Verdi Chorus Presents OPERA GETS REAL

Got To Article
The Verdi Chorus kicks off its 37th season with their Spring Concert, Opera Gets Real, for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on April 18 and 19. Led by Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum, the Verdi Chorus is the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic ...
0 comments

Revealed: How Racism, Meth And Sex Are Combining To Destroy Queer Black Lives

Got To Article
His experiences of PnP parties reveal that some white gay men are not pretending or playing: They are reaching back generations and repeating. We meet in a Starbucks on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, right in the heart of white gay Los Angeles, barely a mile from Ed Buck’s apartment. The other patrons are mostly older, many in ...
0 comments

Licensing Expo 2020 Announces New Exhibitors Spanning Automotive, Licensees, Publishing, and More

Got To Article
Licensing’s biggest event turns 40, and to reinforce its commitment to bringing brands and products together, Licensing Expo welcomes exhibitors BuzzFeed, Mad Engine, MGM, Minecraft, United Talent Agency,
0 comments

The Frenzied Era of E-Scooters Is Over

Got To Article
In cities like Santa Monica and Austin, start-ups such as Bird and Lime didn’t ask local officials for permission before planting fleets of e-scooters, figuring that the shared vehicles would prove enough of a hit that cities would accept them. They generally were, and so by last spring even more e-scooters, in even more towns, appeared with ...
0 comments

Hot Spell Gives Santa Monica A Taste Of Summer

Got To Article
(Shutterstock) SANTA MONICA, CA — The Southland will get a taste of summer Tuesday, with warm Santa Ana winds sending temperatures in some communities into the eighties, or at least 10 degrees above normal. In Santa Monica, the highs will be 74 degrees on Tuesday, 75 on Wednesday, 77 degrees on Thursday and 77 on Friday. The region will ...
0 comments

Commentary: Bob Chapek as CEO is a vote of confidence in Disney’s parks. What does that mean for Disneyland?

Got To Article
This is in line with how we consume modern entertainment. After all, the so-called “experience economy” — seen in everything from Tyra Banks’ bid to open ModelLand in Santa Monica to Universal’s own doubling down on properties such as Nintendo — is really the theme park economy. Modern brands are consumed in physical and virtual ...
0 comments

Driver Survives After Jeep Plunges Off 6th Floor of Santa Monica Parking Structure

Got To Article
Two people managed to jump out before a Jeep plummeted from the top level of a six-story parking structure in Santa Monica on Sunday, while the driver remained inside the vehicle, landed against a building across the street and survived, officials said. The incident happened just after midnight at a parking structure on 1571 Second Street ...
0 comments