It’s Halloween in LA. That means it’s 80 degrees, the Santa Anas are relentless, and your jack-o-lanterns are moldy and rotting. Get out and get your spook on. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 NewFilmMakers October Screening NewFilmmakers Los Angeles holds its October screening tonight of a dozen …
It is officially Autumn in LA, as evidenced by these refreshing temperatures and tumbling skies. Last weekend, we went to one of our favorite events of the year, the Eagle Rock Music Festival. We’ve lived in LA for four years now, and each year the …
This weekend is about art. Art art art. As was last weekend. Did you see The Clock? Incredible.FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 Stairclimb for LA Still need to get in your workout for the day? Clim nearly 1,700 stairs to the top of the West Coast’s tallest …
Autumn ought to be the time of Pumpkin Spice Lattes and knitted scarves. But no, not so in LA. It’s hot. Iced coffee hot. There’s SO MUCH happening this weekend, all crammed into Friday and Saturday. Get out!FRIDAY, SEPT. 21NewFilmMakers September Screening NewFilmmakers Los Angeles …
Last weekend one was one of working followed by winding down. One of my favorite places in the world to wind down is Canter’s Deli. If you eat in the dining room, you can order cocktails from the bar in the Kibbitz Room. How much …
Summer might be winding down, but thank goodness the outdoor screenings aren’t!FRIDAY SEPT 7 First Friday on Abbot Kinney Clothing stores, galleries and restaurants stay open late on this lovely stretch of Venice. Lots of live music, plenty of food trucks. Hardly any parking. Primitivo …
Labor Day weekend in many cities is often pretty quiet, as everyone hits the road. Not so in LA. There is tons to do. This list is just a smattering. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 LA is drawing a blank tonight. Nothing going on. Am I wrong? …
I didn’t post for the last two weeks because I was away. Far away. In the High Uintas, the only East-West mountain range in the lower 48 states. I spent six days living in a tent, alongside a creek that provided a far more soothing …
Raphael Saadiq took the stage at KCRW’s Who Shot Rock Summer Series last Saturday night. It was an evening spent drinking wine in the plaza behind CAA, people-watching the very KCRWesque crowd, and strolling the incredible Who Shot Rock and Roll exhibit at the Annenberg …
Sand, sun, and stars: I saw a lot of each last weekend. Went to the Nick Waterhouse show at the Getty, and spent a good portion of the time looking up. The sky is so big over those Santa Monica hills. I also got a …