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

• You Can't Spell Obama With B-A-M-F-O-R-D

  published September 4, 2008

  FRIDAY, September 5The 2008 L.A. County Fair is in town — if your idea of “town” is... More >>

• Long Beach Calling!

  published August 28, 2008

  FRIDAY, August 29Though she once refused to sign my photo of Patty Smyth for a joke, I can’t stay mad at Patti... More >>

• Long Beach Calling

  published August 28, 2008

  The good news about this year’s Long Beach Blues Festival is that the action has moved from the scorched playing field at Long Beach State to... More >>

• Lounging Around

  published August 28, 2008

  Sicko lounge act The Lampshades used to play almost every Saturday night at I.O. West, sometimes to rooms barely half-full. Now that... More >>

• Back-to-School Special

  published August 28, 2008

  School starts today for many LAUSD kids. What better way to start the academic year than playing hooky and catching Love Me or Leave Me,... More >>

• She was a punk before you were a punk

  published August 28, 2008

  Though she once refused to sign my photo of Patty Smyth for a joke, I can’t stay mad at Patti Smith any longer. Patti Smith: Dream of... More >>

• Lula, Wanna Hula?

  published August 28, 2008

  You'll want to get on your feet for Lula Almeida's rousing Brazilian music that gets in your face, your eyes and even your nose. And definitely in... More >>

• Last Dances

  published August 28, 2008

  To me, Irish step dancing looks like what you'd do if you could only use your lower extremities to get a snake out of your pants. "Hilarious tales... More >>

• Garrett Morris

  published August 28, 2008

  Don’t ask Garrett Morris what he’s been up to the past, oh, nearly 30 years, since he left Saturday Night... More >>

• Back-to-School Special

  published August 28, 2008

  School starts today for many LAUSD kids. What better way to start the academic year than playing hooky and catching Love Me or Leave Me,... More >>

• A Cinematic Centennial

  published July 31, 2008

  Now 100 years young, Sid Laverents has been a vaudevillian, dishwasher, sign painter, Fuller Brush salesman, carpenter, soldier, sheet metal... More >>

• Idle Worship

  published July 31, 2008

  Eric Idle, the Montiest Python of them all (yeah, wanna fight about it?), presents his new comedic oratorio, Not the Messiah (He’s a Very... More >>

• Rumor Has It ...

  published July 31, 2008

  Film freaks are buzzing about super hush-hush performances by Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen at Largo. Rudolph's baby daddy is director Paul... More >>

• Idle's Messiah, Izzard's Stripped and Maya Rudolph on the Down Low

  published July 31, 2008

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• Live! Onstage! Real Pochos!

  published July 24, 2008

  FRIDAY, July 25 Dave Carter More >>

• Glow, Baby, Glow!

  published July 17, 2008

  FRIDAY, July 18 (Click to... More >>

• Ghoul Talk

  published July 17, 2008

  Attention, goths: Before you discovered your inner ghoul/vampire/moper, there was a show called Dark Shadows. There’s even a movie... More >>

• Magic Touch

  published July 17, 2008

  Like magic? Like laughing? Derek Hughes’ Theatre of Magic fills both bills — and makes the bold promise,... More >>

• A Spoonful of Julie Andrews

  published July 17, 2008

  The hills are alive — for two nights — with the legendary Julie Andrews. She’ll host Julie Andrews: The Gift of... More >>

• Physical Graffiti

  published July 17, 2008

  Audiences in France, England and Austria have witnessed “Ron Athey: Self-Obliteration #1: Ecstatic,” but we get a rare chance to see... More >>

• Glow, Baby, Glow

  published July 17, 2008

  Are you ready to Glow? As the sun begins to set over the Santa Monica Pier, expect the tourists and kiddies to get their... More >>

• Worst Cartoons Ever

  published July 17, 2008

  Cartoon Dump! has been stinking up the Steve Allen Theater once a month. It’s a fake kiddie show hosted by Compost Brite... More >>

• Abandon 405!

  published July 10, 2008

    THURSDAY, July 10 Comedy Walk claims to be “the biggest comedy-walk event i... More >>

• Paula Poundstone Slides Into Home

  published July 10, 2008

  Finally, after 15 years, Paula Poundstone is ready to suit up and perform for her hometown fans. Why the delay? “I live here. I... More >>

• Strings Attached

  published July 10, 2008

  Must every moment of your leisure time be spent doing something that has NPR/Jon Stewart/Best Week Ever’s approval? Then you need a... More >>