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A Survival Guide For Fall Concerts

The beckoning call of live events and live music is all but impossible to overlook these days, even if you’ve mostly kept from going out because of COVID. At this point most of us are vaccinated, which means we know getting COVID again wouldn’t be life threatening. What’s worth the risk is the deep...

La Bulla Makes Set To Rock For Lucha Libre

Antonio Pelayo Productions is headed smack into the middle of the spotlight thanks to his 7th LA Bulla event set for this weekend. Lovers of Mexican wrestling sure don’t want to miss this. Pelayo partnered with LA Weekly during the last Tacolandia event held in 2019. Since then, Pelayo has thrown different kinds of...

Santa Barbara Summer Getaway Options

Summer travel of 2022 is at full blast despite the challenges posed by COVID surges, erratic weather, frequent flight cancellations, and gas gouges. Most of us are nursing the desire to forget the reality of the situation and escape to a place far away, but it’s simply not practical for everybody, be it mentally...

A Look At What’s Up At Outfest La 2022

You wouldn’t readily believe it if someone told you, but it’s been four decades since Outfest LA first became a platform for expressing LGBTQ+ themes on film. While there’s been plenty of progress where positive representation is concerned, there’s still much left to say, do and show. With the rights of the queerfolk heavily...

Monsterpalooza: The Creepiest And Coolest Convention In LA

It’s almost unanimously accepted that the world is something of a scary place to live in at the moment. We have an extensive bunch of things to be wary of, from heartless dictators to toxic domestic partners to mass shooters. Take one look at the daily news cycle and you’re likely to walk away...

How To Celebrate Juneteenth

Thanks to happenstance, 2020 is one of those times that June the 19th has fallen on a federal holiday. Also, it’s the first time that it’s coincided with Father’s Day. These two things make it a great time to be hanging out with family. The holiday commemorates the abolishment of slavery, which took effect...

How Was The Costume Play Like In WonderCon 2022?

The costume play in WonderCon was a power-packed event the other week in the City of Anaheim. The costume game in WonderCon came back after a two-year hiatus in full force. The pandemic had robbed people in Anaheim of the event for two years. Finally, it welcomed back fans in person as most of...

Survivors And Female Authors Discuss Judy Ray Herzog’s Story

There is more to Women’s History Month than just celebrating women’s achievements. For many women, it is also about carefully examining the dark ways in which gender role disparity manifests itself at home and work. It causes the latest non-fiction book, A Wretch Like Me: The Shocking and Beautiful Story of Judy Ray Herzog,...

Jackass Series Fame Stephen Glover On His Multimedia Craze

Almost everyone expects to achieve or have numerous things in their lifetime, such as long-distance traveling or meeting their favorite celebrity. Jackass star and stuntman Steve-O also has an atypical bucket list. It has the kind of stuff that only a brilliant and sick mind such as Stevie-O’s could conceive. It involves the use...

The Music Center Screens Stage Version Of Butterell’s New Musical

The real story of Jamie Campbell, a teenage drag queen, inspired the Everybody’s Talking About Jamie stage production. There is an English documentary that captures the journey of Campbell from the end-of-year dance at his high school. On the other hand, the stage iteration of Jonathan Butterell’s musical fictionally depicts the fight of a...