone. At the age of 15, Noone achieved international fame as the lead singer of the legendary sixties pop band, singing hits like "I'm Into Something Good," "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter," "There's a Kind of Hush," "Listen People," and his anthem "I'm Henry VIII, I Am," among many others. Ultimately, Herm...
A Culver City Artist Laureate will be selected by the city for a two-year appointment beginning January 2020. Culver City has recognized many creative artists who are committed to developing their art forms and enriching our community with their exhibits, performances, presentations, and service. The city will select a two-year appointment for an individual artist from one of three arts discipline categories – fine and visual arts, performing arts, and literary arts – to serve as a cultural ambassador who will raise community consciousness to...
Goldrich Kest, one of California's largest and most successful privately-owned real estate builders and property managers, has earned a "Community of Quality" honor for one of its low-income properties. The Neilson Villa Apartments in Santa Monica earned the award for successfully meeting the stringent criteria as determined by the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA). "The Communities of Quality award recognizes the achievements of affordable housing providers who make an...
Formerly known as the Twilight Dance Series, now dubbed "Twilight on the Pier," the free concerts will return to the Santa Monica Pier in late August. This will be the 35th consecutive year of the series. The popular weeknight free concerts on the Pier became too popular in 2017 and were nearly halted for good. A singer named Khalid had been booked before he became a sensation. A crowd estimated at 25,000 showed up to hear him. Normally, the concert series had been bringing in no more than...
Intrinsic Strings brought live chamber string music to the Baldwin Hills scenic overlook this past Saturday August 24th, creating a vibrant and magical experience in a unique concert setting at the top of the Culver Stairs. Audience members were greeted by a trail of musicians spread out throughout the overlook at spots that also included visuals of people in the city viewable through 360 degree Virtual Reality headsets, culminating in a grand performance at the amphitheater space with 11...
Three musical acts that you don't want to miss are landing at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA). On September 20, living legend Johnny Mathis takes the stage with his Voice of Romance Tour. The Grammy Hall of Famer, who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, will be performing all of his classic hits. He has one of the most distinctive voices in music and you will hear his famous vibrato as he sings "It's Not for Me to...
Kentwood Players welcomes the Halloween Season by presenting DIAL M FOR MURDER, a suspenseful thriller by Frederick Knott, opening Friday, September 13 through Saturday, October 19, 2019 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045. The production is directed by George Kondreck and produced by Kathy Dershimer for Kentwood Players with rights secured from Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Featured in the...
'Intrinsic Strings' - A site-specific immersive concert experience will take place on August 24th, 2019 between 6-7.30pm at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook in Culver City. The free event will integrate live orchestral musicians and virtual reality in a unique setting in an exploration of what brings people together, inspires them and is a reminder to appreciate life's moments. Featuring music by LA-based contemporary film and video game composers; Jeff Rona, Penka Kouneva, Drum & Lace, Emer...
On August 2 at The Rose in Pasadena and August 17 in Santa Clarita, legendary singer-songwriter Don McLean will be "driving his chevy to the" stage on his 2019 concert tour. He is best known for his magnum opus, "American Pie," an impressionistic ballad inspired partly by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. The song popularized the expression "The Day the Music Died" in reference to this event. It reached number one...
Lou D'Elia is an assemblage artist working with found/obsolete objects to create 3 dimensional artworks. D'Elia frequently incorporates vernacular photography, artificial light and visual puns in his work. They are often social commentaries on politics, sexuality, and gender role expectations. He frequently uses vintage wood industrial foundry molds as a tribute to his father, who was a pattern maker in the 1950s. D'Elia grew up in Ocean Park in the 1950s. At that time the community was...
Right Angle Entertainment has announced tickets for FRIENDS! The Musical Parody are now on sale. The Off-Broadway hit will have its Los Angeles Premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (9820 Washington Blvd.) in Culver City from July 16 – August 4, 2019, FRIENDS! The Musical Parody is the comedic musical that lovingly pokes fun at TV's Friends, celebrating the adventures of your favorite group of 20-something friends as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in 1990s Manhattan. It's a t...
Kentwood Players will hold open auditions for DIAL M FOR MURDER, a suspenseful thriller by Frederick Knott, on Saturday, July 20 from 11:00am to 3:00pm and Sunday, July 21 from 6:00 to 9:00pm. Callbacks will be held on Monday, July 22 at 7:00 by appointment only. This is a non-equity, non-paid production directed by George Kondreck and produced by Kathy Dershimer for Kentwood Players with rights secured from Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Performance dates are September 13 through October 19, on...
Los Angeles jazz legend Bobby Bradford brings his all-star band to Santa Monica for a set of original music, on Wednesday August 21, at 7:30 pm, in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium of the Main Library located at at 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Since the 1960s Bradford has worked steadily as a leader and collaborated with artists including Ornette Coleman, John Carter, Vinny Golia, David Murray, Nels Cline, Mark Dresser, and many more. At 85, his skill and imagination on the cornet continue to be...
The Marina del Rey Symphony has announced its summer lineup of concerts held a t Burton Chase Park in the marina. Thursdays-Free The free concerts start at 7:00PM First up on Thursday, July 11 will be Opera at the Shore with stage performances and selections from Puccini's "La Bohème" followed by a live screening and performance of a new score by Craig Safan to the 1925 silent movie, "The Phantom of the Opera." Followed on Thursday, July 25 with Sights, Sounds & Dance in America. The Symphony teams again with the Nancy Dobbs Owen Dance Troupe...
The Santa Monica Chorus, newly crowned Regional Champions, is turning 70 this year! To celebrate 70 years of women's a cappella singing with Sweet Adelines International, Santa Monica Chorus is hosting a night filled with music through the years. ‘City of Stars’ will be held at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. The show will feature women’s 4-part barbershop a cappella music from the year the chorus began their chapter in 1949 to music that we all know and love now. The show will also spotlight chorus quartets Gotta Sing!, Vixen, Troub...
Three concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Canyon Club. On July 20, The Fab Four, will take the stage at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank. If you close your eyes and listen to The Fab Four sing a Beatles song, you will think that the boys from Liverpool had transported themselves back from the '60's. That's how accurate and authentic their sound is – arguably the world's best Beatles tribute band. They will even bring along their own "Ed Sullivan" to introduce and interact w...
CRE Outreach is presenting the World Premiere of POINT OF EXTINCTION, a Science Fiction Political Thriller written by Cosette Ruesga and David Shecter featuring original songs by Laurie Grant. The production is directed by Greg Shane, Artistic Director of CRE Outreach and performed by Theatre by the Blind, the only blind theater company in the country featuring actors doing the improbable with great skill, and by the gifted musicians with autism from Rex & Friends. Performances take place from F...
Summer breezes… an intimate courtyard… free parking… and great music. Escape to Culver City for the 2019 Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival. Boulevard Music presents 6 free concerts on Thursday evenings at 7 pm from July 11 through August 15 in the palm-lined Dale Jones Courtyard of Culver City City Hall. Curated by producer Gary Mandell of Culver City’s Boulevard Music, Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival offers something for everyone: The sounds of Americana/Bluegrass from Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand (July 11); Argent...
