The Wisdom of Angela Davis: Individuality, Education, and the Fight for Justice
“I can say that I do believe with all my heart, that the majority of people in this country want change.” -Dr. Angela Davis SANTA CLARITA, CA- Dr. Angela Davis, a lifetime educator, has walked a long road of stirring up controversy. Eloquently outspoken and…
Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure Comes to Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- “He blew through this world with a perspective, a talent, and gifts that were unique. He’d be speaking the truth about racial injustice, about social injustice, about people and humans and how we all relate to each other.” – Lisane Basquiat (sister)…
Facing the Giant: Three Decades of Dissent- A Shepard Fairey Retrospective On Display
LOS ANGELES, CA- “I started by doing work on the street because no galleries would have me, so I find it quite ironic that I’m in one of the most graffiti and sticker-free places on earth, with my work in here.” -Shepard Fairey, 18 March…
Julien Nitzberg Weaves Absurdity, Surrealism & Comic Audacity Into The King Of Pop’s History
LOS ANGELES, CA- Michael Jackson was a master at dichotomy. A troubled and talented man-child, sexy yet shy, man of a thousand eccentricities, legendary but secretive, tragic and mythic… Just how does one tell his story? And even when one does, how does one discern…
The Western Edge: Los Angeles Stars in an Upcoming Country Music Hall of Fame Exhibit
LOS ANGELES, CA- California- the land of hope, dreams, and rebirth; a place to lose oneself and to be found. Love it or hate it, it’s America’s promised land. California Uber Alles. It was Tom Joad’s prospect for salvation in Steinbeck’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath and…
Caught in a Teen Dream
“I love performing, it’s just all that other stuff… All that living in a fish bowl, Hollywood stuff… It kinda made me want to disappear. I guess I did a pretty good job of that” -Shaun Cassidy, El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, 02 June 2022…
Herbie Hancock Takes a Stand with Power to the People! at Disney Concert Hall
LOS ANGELES, CA- The air is electric on March 5th at the Frank Gehry designed Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles as Herbie Hancock joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic as part of their month-long Power to the People! festival. Casting an eye and…
Time Is Tight: The Memoir of Booker T. Jones
LOS ANGELES, CA- “Life was meant to be lived in the key of C. It was the simplest, least complex key. It had no sharps or flats and was beautiful and pleasing to the ear…I believed that C was the natural key for the earth,…
A Bit of New Orleans Comes to Los Angeles: Aaron Neville at Royce Hall
LOS ANGELES, CA- When I was seventeen years old, my now deceased mother moved from icy, grey-hued Buffalo, NY to the warm purple, green and gold Mardi Gras saturated French Quarter of New Orleans. After my first Greyhound trip down to ‘The City that Care…
Another Day in the Life: Ringo Starr in Conversation with David Lynch & Henry Diltz
LOS ANGELES, CA- Creativity… such a weighted concept; full of expectations, grand schemes and presumptions of talent. But the bottom line is that inspiration leading to the enigmatic creative muse is not as elusive as it may seem; in fact, it’s constantly surrounding each and everyone…
