Arts & Culture

Win Tickets to See Roger Daltry at the Orpheum

By Eric Richardson — October 13, 2009
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Roger Daltry

As founder and lead singer of The Who, Roger Daltry has played more than his share of giant arenas. For his latest solo tour, dubbed the "Use It or Lose It Tour," Daltry has chosen to instead focus on smaller, more intimate venues. On Saturday, October 17, the show comes Downtown to the historic Orpheum Theatre and we've got a couple pairs of tickets to give...


Not So Fast, Food Trucks and Crafts: It's Still Art Walk

By Ed Fuentes — October 12, 2009 — 14 Comments

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|Photo Gallery| With the art experience dwindling from previous art walks, it was with some curiosity that I set out in October looking for clues as to the direction Downtown Art Walk may be going.

If this is going to be the Food Truck Walk, or the Craft Fair Walk, then the critics are right and Art Walk really is dead.

Thursday, though, an exhibition inside the Spring Arcade Building restored my belief in the event's original intent. — Continued Inside...


A Night of Serendipity

By Jeannine Denholm — October 12, 2009
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|Photo Gallery| A night of magical performance art, music and dance returns to Downtown this weekend when Serendipity once again opens its secret door. The evening feels like a cross between speakeasy art salon and interactive performance venue, featuring whimsical costumed fairies, bees, and Treeman, a giant dancing man with feathered wings balancing on enormous stilts. Throughout...


Win Tickets to See MUTEMATH at Club Nokia

By Eric Richardson — October 08, 2009
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Greg Hill, Paul Meany, Darren King

New Orleans band MUTEMATH comes to Club Nokia on Saturday, October 10, still fresh off the August release of their new album, "Armistice." Tickets for the show are on-sale now, but we've got a few pairs for blogdowntown readers who want to attend courtesy of Goldenvoice.


Art Walk Preview for October, 2009

By Ed Fuentes — October 07, 2009 — 8 Comments

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With Halloween just weeks away, let's imagine Downtown Art Walk founder Bert Green as the scientist who created the creature that now runs rampant in the streets. After dark, he closes the doors of his gallery and finds refuge at the Farmers and Merchants Bank, once a month cleverly disguised as gallery space.

Meanwhile, the new caretakers of Art Walk listen to the original intent of the second Thursday of the month and are finding new ways to introduce Downtown as a tamed beast, complete with walking tours and an official blog. — Continued Inside...


World City -- An Escape to an Urban Oasis with Music, Dance, and Art

By Susana Benavidez — October 06, 2009 — 1 Comment

World City Susana Benavidez

|Photo Gallery| This Saturday I woke up early and rushed to make breakfast, go for a run and get the girls ready for another treat at the W.M. Keck Foundation Children's Amphitheater at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

World City -- a free event for families with an international roster of performers and artists -- is the type of event you wake up early for and do all you can to attend. — Continued Inside...


Pee-Wee's Adventure Moves Downtown

By Ed Fuentes — October 06, 2009
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Actor Paul Reubens and Goldenvoice announced today that forever-child Pee-wee Herman will stage his comeback in Downtown Los Angeles in January. The new stage version of “The Pee-wee Herman Show" had been scheduled for November at the Music Box, but now will open at Club Nokia L.A. Live on January 12 for a four week run. The move was made to open the show to...


Central Second's Nick Ceglio and Pete DiBiasio

By Monk Turner — September 29, 2009

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|Photo Gallery| Silverlake has become synonymous with indie rock. As the scene was taking root there, a similar scene was getting its start in Downtown.

Known as the Central Second Collective, a cluster of indie rock groups sprouted from 2nd Street Jazz in Little Tokyo. I recently met with Nick Ceglio and Pete DiBiasio to chat about the past, present and future of indie rock in Downtown L.A. — Continued Inside...


Downtown Laemmle Fades to "The End"

By Ed Fuentes — September 28, 2009 — 38 Comments

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As Downtown gets sets to welcome one theater, another is already waving the white flag of surrender. Citing impending competition, the Laemmle Grande 4-Plex will close its doors on October 25, two days before the opening of the Regal Cinemas Stadium 14.

Laemmle Director of Operations Kevin Gallagher confirmed that the staff was informed of the announcement on August 1. — Continued Inside...


Art Turns A Corner at 5th and Main

By Ed Fuentes — September 25, 2009

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It feels safe to say that Pharmaka's move from its corner spot at 5th and Main marks a new chapter in the evolving story of Downtown's Gallery Row. What story it will tell remains to be seen.