Lake Como in Northern Italy is renowned for its natural beauty, it’s quixotic qualities and seductive cuisine. Locanda Del Lago justifiably boasts these attributes in a single setting on the corner of Arizona Avenue and […]

American Idol is only 8% down from last year yet critics and TV watchers are saying that the Idol gravy train may have finally derailed. “The bloom is off the rose,” is how one critic […]

Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (AFICE) is looking for individuals to work as Community Representatives, who will find host families for international students and will work with them and their families. Call Anne Ring, […]

May 23 Tom Nolan @ Rusty’s Velvet Haze @ Air Conditioned Supper Club, Venice May 24 Horny Toad @ Rusty’s May 25 The Naked @ O ‘Brien’s May 25-26 UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival @ UCLA […]

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, a play set in Ireland, through June 8, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays/6pm Sundays, $20, Malibu Stage Company, 29243 PCH, Malibu, 310.589.1998. Black and Bluestein, dramedy about ethnic relations by Jerry Mayer, through […]

Real musicals are getting hard to find. We either get jukebox musicals, with classic songs but not much story, or musicals based on old films, with familiar stories but mediocre music. Fortunately, the Festival of […]

And Then Again: Printed Series, 1500-2007, exhibit of serial print imagery, through July 13, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., WW, 310.443.7020.  David Ashwell, Out of Malibu, through June 21, Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.264.1760. […]

 May 25  In conjunction with the release of the book A Geisha’s Journey, Santa Monica is receiving a double visit from an authentic geisha, Komomo, from Kyoto. First, the Santa Monica Library presents Komomo in […]

Last Chance Elena Allen and Joe Romano, paintings, through May 24, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.453.5757. Camila, new musical by Lori McKelvey, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays/2pm Sundays, $15-$20, through May 25, Theatre Arts Building, SMC, 1900 Pico […]

Topanga Canyon Days, May 24-26, 11am-7pm Saturday-Sunday, 10am-7pm Monday, $10-$18, Topanga Community House, 1440 North Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, topangadays.com. This spring arts festival has been going for 35 years but the entertainment is up […]