Hamburg, hookers, uppers and punk rock meet the Beatles
Ahmanson Theatre LA, CA
2/30/2013

Before they were four, there was five. And before that kerfuffle with Yoko that dismantled the band, are you keen with the fact that it happened before? And before she ground the Fab-Four to a halt, were you aware that a girl by the name of Astrid broke them up first when they known spiritually as the Fab-Five? →

A review of Waiting for Godot at the Mark Taper Forum
DTLA, CA
3/22/12

This inaugural theater coverage serves to be my most bizarre entry because the editor in chief initially took me into Evil Monito as a theatre specialist; bizarre in the sense that this happens to be my first theatre coverage piece seeing as how I’ve kept myself occupied in the past with previous music events. →

Ming Wong Recreates Polanski’s Seminal Neo-Noir Classic
REDCAT – Los Angeles, CA
2/5 thru 4/1/12

For his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, Berlin-based Singaporean artist Ming Wong creates a series of videos and scenic backdrops that center around the making of Roman Polanski’s seminal 1974 film Chinatown. Shot on location in the Gallery at REDCAT, Wong’s reinterpretation, Making Chinatown, transforms the exhibition space into a studio backlot and examines the original film’s constructions of language, performance and identity. →

A Ghost Story by Acclaimed Author, Mark Z. Danielewski
REDCAT – Downtown LA, CA
10/31/11

This Halloween, for one night only, critically acclaimed author Mark Z. Danielewski returns to REDCAT with a theatrical presentation of his limited edition, illustrated ghost story The Fifty Year Sword. Building upon the momentum of last year’s sold-out shows, this year’s performance will include 40-foot shadows by shadowcaster Christine Marie, sound design by John Zalewski, live music, and more—all conducted by the author himself. →

Royce Hall – Los Angeles, CA
Live Review: 2/23/11

What would it be like to go on a date with John Waters?

You could mimic the experience at home by listening to his compilation from a few years ago, “A Date with John Waters” (maybe even adding the video below full-screen next to a candlelit dinner set for one) or you could see his live stage show, “This Filthy World,” and have a real live John Waters experience. Sure, you have to share his attention with hundreds of other eager fans, but when else would you get a chance to hear John Waters opine about Justin Bieber, the Oscars and his favorite bars? The date was set: February 23, UCLA’s Royce Hall. Full-grown adults became giddy teenage girls, ready for a date with one of cinema’s bad boys. →

This Filthy World Goes Hollywood (feat. John Waters)
UCLA Royce Hall – Los Angeles, CA
2/23/11

Don’t miss tomorrow night’s event with Baltimore filmmaker John Waters as he speaks eloquently about his fortuitous rise to fame and infamy. If you’ve seen the 2006 film The Filthy World, you’ll know that Waters is witty, generous and charming on stage. There’s no better antidote to the phoniness of Hollywood than seeing this auteur of ‘trash’ and kitsch speak out about his life and career. →

Performance by Critically Acclaimed Animator, Miwa Matreyek
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
2/13 thru 3/18/11

The opening reception of Miwa Matreyek’s astounding and mythical blend of live performance, shadow puppetry and animation starts tonight, February 13, 2011 from 6:00-9:00pm. Myth and Infrastructure is a multi-media performance using projected animation recognized for it’s ingenuity and performed at last year’s TED Convention. →

This Filthy World Goes Hollywood (feat. John Waters)
UCLA Royce Hall – Los Angeles, CA
2/23/11

Baltimore native John Waters has toured film festivals, comedy clubs and college campuses across the country with brilliant and world-wise reflections on his film career, lifelong obsessions and professional relationships–the sum of which was documented in the 2006 film The Filthy World. →

Wednesday is Hump Day, which means right about now you’re probably thinking about… stimulation. This week, get your midweek aural from the New Short Fiction Series’ “Emerging Voices” performance at 89.3 KPCC’s Crawford Family Forum. Starting at 7:30 p.m., watch and hear these works and performers:

Jenna Blough’s The People Upstairs (perf. by Sally Shore)
Luis Garcia Romero’s  Am Crash (perf. by Matt Ferrucci)
Dana Johnson’s  Melvin in the Sixth Grade (perf. by Judy T. Marcelline)
Tommy Kim’s The Crossing at Namdaemun (perf. by Donny Yoon)

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Final performance: The Mill
Mutineer Theatre Company – Atwater Village, CA
Halloween Day

If you’re just waking up from your Saturday night revelries and feeling you should do something good for all the baaaaad you may not even remember doing last night, checking out THE MILL this afternoon at 3p should do just the trick.

Presented by the local nonprofit Mutineer Theatre Company, THE MILL is the live stage adaptation of James Richter’s audio play. The whole production is a tight, taut hour of suspenseful fun: with its suggestive audio elements, played against the Atwater Playhouse’s minimalistic set and crowned with performances uncommonly, persuasively good (Levi Petree’s the consummate raconteur), THE MILL is a treat, guaranteed. At a mere $5 and change, it’ll be the best time, and money, spent this Halloween season… and you won’t have a nasty hangover to nurse. →