Email Author Siran Babayan

2008 Stories by Siran Babayan

• A Fine Romantic

  published August 21, 2008

  Dutch guest conductor Edo de Waart leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Chinese pianist Sa Chen in a program of German masters titled "German... More >>

• The Breast of Times: Go Topless Protest Day

  published August 21, 2008

  Friday, August 22For most of you, driving to Lancaster seems like driving to Vegas. But believe it or not, Lancaster... More >>

• Chalk It Up

  published August 21, 2008

  Draw water-inspired works of art with chalk at the sixth annual Chalk Art Festival & Live Music, this year themed Fanta-Sea. Prizes are awarded in... More >>

• Dino-Mite!

  published August 14, 2008

  Been waiting patiently for Jurassic Park IV? In the meantime, there’s Walking With Dinosaurs: The Live Experience, a traveling show... More >>

• Old as Dirt

  published August 14, 2008

  Wear old clothes and bring a towel to Mud Mania at Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site, an adobe home built in 1844 that houses a museum on the... More >>

• Bang the Drum Loudly

  published August 14, 2008

  Spread out over nine days, Little Tokyo's 68th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival is the "nation's longest-running ethnic festival." The first... More >>

• Generally Patton

  published August 14, 2008

  Patton Oswalt is Colonel Sanders' and Cirque du Soleil’s biggest fan. He’s described the long-running circus as everything that is "wet... More >>

• Soar Winners

  published August 14, 2008

  Flutter over and say hello to more than 30 species of these free-floating creatures, including the swallowtail, monarch, American painted lady and... More >>

• Novel Gothic

  published August 14, 2008

  There will be family secrets, suicide, alcoholism, repressed homosexuality, spinster daughters, aging belles and sweaty brutes in tight T-shirts... More >>

• Reviving Dead Kennedys, Rolling Over Beethoven and Revisiting Tennessee

  published August 14, 2008

  Friday, August 15 Elise Kane More >>

• Playing Tribute to Bono, Judy ... and Johnny Wadd

  published August 7, 2008

  Friday, August 8 Richard Avedon More >>

• Signs of the Times

  published August 7, 2008

  Ah, the future of journalism. No, no, you needn’t worry about yours truly. I’m living with my mother. But the 150 reporters and... More >>

• Sets and the City

  published August 7, 2008

  If Ojai, Whittier and Santa Clarita can host film festivals, so can our congested, unnavigable but artistically rich downtown Los Angeles. With... More >>

• He Is Diva

  published August 7, 2008

  The only person who could say, “The other day, a dogcatcher happened by and tried to impound me” better than Phyllis Diller is Phyllis... More >>

• Endowment Fun

  published August 7, 2008

  If you’ve learned nothing from Boogie Nights, listen up: John Holmes was the well-endowed porn king who blew it all up his nose and... More >>

• Live in L.A.: Gnarls Barkley, Fallou Dieng and Deerhoof at the Hollywood Bowl

  published August 7, 2008

  Gnarls Barkley, Fallou Dieng, Deerhoof Timothy... More >>

• Synth-Pop Legend Yaz Makes Its L.A. Debut

  published July 3, 2008

  The sound of singer Alison Moyet’s looped giggling on Yaz’s “Situation” is as recognizable as a... More >>

• Last Dance

  published June 26, 2008

  It’s been ridiculed by audiences and critics, lampooned by drag queens and sock puppets. And now the Upright Citizens Brigade has staged a... More >>

• Chelsea Handler

  published May 15, 2008

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• Jordan Elgrably

  published May 15, 2008

  In a town where you’re as ethnically pure as your favorite ethnic restaurant, comedian Peter Shahriari talks to the... More >>

• Sensuous Woman, Mean Men, Dancing Swans

  published March 20, 2008

  FRIDAY, March 21Margaret “I’m not bi, I’m I” Cho is our favorite all-American girl, and we... More >>

• Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Pastrami

  published March 13, 2008

  Marc Canter is perhaps the only Guns N’ Roses fan who had Axl Rose tickle the ivories to the tune of “November... More >>

• Chromeo: Stop Listening to Joy Division

  published January 17, 2008

  As they say on the bio page of their Web site, Chromeo's Dave 1 (the four-eyed Semite behind the mike and guitar) and P-Thugg... More >>