Both in her performance and in her life, Mythili Prakash is, quite simply, a bridge. Read more...
Photo: Mythili Prakash will perform at the Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the Getty Center this weekend as part of “The Sounds of L.A.” concert series.
Most people know who Charlie Chaplin is, but few college-aged students have actually seen his films screened properly with live accompanying music. Read more...
Photo: Organist Dennis James will perform an accompaniment to Charlie Chaplin’s films “The Kid” and “Easy Street” at Royce Hall on Saturday at 2 p.m. The organ was the primary medium for film accompaniment in the early 1900s.
From the first day that students step foot on UCLA's campus, they become aware of the UCLA-USC rivalry. On Saturday, that rivalry will extend to a cappella. UCLA's a cappella group the ScatterTones will compete at USC in the 15th annual International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella quarterfinals. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s ScatterTones will perform on the USC campus on Saturday as part of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. They will perform in the quarterfinals of this 15th annual event.
I spent about three hours this week reading through everything I could find that's been written about J.D. Salinger's death "“ and I could have spent all day. Read more...
The Thermals, who turn out the kind of tight, high-energy songs you can jump around to, first met label mates and fellow indie pop-rockers Thao with the Get Down Stay Down in 2008. That's when, after six years at Sub Pop Records, they found a new label to call home at home in Portland, Oregon, with Kill Rock Stars. Read more...
Photo: KILL ROCK STARS From left to right, guitarist-vocalist Hutch Harris, drummer Westin Glass and bassist-vocalist Kathy Foster, of the band The Thermals, will be performing at the Troubadour on Thursday. The band, with a self-described “post-pop-punk” sound, will be joined by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, a self-described “dirty pop band” with folk-rock flair. The two bands are spending the month doing a California tour.
Author Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series bears major similarities to that of J.K. Rowling, but "Jackson" screenwriter Craig Titley faces a challenge that those adapting Harry Potter series never faced. This screenwriter must strike the right balance between entertainment value, faithfulness to Greek mythology and faithfulness to a book. Read more...
Photo: GINSBERG LIBBY Logan Lerman stars in the upcoming action-adventure movie, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” which has a story line based in mythology.
This week, 600 Los Angeles elementary and high school students who are learning Mandarin will go outside the classroom to experience firsthand what they have only learned about in school "“ Chinese culture and performance, as presented by the Xiao Baihua Yue Opera Troupe at Freud Playhouse. Read more...
