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Health & Fitness:

October 12 Parenting Classes with Susan Stiffelman help kids and teens deal with anger and aggression, and teach parents how to get kids to cooperate without using threats and punishments. A 3-hour workshop will be […]

The Beach Gourmet: Port Royal Café: Jah Rastafari!

If ever an ethnic culinary style was representative of its country of origin, then Jamaican recipes are, at the very least, overt. Colorful, zestful, and lively, Jamaican, and Caribbean food in general, is like a […]

Television: The Dull Greys

When Grey’s Anatomy made the choice to ax Isaiah Washington from the show, they didn’t have a backup plan for the gaping hole he would leave behind. Perhaps this is why, in the few short […]

Theatre Review: The Hasty Heart

Editor-at-Large The Hasty Heart, a very successful play written in 1944 by John Patrick based on his experiences as an Allied ambulance driver during World War II, originally starred Richard Basehart, Anne Burr, John Lund, […]

Of Particular Interest:

Time Flies When You’re Alive 20th Anniversary Performance October 14 Actor-writer-director Paul Linke’s one-man show about marriage and bereavement has touched many hearts over the years. It was also a stage success that ran for […]

This Week’s Music Highlights::

October 12 Funk Fridays @ Mor Bar October 13 Fela Kuti Tribute featuring Albino!, Magatte So and the Drums of Fire @ Temple Bar Phers1 Remix Projects @ Zanzibar October 14 Big Manny Band @ […]

Artist Spotlight: The Toledo Show

It was a show at the Derby in Los Feliz that first attracted the folks at Santa Monica nightclub Harvelle’s to the Toledo Show. They contacted Toledo, the mastermind of this jazz-funk cabaret project, and […]

This Week:

October 12 Barbara Abercrombie signs Courage Into Craft: Writing Your Life Into Story, 7pm, free, Dutton’s, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., Brentwood, 310.476.6263. American Tap Masterpieces: The Hollywood Journey – Dance, Music, Film, 8pm, $10-$40, Smothers […]

Theater:

Absolutely Halloween, a play about the holiday, through October 28, 12:30pm and 3pm Saturdays and Sundays, $10.50-$12.50, Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x2. Bridge and Tunnel, written and performed by Sarah […]

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Last Chance Black Watch, play about Scottish soldiers in Iraq, presented by the National Theatre of Scotland and UCLA Live, 8pm Fridays/2pm and 8pm Saturdays/7pm Sundays, through October 14, $38-$46, Freud Playhouse, UCLA, WW, 310.825.2101. […]