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"Timothea Stewart's paintings exude light-filled energy that touches many dimensions in us. She is a remarkable talent," said Arianna Huffington, style setter, co-founder of Huffington Post and founder of Thrive Global. Stewart is an L.A. native, whose work was recently seen at the Robert Graham Studio in Culver City. She grew up in Los Angeles influenced by her father Bart Lytton, a passionate patron of the arts. Lytton founded Lytton Savings and Loans, one of the largest banks of its day and...
Larger-than-life actor Brian Dennehy, 80 years of age, knocked it out of the park as he accepted the challenge of two roles in two different plays during the same performance at Geffen Playhouse on Sunday. He was Erie Smith in Eugene O'Neill's play Hughie and then after intermission tackled the role of Krapp in Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape. It was a privilege to witness Dennehy, a living legend, up close in an intimate 120-seat Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theatre. He is a giant of film and...
What do you get when three unique museums, all within two blocks of each other, join forces to present free tours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 9 as the kick-off event of the Culver City Cultural Corridor? That's easy – an enlightening, inspiring and enjoyable experience to remember, thanks to its sponsors: Advocates of The Culver City Cultural Corridor and the Culver City Arts Foundation. The Cultural Corridor is a 1.4 mile stretch centered along Culver Blvd. and anchored in the east by the t...
Los Angeles Ballet kicked off their 2018-19 season at Royce Hall performing a program with three different scenes called "Modern Moves." Aszure Barton's "Les Chambres des Jacques," Alejandro Cerrudo's "Lickety-Split," and George Balanchine's 1954 classic "Western Symphony." LA Ballet ventured into unchartered waters, taking a road not usually taken by performing more contemporary modern pieces. The first piece is Les Chambres with unconventional choreography and anomalous music -- Vigneault,...
By Catherine Hammons A Kid Scoop Media Mentor Correspondent One of the first things I noticed as I approached the Robert Frost Auditorium was the sense of anticipation. It felt as though those of us were in the audience were getting ready to hear the band that defined our youth play. For some, it might have been the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, for others Jimi Hendrix, and still others Pearl Jam or Prince. In other words, there was a sense of shared experience, a feeling of youthful passion...
The dancers of Diavolo, based in Los Angeles, brought their Architecture in Motion dance performance to the Ahmanson Theatre on Sunday. A spectacular acrobatic-movement spectacle that is the dream of founder and artistic director French native Jacques Heim. It's a combination of contemporary dance, martial arts, acrobatics, gymnastics and hip-hop with the utilization of large, creative stage props. There were two different scenes: Voyage, the west coast premiere, and after intermission,...
The program will include the following; Johann Sebastian Bach, Keyboard Concerto, d minor, BWV 1052; Wolfgang Mozart, Piano Concerto, C Major; and Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3,“Scottish”(1841-42). On April 8, 1789, Mozart, accompanied by his friend, Prince Karl Lichnowsky, set off for a two month trip from Vienna to northern Germany, including the cultural capitals of Berlin and Dresden. The trip was for Mozart to present himself, and his music, in concerts, in search of patrons, future concerts, and to improve his financial sit...
Author: Steven Lieberman The Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) kicked off their 2018-19 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, their 55th, on Saturday with two epic compositions that rocketed the audience to the next dimension: Shawn Kirchner's "Songs of Ascent" and Mozart's "Requiem." Artistic Director and Conductor Grant Gershon was very wise in laying the foundation with these two masterpieces which will be sturdy enough to build the rest of the season on. In the first half, Kirchner warmed up...
By Spencer Lee, Age 11 Special from KidScoop Media I recently saw the musical "Hamilton" on Broadway in New York City. I fell in love with this musical since I first heard the soundtrack a year ago. I immediately thought that [show creator and star] Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as the cast and crew behind Hamilton, were geniuses. With the smart and catchy hip-hop lyrics, along with stunning vocals. Hamilton truly is a revolutionary creation that deserves a million standing ovations. I traveled...
To honor the memory of the late, great superstar singer and guitarist Glen Campbell, his chief Grammy-winning songwriter Jimmy Webb, and his youngest banjo-strumming rising country star daughter Ashley Campbell will be appearing together at Smothers theatre on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu on Saturday, September 22. In June of 2011, Glen announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease six months earlier and decided to go on a farewell tour to say goodbye to all of...
Peter Cetera, former front man, lead singer and the "Voice of Chicago," treated a crowd of 1,200 fans to a great concert at Hyatt Regency Newport Beach amphitheater. After leaving Chicago in 1985, Cetera tore-off the rear-view mirror and never looked back. His career skyrocketed to the next dimension when he went solo. The charismatic stage performer and Grammy Award-winner sang all of his big hits with his distinctive and unmistakable golden tenor voice. He also is famous for not only being...
The popular Beatles tribute group “4 Lads from Liverpool” will close Culver City’s annual Boulevard Music Summer Festival Thursday, Aug. 16, in the Courtyard of City Hall. The concert begins at 7 p.m. Admission is free. The 4 Lads are considered among the best Beatles tribute bands in the nation. Its typical songs range from the days that the Beatles got started in the late 1950s to the day when they broke-up in 1970....
The Carl Verheyen Band, featuring renowned guitarist John Jorgenson, will play their unique blend of country, blues and rock music in the latest installment of Culver City’s Boulevard Music Festival on the City Hall courtyard July 19. The free concert will begin at 7 p.m. Verheyen is perhaps best known for his work as a guitarist in the rock group Supertramp. He is also an adjunct professor of studio jazz guitar at USC’s Thornton School of Music. John Jorgenson is a skilled guitarist and pianist. He has performed with artists ranging from Wil...
World premiere of Mutt House - Ryan McCartan (recent Fox remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Disney Channel's Liv and Maddie, Off-Broadway's Heathers: The Musical) heads the cast of a fun and furry musical tale for animal lovers of all ages. Featuring 20 original songs and a cast of 10, Mutt House is the story of quirky outsider Eddie Corbin. Bullied all his life, Eddie has finally found a place to call home - a neglected downtown animal shelter. When the city threatens to close the...
The brilliant, rhythmic sounds of Brazil will fill the air at Culver City Hall on Thursday, July 12, when Culver's Boulevard Music Summer Festival begins at 7 p.m. on the palm-lined Dale Jones Courtyard, 9770 Culver Blvd. Admission is free. Katia Moraes and Brazilian Hearts will bring samba and other South American musical delicacies to City Hall. Moraes has played with several top-selling artists, including Sergio Mendes and Rita Lee. Also appearing will be the popular group Conganas, a Latin...
Two Classic Rock bands "keep pushin'" on. REO Speedwagon and Chicago teamed up for a concert tour and landed at the Fabulous Forum on Friday to the delight of all their adoring fans. Nobody can call these guys fossil rockers…they sounded as good as they did when the two bands started making hits back in the '70's. REO got the party started with frontman Kevin Cronin belting out the first song of the set "Don't Let Him Go," and ending with a tribute to the late, great Tom Petty singing "Listen to...
Summer breezes… an intimate courtyard… free parking… and great music. Escape to Culver City for the 2018 Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival. Boulevard Music presents 6 free concerts on Thursday evenings at 7 pm from July 12 through August 16 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 Choro with great vocals from Kátia Moraes and Brazilian Hearts plus...
CRE Outreach presents the World Premiere of MARCHING ON, an original play written by and starring eight military veterans from Veterans Empowerment Theatre (VET). VET presents a first-hand view of the soldiers' experiences in their rawest form, unfiltered by press, political, or military censorship. Productions give audiences greater insight into the difficulty facing veterans returning from deployment, exposing the inner turmoil of the lasting scars, both external and internal, endured from...
Kentwood Players will present the drama 'DADDY'S DYIN' WHO'S GOT THE WILL,' by Del Shores, next month at the Westchester Playhouse. Performance dates are July 13 through August 18 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. There will be a complimentary pre-show champagne and dessert reception between 7 and 7:30 pm for season subscribers and their guests attending the Saturday, July 14, performance. The Westchester Playhouse is located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester. The...
Kentwood Players will hold open auditions for 'Dangerous Obsession' by N.J. Crisp on Saturday, July 14, from 12 pm to 3 pm and Sunday, July 15, from 6 to 9 pm at the Westchester Playhouse. Callbacks will be held on Monday, July 16, by appointment only. This is a non-equity, non-paid production directed by Kathy Dershimer and produced by Jenny Boone for Kentwood Players with rights secured from Samuel French, Inc. Performance dates are September 7 through October 13 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8...
The long awaited revival of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry's gripping Tony Award-winning murder mystery musical PARADE as presented five years ago at Fullerton's Plummer Auditorium by 3-D Theatricals (3DT) of Los Angeles and Orange County, will wrap up this weekend June 24, 2018 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Broadway's JEFF SKOWRON*, RUFUS BONDS JR.* and DAVIS GAINES* lead many returning cast members of the original 2013 3DT production. Co-conceived, produced and directed by...
Airy, soothing music will enchant you at the Culver City Symphony's finale concert this Saturday. Music by Brahms, Mahler, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Karl Jenkins will feature our string orchestra and two harps! Reception after the concert. Admission: $15 (members and ages 6-17); $25 general admission. Saturday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.; Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd. Free parking at City Hall, bring ticket to concert for validation. Pre-concert dinner discounts at local restaurants:...
It was my great pleasure to attend this year’s COLCOA (“City of Light City of Angels”) French Film Festival at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. It ran from April 23 through April 30, and I packed 13 feature films (several accompanied by shorts) into the six days I went. As cinematic experiences go, it was tres magnifique. That pretty much exhausts my mastery of French, so thank God for subtitles. The first film I saw was Special Honors, the North American premiere of a TV movie...
Kentwood Players will hold open auditions for DADDY’S DYIN’ WHO’S GOT THE WILL?, by Del Shores, on Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 10:00am to 1:00pm and Sunday, May 13 from 6:00 to 9:00pm. Callbacks will be held on Monday, May 14 at 7:00pm by invitation only. This is a non-equity, non-paid production directed by Kirk Larson and produced by Alison Boole and Elizabeth Summerer for Kentwood Players with rights secured from Samuel French, Inc. Performance dates are July 13 through August 18, 2018 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00p...
The Verdi Chorus celebrates its 35th anniversary season with their Spring 2018 concerts entitled “The Force of Destiny” at the acoustically-sound First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on April 28 and 29. A jewel of the opera scene, they are the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus. Their Founding Artistic Director/Conductor Anne Marie Ketchum and Julliard-trained piano accompanist Laraine Ann Madden have fas...
