Mallory Lewis, at right, (and friend) receiving the 2007 Kids First! Palmer Vision Award Â
 Mallory Lewis and Lambchop will be entertaining at The Kids First! Best Day and Awards Celebration, this Saturday, October 4, at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in L.A.
The event is organized by the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, which encourages [...]
Torrance Art Museum curator Kristina Newhouse will be talking with artist Marco Casentini tomorrow, Thursday, September 25, from 3 to 4pm, at the museum, part of the Torrance Cultural Arts Center, at Torrance Blvd. and Madrona (between Hawthorne and Crenshaw).
Marco Casentini’s exhibit, “Have A Nice Day,” is currently showing at the museum. A native of [...]
Garry Krinsky’s Toying with Science Show has been recommended on TravelWisconsin’s website for his show in OshKosh (an appropriate city for anything dealing with kids).
Garry returns to the Armstrong Theatre, as part of the Super Science Saturdays Series, presented by the Torrance Cultural Arts Center Foundation. The series starts on January 17, with the Let’s [...]
The national tour of the National Acrobats of China made the 10Best.com list put out by the editors of Sunset magazine and others.
The National Acrobats of China are coming to the Armstrong Theatre in Torrance, CA, on Friday, January 23. One of the most influential acrobatic troupes in the world, it is perfect for all ages.
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Keech Rainwater, member of Lonestar, talks about being thwarted in his desire to be a drummer early on in his school band. But, clearly, talent and perseverance won out for the Texas musician. And he can play the trumpet, too!
Rainwater talks about the band, with their new front man, Cody Collins, and other juicy tidbits before [...]
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Never has one ever needed an excuse to visit San Francisco. Though its inhabitants rival Angelenos and even New Yorkers for their orneriness (and far outpace us in their pseudointellectuaria), if you concentrate on the burly clouds and heady landscapes and that lovely sense of vertigo everywhere you go, you can get by with a [...]
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An observant writer at the Chicago Tribune noticed that the weekend was full of champions of the oldies, spanning three decades, playing in and around Chi-Town: ’60s - Neil Sedaka; ’70s - ZZ Top and Heart; ’80s - Eddie Money, Cheap Trick and Journey. So, he fashioned his own perfect day of classic [...]
Lonestar is performing in a special “Ride and Rock” concert in Tennessee to help raise money for Operation Homefront. Â
Operation Homefront is a nonprofit organization that provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, to the families they leave behind and to wounded warriors when they return home.
One of the best vocal jazz quartets in L.A. is performing in the South Bay tonight, Friday, September 12th, at 8pm, at Riviera United Methodist Church, 374 Palos Verdes Blvd. in Redondo Beach.
Composed of Dawn Brooks, Elizabeth Ladizinsky, Sarah Parga and Mark Waters, Corner Pocket will be accompanied by the awesome Cory Johnson Quartet. Be [...]
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Some people I know readily admit to believing once upon a time that “Making Love out of Nothing at All” is one of the best love songs ever. Some people will look you straight in the eye and argue the point still.
No doubt it’s one of the most cleverly written, and it’s up there as [...]