I actually feel lucky to have survived a recent visit to the film set of Straight Outta Compton. The upcoming biopic dramatizes the mid-to-late eighties rise of the groundbreaking rap group N. W. A, and has been beset...
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Sheryl Crow in concert at the Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles concert review
WEEKEND SPECTACULARS at the Hollywood Bowl continue this summer. Nine-time Grammy®-winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow performs with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for an evening of good-time hits and powerful ballads...
Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015 – Annual Gala 2015 Auction Preview – travel festival report
Countdown! The Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the region’s cultural vitality, is happening soon! The 10-day festival runs from July 17-26, 2015 and is comprised of...
“My Crime Novel Addiction Revealed!” – an essay for TueNight.com – Los Angeles
Greetings readers and subscribers! Here’s an essay I wrote for the online magazine, TueNight.com, about my passion for crime fiction. I was one of those kids who always had her head in a book. I didn’t just...
“Dog Days” LA Opera at REDCAT – Los Angeles opera interview
Opening tonight, and making its West Coast Premiere, is Dog Days, a deeply unsettling 2012 operatic work that blends classical vocalism with dark, heavy metal influences. In the aftermath of an unimaginable catastrophe...