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By David Ganezer Photos by Mary Leipziger. Does life reflect art, or should art reflect life? Art gives us a new perspective, shows us a new dimension and makes our understanding of life deeper, wrote Emmanuel Kant. Or perhaps it was Banksy. "Great art often comes from difficult times," acknowledges mural artist Samir Arghandwall. "We're left alone most of the time with not much to do, so we have time to develop your own work. Any time an artist is left alone, they can work on their own stuff. T...
The popular television game show "Jeopardy!" will air the final episodes with Alex Trebek as host on CBS Monday, January 4 through Friday, January 8. Trebek died of cancer earlier this year. His final episodes were recorded in late October; at the time, no one knew they would be his last. The episode to air Monday will have Trebek deliver a message about the season of giving, with the final recorded episode Friday will have a tribute to the life and the memory of the longtime host. New episodes...
By Lucrezia Barboni “The Goddess of Fortune has a secret, knows a magic trick. How can you keep someone you really love always with you? You have to stare at them, steal their image, shut your eyes and keep them close. And the one you love will make their way into your heart and from that moment on, that person will always be with you”. This quote represents what is the beating heart of the “Goddess of Fortune”, the latest cinematographic masterpiece of Ferzan Ozpeteck. This movie reflects human souls’s agonies, in which, love acts as the “f...
For 47 consecutive years, Southern California's longest running production of The Nutcracker has delighted audiences of all ages. This year in the age of Covid – with renewed determination, grace, and grit – Westside Ballet of Santa Monica will bring to life selected pieces from Tchaikovsky's beloved score for all to enjoy, albeit in different ways––virtually and in masks. "Kingdom of the Sweets," Westside Ballet's abbreviated 2020 Nutcracker, will be showcased on Vimeo on Friday, December 18th....
by Rachel Ganz The 34th Israel Film festival, largest exhibit of Israeli Cinema in North America, opens in Los Angeles on December 13-27, 2020 online. The Opening Night Film was "Asia", winner of nine Ophir Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Ruthy Pribar, and Best Supporting Actress for Shira Hass who was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in Netflix 's Unorthodox. "Asia" has been selected as Israel's official choice for the International Cate-gory at the Academy Awards 2021....
As JEOPARDY! remembers and celebrates the life of Alex Trebek, the show announced today that it has resumed production on Monday, November 30. Though a long-term replacement host will not be named at this time, JEOPARDY! will return to the studio with a series of interim guest hosts from within the JEOPARDY! family, starting with Ken Jennings. Earlier this year, Jennings claimed the title of JEOPARDY!'s Greatest of All Time in an epic primetime event; he also holds the all-time records for most...
Kentwood Players, a nonprofit theatre group dedicated to enriching, educating and entertaining our community through the transformative power of live theatre while creating an environment for inspiring human potential, was ready to continue celebrating its 70th year of producing quality entertainment when the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of all live theater around the world. While taking this "long intermission" without public gatherings indoors as the perfect time to...
Calling Rose Parade fans to be in TV Entertainment Special airing on New Year’s Day Today the Pasadena Tournament of Roses® announced a once in a lifetime opportunity for Rose Parade® fans – be a part of the New Year’s Day TV Entertainment Special. On Friday, January 1, 2021, the Tournament of Roses, along with our six broadcast partners, will air “The Rose Parade’s New Year Celebration presented by Honda.” And the best news ... you can be a part of the show! Together we will create a powerful, collective wish to celebrate the New Year. Ros...
Premiering This Week: “Disgraced” premieres November 11 at 12 p.m. Pacific. Audio production streamed free to the public and available on demand until January 10, 2021 at https://www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/streaming-series/audio-adventures/. L.A. Theatre Works audio production of “Disgraced” by Ayad Akhtar and directed by Brian Kite. Amir has left his Pakistani heritage behind in an attempt to make partner at his corporate law firm, but his wife Emily doesn’t share his negative feelings about Islam—she’s encouraged Amir to help...
This was a very fast paced and exciting 1970's crime drama who fallows the road trip and story of a young woman and new mother who is forced to go on the run after her criminal husband deceived and killed his boss. Jean (Rachel Brosnahan) is portrayed as an unhappy 1970's housewife living in a beautiful Las Vegas contemporary house, who is childless and infertile .One day, Jean's husband Eddie (Bill Heck) brings home a cute baby boy without a statement of the child's history. Soon after one of...
The Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program offers grants to non-profit performing arts organizations in Los Angeles County for music, dance and theatre. Under the purview of the City Council and the Cultural Affairs Commission, the Performing Arts Grant Program is designed to support arts organizations and to bring distinguished cultural programming to Culver City. The amount of grant funding available is dependent upon the total deposits made into the City's Cultural Trust Fund each fiscal year. Additionally, the Performing Arts Grant...
By Christine Peake Finally, a good news story that not only brings a few good laughs but also the generosity of some of the leading comics in Los Angeles who collectively have joined together - not too closely of course, to put in a socially distanced/mask wearing show to share a few jokes, and to accept donations to help the problematic ever increasing homeless community. Attendees are encouraged to bring clothing to donate to the homeless. Award winning actor and comedian Jimmy Shin, who when...
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a young poet roaming the country with your manual typewriter, hiring yourself out in malls and wherever you could set up a little work area so you could have strangers pour out their thoughts to you in exchange for a personalized poem? Wonder no more. Village Well Books & Coffee, a new independent general interest bookstore and café near City Hall and presently under construction at 9900 Culver Blvd. on the southwest corner of Culver Blvd. and Duquesne...
by Rachel Ganz An exciting in-person feature film premiere of "BECKMAN" was held this past Monday evening September 21, 2020 at the Universal Hilton Hotel, at Universal Studios Hollywood, CA. The Universal Hilton Hotel, at Universal Studios Hollywood, was the perfect venue to showcase this film premiere while adhering to CDC and Los Angeles County Covid-19 safety protocols and rules. It was a dynamic action story themed with Christian faith and redemption. BECKMAN narrates the precarious trail...
By Jewels Solheim-Roe Westside Ballet of Santa Monica announces a drive-in film event for arts advocacy at the Santa Monica College Bundy Campus' East Parking lot, to be held Friday & Saturday, October 9th & 10th, at 7:30 & 10pm as a Drive-In Movie venture in conjunction with Santa Monica College's Public Policy Institute Annual Arts Forum and the SMC Dance Department. A 50-minute compilation of Santa Monica's most celebrated dance companies, choreographers, and dancers includes the preeminent...
Less than three months after announcing its stages would have to remain dark through April, Center Theatre Group confirmed Friday that COVID-19 closures have forced the company to lay off 91 previously furloughed employees, a mix of full- and part-timers who account for 53% of its workforce. The layoffs take effect at the end of September and hit hardest the marketing and sales teams of CTG, the largest and most prestigious nonprofit theater company in the region. The number cited Friday does not account for the artists, actors, designers and...
Burbank Covedy Festival Promotes Laughter During the #covid19 #Coronavirus Pandemic By Rachel Danielle Ganz "The 7th Annual Burbank CoVedy Festival " is the first exclusively virtual global comedy festival produced and showcased by the Flappers Comedy Club & Restaurant. It was staged on August 9-22, 2020. No doubt you can still find it online. In a time of pandemic, the world needs laughter. The name of the festival is a play on Covid-19, another name for Coronavirus This entertaining hoopla...
Courageously opening their doors at a time when many small retailers are calling it quits, The Book Jewel is a community bookstore located in the heart of Westchester’s flourishing Triangle Shopping District at 6259 W. 87th Street. Bringing an independent bookstore to Westchester is the lifelong dream of Karen Dial, of Drollinger Properties, and Sean Moor, an experienced bookstore owner, who have poured their hearts and souls into creating a space that celebrates the diversity and shared promise of the community we share. “A new bookstore is...
The Culver City Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) Department and Fiesta La Ballona Committee will host a Virtual Fiesta La Ballona the weekend of August 21-23, 2020. Although COVID-19 safety precautions will keep us from holding the traditional Fiesta La Ballona event, we are excited to announce the first ever Virtual Fiesta La Ballona! This virtual event will take place Friday, August 21 through Sunday, August 23 on the Fiesta La Ballona website. The event will include links to...
Biden: Good of you to take my call, Mr. President, I hear you’re having problems with WHO. I think I can help. Trump: With what? Biden: With WHO. Trump: The Who, the rock group? Biden: No, just WHO. Trump: Who what? Biden: WHO. The World Health Organization. Giving you problems. Trump: When? Biden: When what? Trump: Joe, I don’t know what you’re talking about. When did you have problems with WHO? Biden: I don’t have problems with WHO. Me and Barack got along fine with WHO and with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general. Trump:...
For the first time in roughly five months, AMC Theatres will pop the popcorn, dim the lights, and start the show. But will anyone buy a ticket? AMC, the world’s largest movie theater chain, is reopening more than 100 US locations on Thursday after closing their doors in March. Other major chains like Regal Cinemas and Alamo Drafthouse will also return this weekend, while Cinemark started its phased reopening last weekend. Roughly 1,400 of the 6,000 venues in North America are currently open, according to Comscore. (Track how box-office sales h...
by Rachel Ganz Following a zoom conversation last week with author Lisa Napoli about her new book "Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and The Birth of 24-Hour News'' I immediately ordered my copy on Amazon. It is a well written and compelling history and launch of 24 –hour news CNN in 1980 by the genius and quirky Ted Turner. Lisa Napoli started her career in the summer of 1981 as an unpaid teenage intern at CNN'S New York Bureau. She is an accomplished journalist having worked at the New York T...
By Daniel Margolis and Lisa McGill "Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful" is an important documentary chronicling the funny, eccentric, and fascinating life of the late Helmut Newton -- one of the most iconic and controversial photographers of the 20th century. Helmut Newton was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1920, the son of a Jewish button factory owner. In 1936, he worked for the established, forward-thinking Jewish photographer, Yva (Else Neulander-Simon), who was known for her avant-garde...
On Thursday July 16 at 6 pm PT, a program entitled Finding Truths and Creating Art in Exile features Award-winning playwrights Iranian-American Sholeh Wolpé and Iranian Nassim Soleimanpour. Soleimanpour's most recent play Nassim will be performed in The Broad Stage 2020/21 season in April 2021. Guests playwright Nathalie Handal, poet Lory Bedikian Sholeh Wolpé and Nassim Soleimanpour will be moderated by actor/writer Sandra Tsing Loh. This new series of episodes brings together performing a...
by Corva Corvax During a 6-hour event on Sunday at the Venice beach handball courts, a group of regional power-broker women, dubbed "mavens" in the press release, will participate in the creation of two large canvas murals. The murals are designed by two women of color, Alyse Stone, a celebrity-commissioned artist, and Dolly Singh, a "diversity and inclusion evangelist." The collaboration is titled #THEARTOFMAKING NOISE. The first mural is to represent the "pain and persecution of the Black...
