Email Author Libby Molyneaux

Awards

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published October 26, 2007

  "A Scary Home Companion"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "What Would Jesus Do This Week?"

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2008 Stories by Libby Molyneaux

• One Film at a Time

  published September 25, 2008

  You know how some films have that certain San Fernando Valley quality? Me either. Still, they are a proud lot, those independent filmmakers who... More >>

• Festive! All! Celebrating Lobsters, Cheese, Downtown, Abbot Kinney and Valley Film

  published September 25, 2008

  FRIDAY, September 26You know how some films have that certain San Fernando Valley quality? Me either. Still, they are a... More >>

• Military Mights

  published September 18, 2008

  Ladies and gentlemen, Town Hall welcomes Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, who has won a boatload of military awards.... More >>

• Designing Men

  published September 18, 2008

  If it's Tuesday, it must be panel discussion day. "Architecture and Seduction: Bachelor Pads and Sex Machines" is the topic that explores... More >>

• New York Minutes

  published September 18, 2008

  What did we learn this week? That if we all spoke Yiddish, read more Judy Blume books and sang Sammy Cahn songs everywhere we went, the world... More >>

• Are You There Judy?

  published September 18, 2008

  Today is Blumesday. Happy Blumesday. What is Blumesday? Blumesday is the much-needed holiday invented by a couple of Portland writers that... More >>

• Standards Time

  published September 18, 2008

  Your American musical songbook history lesson takes place under the name It's Magic!: A Tribute to Sammy Cahn. Not up on your Sammy? Come... More >>

• Minnesotan in Malibu

  published September 18, 2008

  Garrison Keillor once said, "Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you... More >>

• Schmear Campaign

  published September 18, 2008

  Oy vey, there are so many great Yiddish words. In the Yiddish-English dictionary, almost every entry under "S" is a good one — schmear,... More >>

• Special Back-to-School Social Studies Edition!

  published September 18, 2008

  FRIDAY, September 19Today is Blumesday. Happy Blumesday. What is Blumesday? Blumesday is the... More >>

• The Answer Man

  published September 11, 2008

  Dear "¡Ask a Mexican!": Is it true that those cute, dirt-smudged moppets hawking Chiclets on the streets of Tijuana are actually... More >>

• Fresh Sounds

  published September 11, 2008

  Fresh & Easy sounds like a lady product, not a place you can get salmon kebabs and hummus. The chain market, along with Indie 103.1, introduces... More >>

• Voom to Move

  published September 11, 2008

  Sunset Strips should give you plenty of va-va for your voom. The benefit for AIDS Project Los Angeles and the Actors Fund features 100 dancers in... More >>

• Drive Up, Tune In, Gross Out

  published September 11, 2008

  Who said the drive-in movie is dead? Oh, yeah, it pretty much is. But Amit Itelman, the impresario of ingenious theater programming at the Steve... More >>

• Musical Question

  published September 11, 2008

  Are rock musicals better suited to a theater setting or an actual rock club? This is the question many wondered about several years ago in regard... More >>

• Full Moon Cakes

  published September 11, 2008

  Acrobats, dance, food, music — and moon cakes! Come celebrate the Autumn equinox, also known as the Harvest Moon, when farmers in China would... More >>

• Drive In, Sit Out, Rock On

  published September 11, 2008

  FRIDAY, September 12Who said the drive-in movie is dead? Oh, yeah, it pretty much is. But Amit Itelman, the impresario... More >>

• WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY?

  published September 11, 2008

  What better way to celebrate the release of a comedian's storytelling CD than with a fantastic lineup of L.A.'s best comedians and storytellers?... More >>

• Sacred Sounds

  published September 11, 2008

  What makes any music sacred? What makes music unsacred? Why 16 days and nights of the 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music? Why not 17, or 12? Will... More >>

• A Serving of Piaf

  published September 4, 2008

  To be read in haughty yet bored cadence of KCRW DJ voice: Thanks for supporting Hoopla, a division of Village Voice Media. For this Tuesday... More >>

• Soy Vey!

  published September 4, 2008

  September 11, 2001, has special significance to Sarah Silverman. On that date, she discovered that the soy chai latte at Starbucks was "like, 900... More >>

• You Can't Spell Obama With B-a-m-f-o-r-d

  published September 4, 2008

  Who said: “I love my country. Maybe that’s because I’m rich. I’m not technically rich, but I do have a lot of shit that I... More >>

• TV Party Tonight

  published September 4, 2008

  Why wait until the new fall season to start bemoaning how crappy TV is? You can get a sneak preview of many ballyhooed upcoming series by... More >>

• Peeping Lizards

  published September 4, 2008

  We're off to see the lizard. And the snake. And the chameleon. If you enjoy talking reptile, or you are just looking for other people who enjoy... More >>

• Life Lessons

  published September 4, 2008

  Eight bucks is a pretty good bargain for a show that promises to answer "What's This Life For?" Mary Lynn Rajskub, who's a new mom, shares her... More >>