Culture

<strong><em>Estella Scrooge</em></strong><strong>: A Made-for-Hallmark Digital Musical “Christmas Carol” Update</strong>

There is a subsection of American culture who loves Hallmark Christmas movies. I mean, loves. The romance, the schmaltz, the…

5 years ago

French Laundry Christmas

This past weekend on Dec. 13, the South Shores shopping center on 25th and Western Ave in San Pedro, was…

5 years ago

A Perfect “Christmas Carol” for Our Time and All Time

I must confess — and ‘tis the season for this confession: I’ve never read A Christmas Carol. Not much of…

5 years ago

Shakespeare by the Sea Decides the Show Must Go On … Virtually

It took a worldwide pandemic to stop Shakespeare by the Sea from doing business as usual, which in its case,…

5 years ago

Works by Korean and American Artists Converge at SoLA

South LA Contemporary, or SoLA, will feature two exhibitions, Saturation and Pandemic Winter, which begin simultaneously on Dec. 12. Saturation…

5 years ago

The Partial Enchilada

Winter is the season for red chile enchilada sauce. You can almost smell the piñón and juniper smoke drifting from…

5 years ago

Dance and the Ties to Community

Heidi Duckler Dance and San Pedro Arts Festival connect Angelinos via screenings Restricted by the pandemic and COVID-19 lockdown measures,…

5 years ago

Local Restaurants Raise Money for Child with Cancer

When Michael Saluzzi learned that his 2-year-old daughter had cancer, his whole world stopped. Everything he was used to doing…

5 years ago

Material Concerns Highlights Innovative Women Artists

Though Kleefeld focused its program on material innovation, director Paul Baker-Prindle suggested that the idea that mainstream contemporary art foregrounds…

5 years ago

Monkey Mind

Traditional knowledge as blueprint for a sustainable future Partners in marriage and in business, Nalika Gajaweera and Anuradha "Rudy" Edirisinghe…

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