A Celebratory Gala Bash for BritWeek’s 10th Anniversary
From across the pond to the shores of the Pacific, BritWeek LA threw out all the stops to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a gala evening at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. Say what you want about the Brits, but they sure know how to stage an invasion – and to party. The celebration of the creative bond between the UK and California in entertainment, art, music, business, design and sports kicked off with an SRO VIP...
A Piece of Janis Joplin’s Heart in ‘Little Girl Blue’
The recent death of Prince sparked a revelation for director Amy Berg, who just spent eight years immersed in the life of another musical legend, Janis Joplin, culminating in the feature documentary “Janis: Little Girl Blue,” which she also wrote and produced. Flash back to the fall of 1970. Less than three weeks after Jimi Hendrix died, the world mourned another drug overdose death of a larger-than-life musician, the...
Lovely L’Ami, Luxurious Yet Cozy Addition to the LA Dining Scene
If you’re hungering for a dining experience that is the antithesis of sleek, corporate modernity, look no further than L’Ami restaurant, which evokes a natural yet chic environment reminiscent of St. Tropez. Located in a 1930s era building across the street from the historic Brentwood Country Mart, the charming space has been a restaurant location for decades and most recently was the site of The Little Door and previously, Chez Mimi....
LACMA Honors Prince with Purple Rain Room
Guests lucky enough to have tickets today to the sold-out and soon-closing Rain Room at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art received a special treat today. The room, normally bathed in white light, used purple in order to honor the memory of the iconic recording artist Prince, whose death yesterday shocked the world. The effect resulted in a shower of purple rain in the immersive environment of perpetually falling water. “In memory...
Sparking Joy with Decluttering Queen Marie Kondo at Live Talks LA
The excitement in the room was palpable as Marie Kondo, author of “Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up” and “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” took the stage at Santa Monica high school’s Barnham Hall, with a translator in tow. In case you been living under a rock – or in this case, too much clutter—Kondo, a Japanese organizing...
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