Culver City News

12/16/2024

Jordyn Santiago flies a small red airplane over the ensemble during Mayday by Trey McIntyre in BODYTRAFFIC: This Reminds Me of You at The Wallis.

Led by Artistic Director Nina F. Berkett and Executive Director & CEO Robert Van Leer, BODYTRAFFIC uses the creative spirit of its Los Angeles home to fulfill its mission of delivering performances that inspire audiences simply to love dance. Since its inception in 2007, the company has held its pla...

12/13/2024

ESG - Ensemble Sangineto plays Boulevard Music on Saturday.

Eclectic, genre-defying fusion band Ensemble Sangineto performs at Boulevard Music on Saturday, so Caterina Sangineto told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? How did this band form? Ensemble Sangineto is a long-standing project, origi...

12/10/2024

Bickering frog siblings Naomi (Markia Nicole Smith) and Melvin (Dan Rosales) in Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical at The Kirk Douglas Theatre.

Last year at this time, I saw the family-friendly and totally entertaining Dog Man: The Musical at the Kirk Douglas Theatre presented by TheaterWorksUSA in which comic book hero Dog Man, with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, does his best to save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish. [...

12/06/2024

Cordelia Watson plays The Cinema Bar on Tuesday. Will you be there?

San Fernando Valley singer and songwriter Cordelia Watson performs at the Cinema Bar on December 10, and she told the News about what she has in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? I’ve been performing my whole life in different capacities. From community theater as...

12/04/2024

The City of Culver City’s Cultural Affairs Division has announced that Sonia Romero is the artist who will create an original art installation for the Farragut Connector—the passageway extending access along Farragut Avenue from Jasmine Avenue to Jackson Avenue.

The City of Culver City’s Cultural Affairs Division has announced that Sonia Romero is the artist who will create an original art installation for the Farragut Connector—the passageway extending access along Farragut Avenue from Jasmine Avenue to Jackson Avenue.  “This existing path, which re...

11/22/2024

Local Americana troupe Coyote Moon performs at the Cinema Bar on Saturday, so founding member Adrian Rice told the News about what they have in store for Culver City.

Local Americana troupe Coyote Moon performs at the Cinema Bar on Saturday, so founding member Adrian Rice told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? I started performing when I was 14 with my pals from Junior High School in Upstate New Y...

11/18/2024

Doc Brown (Don Stephenson) introduces his DeLorean time machine to Marty McFly (Caden Brauch) in the Twin Pines Mall parking lot on October 26, 1985 in BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.

The much-beloved Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film Back to the Futurewas released in 1985 starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown – and a DeLorean equipped with a flux capacitor to propel the driver into the past and then back to the future. The ...

11/15/2024

Local genre-blending group Talkin’ Treason performs at the Cinema bar at the weekend, so founding member Bob Ricketts told the News about what they have in store for Culver City.

Local genre-blending group Talkin’ Treason performs at the Cinema bar at the weekend, so founding member Bob Ricketts told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? Twelve years ago. I wanted to work with an old friend, Laura Smith. I recr...

11/11/2024

Stanley (Brad Koed) confronts Blanche (Lucy Owen) with the truth about her past in Tennessee Williams’ landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire presented by The Streetcar Project in an airplane hangar and a warehouse.

New York-based The Streetcar Projectrecently brought its much discussed, sold-out version of Tennessee Williams’ landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire to Los Angeles for six performances only: three in a Frogtown airplane hangar and three in a Venice Beach warehouse, using Williams’ complete,...

11/08/2024

Pricey Diggs performs at 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 10 at the Cinema Bar. Read all about it, and be there.

Husband and wife duo Pricey Diggs performs at the Cinema Bar on Sunday, a 4 p.m. matinee show. One half of the pair, Mark McMillen, told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? I have been playing for most of my life, and my […]

11/07/2024

Culver City Garden Club will host a free hands-on workshop on "How to Create Kokedama: DIY Japanese-Style Houseplant Display with Moss Balls" at its November meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7:00 PM.

It'll be in the Garden Room, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City, 90232.
There will also be a "Show, Tell & Ask", refreshments and a Raffle.
RSVP for the materials list at [email protected].
The meeting is free and open to all.
More information can be found at Culver City Garden Club.

11/04/2024

The highly skilled Cirque du Soleil KOOZA ensemble takes The Innocent on a wild ride through a bizarre and exotic world on the way to self-discovery.

The thrilling, internationally-acclaimed Cirque du Soleil KOOZA production is now entertaining audiences under its iconic Big Top adjacent to the Santa Monica Pier through December 1, returning to this much-loved location since its first show there in 2014. The signature Cirque du Soleil experience....

10/28/2024

Kimberly and Seth accept a wild ride from her father Buddy. (L-R) Carolee Carmello, Miguel Gil and Jim Hogan in the National Tour of Kimberly Akimbo.

Kimberly Akimbo, based on the play by David Lindsay-Abaire who wrote the musical’s book and lyrics, with music by Jeanine Tesori, won five 2023 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Score, the most critically-acclaimed musical during its Broadway season. And now is your chance to see it duri...

10/25/2024

Blues guitarist and songwriter Johnny Moezzi performs at the Cinema Bar this week, playing songs from his recent Funky Papu album.

Blues guitarist and songwriter Johnny Moezzi performs at the Cinema Bar this week, playing songs from his recent Funky Papu album. He sat with the News to talk about what he has in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? I started singing and playing in high school at aro...

10/23/2024

Denice Renteria is one of the challengers for City Council in the forthcoming election, and she told the News about her accomplishments, qualifications, and policies.

Denice Renteria is one of the challengers for City Council in the forthcoming election, and she told the News about her accomplishments, qualifications, and policies… What accomplishments and experiences make you a great candidate for City Council? I grew up in Culver City after my parents immigra...

10/21/2024

ASL actor Daniel Durant (center) performs as Johnny with the cast of Green Day's American Idiot at the Mark Taper Forum.

A perfect way to welcome ROCKtober and celebrate the re-opening the Mark Taper Forum is now happening thanks to multi-awarding winning Center Theatre Group joining Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre to present a new production of Green Day’s legendary Tony and Grammy Award winning punk rock oper...

10/18/2024

Sons of the Engineers performs at 9 p.m. on Saturday, October 19 at the Cinema Bar. Will you be there?

Train/railroad-themed group Sons of the Railroad perform at the Cinema Bar on the third Saturday of every month, which means that they’re there this coming Saturday. Guitarist and vocalist Bobby Ricketts told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and ...

10/17/2024

The nachos at El Abajeno are quite incredible. Crisp and full of flavor, not too greasy and with a wonderfully earthy tone, they both work alone as a chip and they hold the ingredients of this dish together with admirable resilience.

It’s all too easy for those of us not from Mexico to think of “Mexican food” as a monolith, to throw a blanket over the whole country and assume that there’s just one type of food associated with this huge, diverse and culturally rich nation. Of course, that’s not true. “Here at El Abaje...