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Music review: Guitar-playing Assad Brothers at Cerritos Center
Feb 16th
What the Assads play isn’t too familiar to a North American audience, but virtually all of it could be immediately assimilated. What the Assads play isn’t too familiar to a North American audience, but virtually all of it could be immediately assimilated.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Theater review: ‘South Street’ at the Pasadena Playhouse
Sep 28th
Philadelphia’s famed tourist district is the setting of “South Street,” the new musical by Richard Addrisi and Craig Carlisle at the Pasadena Playhouse. Alas, it might as well be Sesame Street. Philadelphia’s famed tourist district is the setting of “South Street,” the new musical by Richard Addrisi and Craig Carlisle at the Pasadena Playhouse. Alas, it might as well be Sesame Street.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
How Old is Your Tattoo?
Jul 29th

For most people their tats are usually no older than eighteen minus their age, but some tats are much much older! Archeologists have discovered a 7000 year old mummified body in the Alps which had definite signs of tats consisting of a series of dots and lines. The reason for the ink remains a mystery, since we don’t know if the subject willingly sat for it or if they were forcibly engraved, maybe as a result of being a criminal. The oldest confirmed tats took place in Egypt two thousand years before the birth of Christ and then in Ancient Greece a thousand years later. These were certainly used to permanently mark slaves and criminals although there is also some evidence to show that soldiers were honored using tattoos, maybe as a result of valiance in battle. The Japanese also have had a long penchant for tattoos, the earliest being engravings with religious connections. The use of tattoos by the criminal fraternity is a relatively recent development despite common opinion. The Chinese, on the other hand, seemed to avoid the use of tattoos despite the great age of Chinese civilizations. The Asian continent also seemed to lack any affinity with permanent tattoos but the use of temporary henna tattoos on brides is widespread and has been in use for over 800 years, most particularly in India. The origins of this practice and the use of henna date back even further, probably as far as 5000 years. The religious link of tattoos now seems to have disappeared and the more recent link to criminal gangs also seems to be fading away. They are now much more used as fashion statements or as an extension of the owner’s personality. Use by celebrities has further cemented their popularity and this is likely to remain as long as the infamous celeb circuit continues.
The full story can be read/found on Body Art Fun
DJs help get the party started at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Apr 20th
Peter Krouse loves to mix it up in his sets at the theater’s ‘lounge.’ ‘I really enjoy experimenting and finding connections,’ he says. As you pass through the Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, on your way into Martin McDonagh’s Irish tragicomedy “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” you may be startled by the comfy sofas, the flattering amber lighting and the personable young man who urges you to take your Guinness into the house.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment
Critic’s Notebook: There’s a growing disconnect on a better-connected L.A.
Oct 24th
The movement for more mass transit meets constant resistance from opponents who view projects through a narrow, car-centric lens. Just look at the Purple Line subway debate. Someday, maybe, Los Angeles will come into its own as a post-suburban city, fully comfortable with density and multifamily housing and the coexistence of private cars, pedestrians, cyclists and mass transit. Clearly, though, that day remains a long way off, even if we continue to see tantalizing glimpses of how a more public, better-connected L.A. might look.
The full story can be read/found on LA Times – Entertainment

