It began with a dress ““ fabric saturated in shades of violet and sewn into a simple strapless design.
Author Archives: Lauren Roberts
Movie Review: “127 Hours”
One man and 127 hours stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Concert review: energetic, catchy sounds of Two Door Cinema Club make for a great time
Beneath a quirky collection of mismatched light fixtures and deer statuaries, the lounge-like lobby of The Music Box was abuzz Tuesday. I was pleasantly surprised to see an audience that ranged from plaid-clad hipsters to brace-faced children and those old enough to be their parents.
The intimate vintage venue was a full house for a triple set of artists ““ openers Funeral Party and Generationals provided the evening’s introductions with a powerful pop before the evening’s stars, Two Door Cinema Club.
Los Angeles locals Funeral Party took to the stage first, faces painted with white stripes that they noted were in recognition to the Day of the Dead. The band presented a sound as paradoxical as their name, flitting between pop punk-inspired chords of sheer angst and dance-able rock melodies like standout “Where Did It Go Wrong?”
Lee Talbert
It’s safe to say that things in Los Angeles were a little different when 17-year-old Lee Talbert enrolled at UCLA in 1931.
Jane Donlon Waters
Ever considered skiing in Los Angeles? Jane Donlon Waters did.
A concrete dance space
In the damp evening air, the orange-tinted glow of Parking Lot 7 is less of a concrete parking structure than it is a dance studio.
Theater Review
If there’s one thing revered American playwright Tennessee Williams is good at, it’s bittersweet devastation.
The dark emotional signature also holds true in director Gordon Edelstein’s take on the early, semi-autobiographical Williams play, “The Glass Menagerie,” playing at the Mark Taper Forum through Oct.