Michael Ciriaco

Everything Is Vine Host Hadrian Belove

The Greatest Gathering of Vine Creators Ever

Andy Warhol overshot when he predicted everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes. Apparently, all one needs is six seconds. That's the length of a Vine, the video app explored during last Sunday's Everything Is Vine, a segment of Cinefamily's fourth annual Everything Is Film Festival. Hosted by Cinefamily co-founder......
Cast of Undateable; Credit: Elizabeth Mercer

How 38 Fake OkCupid Profiles Led to a Hilarious New Comedy Show

It's been said there's someone out there for everyone. Undateable, a new comedy show from Second City Hollywood, tests this adage to the extreme. Running every Friday at 8 p.m. through Aug. 16, the sketch-improv hybrid utilizes real online interactions to examine the inscrutable world of internet dating. The concept......
Doug Cambell

A Human Rubik's Cube Party

Anarchist writer Hakim Bey once wrote, "The universe wants to play," arguing that one must briefly escape complacency and embrace the unpredictable. This theory was exemplified on Friday when the creative event planning organization Mindshare hosted the 2nd Annual Rubiks Human Play! Spectacular at V Lounge in Santa Monica. The......
Cast of Monster Party

Improv Olympic Creates a Comedy Festival That's…Scripted?

See also: *10 Best Stand-Up Comedy Shows in Los Angeles *12 Comedy Acts to Watch in 2013 Over the weekend, Improv Olympic became a Scripted Olympic. From Thursday through Sunday, Hollywood's iO West Theater hosted its first annual L.A. Scripted Comedy Festival, featuring a collection of talent from across the......
WIP Featured Artists Meirav Haber

Inside the World of L.A.'s Puppet Filmmakers

A movie must be completed before its screened, right? Not according to Graphation. Last night, in Downtown Los Angeles' Hive Gallery, the independent film group kickstarted their first installment of Works In Progress by presenting three unfinished films to an audience. The focus of the WIP series is less on......