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John Steinbeck

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2013

    Cocktail Nerdom: Happy Birthday Washington Irving A Recipe For The Sleepy Hollow Cocktail

    Today in 1873, Washington Irving was born in New York City. It was the same week the American Revolution ended, and Irving was named after the hero of the day, George Washington.

  • Stage

    February 28, 2013

    O'Neill and Steinbeck Onstage

    Reviews of A Noise Within's Grapes of Wrath and Early Plays at REDCAT

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2013

    Cocktail Nerdom: Happy Birthday John Steinbeck A Recipe for the Jack Rose Cocktail

    Today is John Steinbeck's birthday -- the novelist who wrote about our great state perhaps better than anyone else would have been 111 today. Steinbeck was a great drinker, and his favorite drink was the Jack Rose, one of those cocktails that's pure alchemy: You put in applejack and grenadine, two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2012

    Where to Eat in L.A. According to L.A. Residents vs. The Wall Street Journal Other Publications

    The Wall Street Journal recently ran a story about our city's culinary scene titled "Finding a Food Mecca in the West," pointing its readers to Sprinkles Ice Cream, Fonuts, Umamicatessen, 800 Degrees and ink.sack. And though we have little quibble with the amazing efficiency of 800 Degrees or a cup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2012

    Mary Poppins, Moliere, 12 Angry Men and a Japanese Swordfight Play in This Week's New Theater Reviews

    A bucket full of enthusiastic reviews this week, starting with the Pick of the Week, Sweet Thursday, Pacific Resident Theatre's stage adaptation of the novel by John Steinbeck. Also garnering good notices: Neo Ensemble Theatre's Epic Proportions, Moliere's The Fools at Santa Monica Playhouse, also i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    They All Die At 27: Jason Ritter and Taryn Manning Discuss The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

    Eric Genson (Jason Ritter) serenades his road manager Rose Atropos (Taryn Manning) in a scene from the film. ​By Roselle Chen The title of the new rock saga film The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll refers to 27 and the many famous musicians who have died at that age, including Robert Johnson, K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Stage Raw: D is for Dog

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Gregg Ostrin's KowalskiKris BicknellD is for Dog​This week, Deborah Klugman was smitten with Kate Polebaum's new play about 1950 suburbia gone awry, D is for Dog. Also, weekly critics filed strong reviews this week for As You Like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Gatsby and an $18,000 Guinea Pig Picture: Bonhams & Butterfields Book Auction

    ​ Pssst...wanna buy an expensive book? How about a guinea pig painting? Bonhams & Butterfields is auctioning off some fine books and manuscripts this Sunday (9 a.m.). They've got a Beatrix Potter original watercolor of a super-cute guinea pig grooming himself. How much will this super-cutene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Stage Raw: Loveland

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO LOVELAND ​Photo by Leland Auslender What a rare experience it is, when a character that's as maniacal, sexually overheated and as transparently off the rails as a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2010

    Of Grapes and Nuts

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO LOVELAND ​Photo by Leland Auslender What a rare experience it is, when a character that's as maniacal, sexually overheated and as transparently off the rails as a ... More >>

  • Stage

    September 23, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Of Grapes and Nuts, Paradise Park, The Web

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO LOVELAND ​Photo by Leland Auslender What a rare experience it is, when a character that's as maniacal, sexually overheated and as transparently off the rails as a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Last Big Sardine Cannery Closes How to Become a Sardinista

    Monterey Public Library, California History Room1943 storm hitting Monterey Harbor, pushing the sardine fleet onto shore​ Today the last big sardine cannery in America is closing its doors. The Stinson Seafood plant, located in Prospect Harbor, Maine, is closing after a century of operation, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Rage Against the Machine DVD To be Released

    Rage Against the Machine DVD To be Released

  • Music

    December 31, 2009

    Rock Picks: MIKA MIKO, SILVER PINES, OLIN & THE MOON, LIVING THINGS

    Also, Tim Eriksen, Spaceland on Ice With Twilight Sleep, and others

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Stage Raw: Broadway Cares

    BROADWAY CARES This Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 10 p.m., the cast of Spring Awakening (currently at the Ahmanson ) will perform a special show at L.A.'s Upright Cabaret with proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and other local charities here in the southland. Mark’s Restau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2008

    Stage Raw: Ovation Awards Tonight (Monday)

    THE OVATION AWARDS ARE TONIGHTMonday at Luckman Auditorium, on the Cal State, Los Angeles campus. For more information, contact http://www.lastagealliance.com LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWS BEAUTY OF ASHES Writer and star Peres Owino's furious semi-biographical poetry and dance piece about female ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Stage Raw: Fake Radio Sing Along

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Stage Raw: A Conversation With Robert Lepage

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Stage Raw: By the Waters of Babylon

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Stage Raw: Surviving the Surviving Critics

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Stage Raw: Director-Teacher Milton Katselas dies at 75

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Stage Raw: CTG Receives $90,000 New Play Development Grant

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    Of Mice and Men

    Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

  • Stage

    May 15, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Hillary Agonistes, Of Mice and Men, Flora the Red Menace

    Also Indecent Acts, I'd Rather Be Right and more

  • Stage

    March 27, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Of Mice and Men, The Dying Gaul

    Also, Mask, The Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2008

    Of Mice and Men

    Also, Mask, The Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams

  • Stage

    March 27, 2008

    Theater Listings

    For the week of March 28-April 3

  • Stage

    March 13, 2008

    Theater Listings

    For the week of March 14-20

  • Art+Books

    February 22, 2007

    The Crescent Moon Is Down

    Suggested reading for the president

  • LA Life

    September 21, 2006

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Relativity

    What the hell is wrong with these retards? Can’t they see that those two might not be qualified parents?

  • Film+TV

    July 13, 2006

    Old Is the New New

    UCLA fest shows why some films should never be forgotten

  • Columns

    September 1, 2005

    Burial in the Sky

    Hunter S. Thompson goes up in smoke

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Sour Grapes

    California’s farm workers’ endless struggle 40 years later

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Give Us Back Our Damn Flag

    The leftist case for patriotism

  • Stage

    June 24, 2004

    Rocket Man

    In conversational orbit with Ray Bradbury

  • News

    March 25, 2004

    Lars Attacks!

    Von Trier in Trollywood

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Harvest of Pain

    The long, hard journey from Central Valley seed to caesar salad

  • Stage

    October 24, 2002

    Grapes and Japes

    The long, hard journey from Central Valley seed to caesar salad

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    Sex & Beauty, Art & Kitsch

    The exquisite mayhem of Benedikt Taschen

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Body of Work

    Jorge Rivero, king of the real Mexican cinema

  • Columns

    November 29, 2001

    Off

    Jorge Rivero, king of the real Mexican cinema

  • Art+Books

    June 8, 2000

    From Their Vaults to Your Desktop

    Finding documents “The Man” wants to hide

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Interview with Sheila Kuehl

    Finding documents “The Man” wants to hide

  • Film+TV

    December 2, 1999

    Down, Not Out

    Beautiful Rosetta

  • Columns

    March 11, 1999

    Red Eyes + White Noise = Blue Balls

    Beautiful Rosetta

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    The Eastside’s Prague Spring

    Alatorre goeth, perestroika cometh

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    No Mercy

    The supes find a way

  • Film+TV

    May 7, 1998

    Hard Times

    Wiseman's Public Housing, August's Les Miserables

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