Culver City News

02/07/2025

Joellen Lapidus & the Urban Gypsies, and Gustavo Bulgach & Klezmer Juice, perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 8 at Boulevard Music.

World-jazz-folk ensemble Joellen Lapidus & the Urban Gypsies perform at Boulevard Music at the weekend, so band leader Joellen Lapidus told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? I started playing music at age 7 when my elementary school ...

01/31/2025

The Idiomatiques and Benedikt Brydern perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 1 at Boulevard Music.

SoCal band The Idiomatiques combine rock, R&B, Latin, bossa nova, and both traditional and modern jazz into a glorious musical soup. They’ll be performing at Boulevard Music with old friend Benedikt Brydern this weekend, so band member Craig Sharmat told the News about what they have in store for ...

01/24/2025

Muriel Anderson performs at 8 p.m. on Saturday, January 25 at Boulevard Music.

Folk-ish musician Muriel Anderson is back at Boulevard Music this week, a year after her performance there with Jim “Kimo” West. Anderson spoke to the News about what she has in store for Culver City this time… It’s been a year since we chatted — how was your 2024?  I have much to be than...

01/17/2025

Craic in the Stone performs at 8 p.m. on Saturday, January 18 at Boulevard Music.

Celtic folk/rock band Craic in the Stone make their Boulevard Music debut this weekend, so band member and manager Scotty McKay Bodhran told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? How did this band form? Some theater friends got together ...

01/06/2025

Tevye (Jason Alexander) is heartbroken having to say goodbye to his daughter Hodel (Alanna J. Smith) in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, one of the musicals on my list of The Best in Los Angeles Theater 2024.

It’s always difficult for me to select my favorite plays each year since there are so many I really enjoyed. But I limit my “Best Of” list to those that stick in my memory for the overall emotional impact of being present in the audience for the live performance. After going through all my 202...

12/27/2024

The Healers perform at 9 p.m. on Friday, December 27 at the Cinema Bar.

West Coast blues troupe The Healers perform at the Cinema Bar on Friday, during that sweet spot between Christmas and New Year. Denis Depoitre of the band told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When did you start playing and performing? I myself started playing when I was pre...

12/23/2024

Broadway legend Sutton Foster makes a moat mud-covered entrance as Winifred in Once Upon a Mattress at the Ahmanson Theatre.

The joyfully whimsical Once Upon a Mattress at the Ahmanson Theatre stars a cast of uber-talented Broadway musical veterans led by the comical, athletic, energetic, and perfectly wonderful Sutton Foster as Princess Winifred. Full of gloriously catchy melodies, this uproarious update of Hans Christia...

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.