Author and editor David L. Ulin joins Ivy Pochoda at Skylight Books to discuss American Flash Fiction: An Anthology, an expansive collection devoted to the art of telling complete and resonant stories in remarkably small spaces. Bringing together 100 pieces spanning more than 160 years, the anthology explores how writers across generations have used compression, […]
Based on the bestselling novel, Water for Elephants brings a sweeping story of love, reinvention, and adventure to the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in a spectacle-filled Broadway musical. After losing everything that once defined his life, a young man impulsively jumps aboard a moving train and finds himself welcomed into the extraordinary world of a traveling […]
The Hollywood Bowl celebrates the 100th birthday of John Coltrane with an evening devoted to the groundbreaking saxophonist’s extraordinary musical legacy. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis brings its signature big-band precision and deep command of jazz history to the Bowl, honoring Coltrane’s influence on generations of musicians. Opening the program, acclaimed […]
Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane leads his quartet at Blue Note Los Angeles for a special Centennial Celebration honoring the musical legacy surrounding his father, jazz icon John Coltrane, during the year of his 100th birthday. A Grammy-nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer in his own right, Ravi has spent more than two decades developing a distinctive voice […]
MELT brings hockey, theatre, and romance together in a new original play about connection without easy labels. Eli and Ryan fall for each other while rehearsing their professor’s play, only to discover that the script is secretly rooted in the professor’s own unfinished love story. What begins as a rehearsal process gradually becomes something more […]
Based on the bestselling novel, Water for Elephants brings a sweeping story of love, reinvention, and adventure to the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in a spectacle-filled Broadway musical. After losing everything that once defined his life, a young man impulsively jumps aboard a moving train and finds himself welcomed into the extraordinary world of a traveling […]
Rising singer-songwriter Waylon Wyatt brings his Dustpiles World Tour to The Fonda Theatre, pairing heartfelt storytelling with a roots-driven sound shaped by country, folk, and Americana influences. His music leans into intimate lyrics and an understated delivery, giving his songs a personal quality that fits naturally within the Fonda’s close, historic setting. Zandi Holup joins […]
Rogue Artists Ensemble and Greenway Arts Alliance present the world premiere of Shells, an absurdist dark comedy about coping with the farce and devastation of gun violence. After an unexpected encounter with a violent neighbor leaves Evvy wounded, she tries to return to ordinary life—but the world around her may never feel normal again. Inspired […]
Hola México Film Festival opens with Loco México Mágico, a lively comedy from director Carlos Santos about an eccentric mayor determined to transform Alvarado, Veracruz, into a major tourist destination by making a Hollywood-style movie. With plenty of ambition, almost no budget, and virtually no filmmaking experience, he recruits a colorful group of local residents—including […]
Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and producer Alex Isley brings her lush blend of R&B, soul, jazz, and dreamy contemporary textures to Blue Note Los Angeles for a three-night engagement. Raised in a legendary musical family as the daughter of Ernie Isley, she has built a voice entirely her own, pairing warm, understated vocals with sophisticated production […]
Authors and longtime tech-worker organizers Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan discuss Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry, an inside account of the rise of the tech-worker movement and the backlash it triggered across Silicon Valley. Drawing on firsthand organizing experience and years of research, the book traces campaigns against military […]
Theatre Unleashed presents the world premiere of IMAGO, a funny, uncompromising, and unexpectedly tender new play about art, ambition, family, and what it costs to finally allow yourself to change. At its center is Katherine Harmston, a fiercely independent painter whose refusal to compromise has shaped both her art and her life. When news of […]
