Monthly Archives: October 2012

Photo Gallery: LA Mag’s Food Event

Last Sunday Los Angeles Magazine did it again with an exceptional event at the bucolic Saddlerock Ranch. We spent a serene afternoon sipping Rivera’s Tequila Mujer and sampling delicious offerings from local restaurants like Barbrix and Black Market.

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Dee Dee Ramone: a posthumous gallery exhibition of his artwork opens Oct 27

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Album Review: Bat for Lashes’ “The Haunted Man”

Bat For Lashes has been my favorite artist of the past five years or so. The project of 33 year old, British singer/multi-instrumentalist, Natasha Khan, it combines piano, strings, cymbal-less drums, synths and atmospheric electronics with Khan’s lilting, flexible voice … Continue reading

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Billy’s Fish Fry

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Santa Barbara, Jane’s Addiction and a Great Escape from Los Angeles

  I’ve written many times about the incredible musical experiences I have had over the past two years with the Los Angeles Beat in glorious Santa Barbara that I thought it about time to do a travel piece around a … Continue reading

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Help Smuckers Donate Another $100,000 to Protecting our National Parks

Katie Eucker, senior manager for National Parks Conservation Association: “Hello, LA Beat readers; The J.M. Smucker Company and its Adams®, Laura Scudder’s®, and Smucker’s® Natural Peanut Butter brands recently made a combined donation of $100,000 to NPCA and will make … Continue reading

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Serendipity and the Headstone That Wouldn’t Stay Put

All photos-except where indicated, courtesy of Kurt Miller. Copyright 2012. Serendipity plays an important part in the life of every human being…and sometimes even after they have left “this mortal coil” too!  This week’s guest writer, Southern California  genealogist Anthony Ray … Continue reading

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Cinefamily presents “The Hands of Orlac” scored live by Hauschka

Tomorrow (Oct. 23) at 7:30pm, Cinefamily hosts a screening of the 1924 silent German Expressionist horror film The Hands of Orlac. The film, which tells the story of a pianist whose hands are replaced by those of a murderer, will … Continue reading

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Life Rolls on in Style at the Sugar Spun Benefit!

Jesse Billauer should have been a professional surfer. His surfing career was blossoming when, in 1996, he sustained a spinal cord injury while surfing a local beach. His neck may have been broken, but not his fight and spirit to … Continue reading

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Halloween Happenings

This year Halloween is an entire week of fun. Starting Friday night, there will be Halloween parties and events straight through the following Friday, when Dia de los Muertos will keep the party rolling. Check out Halloween Haunts with Dukey … Continue reading

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