Made in LA--Documentary Film Review  By Vivian Malauulu
This film, more than five years in the making, culminates with a groundbreaking court battle spearhead by three courageous women against trendy retail giant, Forever 21 (F21). In the film, Carracedo follows Los Angeles area garment workers in their three year battle against F21 in her unprecedented, award-winning documentary. The film is the first of its kind in that it shadows these three immigrant women employed in the Los Angeles garment district across the city, the country, and on to Hong Kong, as they fight to achieve the basic worker rights guaranteed them by the California labor law... Continue

Hellhounds of Pedro
By B. Noel Barr
It was a rainy night in West Hollywood, the boards of the Whisky A Go Go were resoundingfrom the fury and power of Sean Lane's dream band The Hellhounds. They were playing with five other bands from the harbor in a show nick-named Pedropallooza. Steeped in the blues, but raised onrock, these gentlemen.. Continue

Dreamtime: The Ocre Dot Collections
By B.Noel Barr
Dreaming, as understood by indigenous Austalians, medans the "the timeless time of the beginning and the always creating." This is a seemingly dualistic life of dealing with survival interconnected to the world of spirit, giving meaning to everything. Medea Gallery began exhibiting the Ocre Dot Collection on March 6, sharing a stunning collection of Aboriginal art...Continue 

Somehow Still Alive: The Dream of Making it Big
By B. Noel Barr
Knowing that sanpedrobands.com named Lucas Valenzuela of Somehow Still Alive as “one of the finest rock vocalists performing out of San Pedro is amazing, especially given that Valenzuela started out trying to form a rap group. But what the groups latest release, “After All, ”shows is that broadening one's horizons is good for the soul. Continue

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By Gretchen Williams Tostrup

Spring Fever Cure-
San Pedro Farmer's Market

The Art of Easter Brunching
Gretchen uncovers Harbor Area gems in Claire's at the Museum and King's Hawaiian Bakery and Restaurant...Continue

St. Paddy's Weekend
Keegan’s is its usual happening spot on Saturday night, with live bands all night. Saint Patrick’s Day, on March 17, promises day-long music, with several Irish bands and roving pipers keeping things lively from 11a.m. on.Continue

Curtain Call Review  

By Gene Warech

Just Another Day at the Freak House
A slight exaggeration, bur eye catching, eh? There is a definite whiff of dirsturbance, from madness to the madding crowd of the city. Frea out, me hearties...Continue 

Will Wonders Ever Cease? I Hope Not!
San Pedro's scrappy little theatre and Long Beach's ever amazing opera company are out in front. Way out in Pasadena, the best man forthe job is a woman... Continue