After a two-hour tour through the always fascinating Annenberg Space of Photography in Century City, my friend and I mulled over where to have dinner. Departing from the huge office complex housing the Annenberg, we glanced around and both fixed our eyes on Craft, a short walk away and a restaurant with a reputation for […]
Archive | July, 2012
Lockerbie Tragedy — the Aftermath
July 9, 2012
In the charming, rustic open-air Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga, I was deeply touched by the story of the aftermath of the 1988 crash of Pam Am 103 over Lockerbie Scotland, the first of what would become many senseless acts of terrorism. Inspired by a true story, The Women of Lockerbie, by Deborah Brevoort, […]
Pageant of the Masters Is Sheer Genius
July 7, 2012
Attending a performance of the Pageant of the Masters each summer at the Irvine Bowl in the picturesque town of Laguna Beach is a tradition I always look forward to. Every year I am captivated by the astoundingly accurate recreations of life-sized great works of art which magically appear on stage accompanied by live orchestral […]
War Horse Gallops into the Ahmanson
July 5, 2012
A human cast of more than 40 in addition to a cast of amazing life-sized equine puppets brought what was originally described as a children’s book to life on the Ahmanson stage of the Los Angeles Music Center. The author, Michael Morpurgo disagrees. He feels that the tale set during World War I in England […]
July 20, 2012
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