It was a brassy night at the Bowl last Wednesday when Preservation Hall Jazz Band brought their signature jazz stylings to the stage, followed by the equally boisterous Tower of Power. It was a “New Orleans meets...
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LACMA’s New Soundtrack Wants You to Listen to the Building
When museums talk about “immersive experiences,” it’s easy to imagine hidden speakers or sound installations woven through the galleries. That’s not what’s happening at LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries...
New York City Ballet – a celebrated return to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Back in Los Angeles for the first time in 22 years, New York City Ballet made a celebrated return to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with two distinctly different mixed-repertory programs. Together, they showcased...
The Roots Picnic Experience at the Bowl – reviewed
The Roots Picnic Experience is now one of the Hollywood Bowl’s Greatest Summer Traditions Three summers ago, in 2024, I reviewed The Roots Picnic—an all-star celebration of hip-hop—and ended with one simple...
Sophocles’ “Antigone” set to resurrect historic Theosophy Hall DTLA
An emerging theater company, Bebelos Players, is breathing new life into the century-old Theosophy Hall with a new production of Sophocles’ timeless tragedy Antigone. The recently formed grassroots theater collective...