The Long Beach Opera did it again! The production of Les Enfants Terribles at the rooftop parking of the new 2ND & PCH Shopping Mall follows a long list of avant-garde creations by this cultural institution. It includes, among many others, productions such as Orpheus & Euridice (at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool), The Diary of …
San Pedro: The Place I Live was once owned by a nice white family– active members of the PTA avid square dancers. So avid, they dug up the garden replaced it with concrete and a roof, even ceiling fans to dance to always dance and not have to pay hall rentals. They always danced with …
This short documentary, Off-Leash in Long Beach, is a vignette of the city’s Rosie’s Dog Beach. It is also a metaphor for human needs to meet and mix in a natural setting. “Spaces for People” is defined not only by buildings but also by public places such as streets, beaches, and mountain trails. In …
Real time dancemaking in West L.A., filtered dance downtown, reverence and revelry in East L.A., Russian ballet with a Spanish knight errant in Costa Mesa, dancing that gives back in Lincoln Heights, joy and justice through urban Latin dance in Long Beach, and more SoCal dance this week. 5. Watch out for that windmill The …
South Asian dance in Santa Monica, a flamenco riff on Miles Davis in Hollywood, bits of George Balanchine ballets two ways downtown, dance “traffic” in Beverly Hills, a 30th anniversary in Long Beach, dancers commuting on light rail in Santa Monica, and more SoCal dance this week. 5. They keep on dancing One of the …
Visitors from Canada and Bali in Santa Monica, dancing with red in Orange, new choreography in Irvine and Long Beach, plus more So Cal dance this week. 5. Those who “teach” also “do” The annual showcase of works by UC Irvine dance department faculty, Dance Visions 2018, boasts dances by big name choreographers Lar Lubovitch, Molly …
Deadly dance in East L.A., a day-long dance party in Northridge, Oregon visitors revisit Virginia Woolf in Long Beach, dance about rivers flow downtown, an admired dancer goes solo in Santa Monica, dance with live jazz in West Adams, and more So Cal dance this week. 5. Catching their breath Known for a deep committment to …
Fishing off the San Pedro pier, a day trip to lunch on the Queen Mary, permanently docked in the Port of Long Beach, or a dip in the warm Pacific, you can’t beat the South Bay in summertime for simple pleasures. [alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing …
This week’s SoCal dance events include a trio of troupes in Echo Park, dance and dance film at Santa Monica pier, a classic book gets danced in North Hollywood, the history of ballet (part 1) begins downtown, children’s dance at Exposition Park and much more. 5. Alma who? Premiered at Slovenia’s leading cultural center to sold …
Gerald Locklin is the author of The Sun Also Rises in the Desert, from Mendicant Bookworks; a collection of poems, Deep Meanings: Selected Poems, 2008-2013, from PRESA Press; three simultaneously released novellas from Spout Press; Volume One of the Complete Coagula Poems; a new edition of New and Selected Poems, 1967-2008 from Silver Birch Press; …
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