Sirtaj Hotel, Beverly Hills

I have a growing affection for the boutique hotel that is situated on the edges of the main thoroughfare. One of my latest such discoveries is the Sirtaj Hotel, which is ... Continue Reading →

USC Urology Event, Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors & Night of 100 Stars

More than $2 million was raised when the USC Institute of Urology honored Derrick Hall, President of the Arizona Diamondbacks major league baseball franchise received the ... Continue Reading →

WE 3 KINGS with “Sinatra, Elvis & Michael Jackson” at NoHo’s El Portal Theatre, Dec. 27 to 31 New Year gala

“WE 3 KINGS” is a wild idea to present the most exciting, entertaining, and extraordinary concert of all time. Of course it features the greatest entertainers ... Continue Reading →

A Merry “Wicked” Christmas season in LA

  Theater lovers in Los Angeles are having a merry Wicked Christmas with the acclaimed Broadway musical brought back for the holiday season by “Popular” demand. ... Continue Reading →

Art and Code Breaking: Mr. Turner and The Imitation Game

As the year races to an end, the theatres are piling up with a trio of brilliant British biopics. After Stephen Hawking, I wonder who is better known, Alan Turing or JMW ... Continue Reading →

Second City Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue: La Jolla Playhouse

Tis the season for some improv comedy and holiday sketches from Chicago’s venerable comedy theatre. The half dozen performers currently in residence at LJP are nimble ... Continue Reading →

Fleetwood Mac – San Diego 2014

Many decades ago the steady throbbing beat of “Hypnotized” played in a loop in my brain during swim team practice. I knew the British blues band Fleetwood Mac from ... Continue Reading →

Florencia en el Amazonas & John Wayne Cancer Institute Event

The late Daniel Catan was the first Mexican composer to have an opera produced in the U.S  We had the privilege of seeing Rappaccini’s Daughter in 1994; and his  last ... Continue Reading →