EAT. SHOP. PLAY. Discovering the Best in the San Fernando Valley
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BY KAREN YOUNG The Griffith Park DWP Festival of Lights is not happening again this year. According to the DWP website, " it is taking a holiday, as a major water infrastructure project is under construction on Crystal Springs Drive." … [Read more...]
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BY TOM WALDMAN Going back to at least the 1965 Watts riots, it's typically the actions of police officers that trigger demonstrations or widespread violence in minority communities. But in Pedro Antonio Garcia's solid new play, Firehouse, … [Read more...]
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MY THREE ANGELS The Group Rep presents MY THREE ANGELS Sam and Bella Spewack’ssweet, Christmas show built on murder and mayhem. Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm, Through January 15, 2012 (12/25 and 01/01, 7pm shows only). Tickets: … [Read more...]
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BY DAVID NICHOLS Lately I’ve been checking out other guys quite a bit. Don’t get me wrong. Things are fine between N. and me. It’s not that I’m contemplating…a lifestyle change. I’m just interested in how my physique compares to the … [Read more...]
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BY DAVID NICHOLS You have to admit the Easter story is a darn good one. I’m not talking about the one where a giant rabbit goes all over the world dropping off baskets full of eggs and green plastic grass. Frankly that story doesn’t even make … [Read more...]
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BY DAVID NICHOLS “It’s kind of hard to explain,” says My Beautiful Grown Daughter, referring to Delaney and me. “When the two of them get together it’s like…” Her voice takes on a searching quality, as if she’s just returned from … [Read more...]
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BY DAVID NICHOLS Boys and girls are different. I don’t know how else to put it. I think there’s some French phrase that expresses the idea much more lyrically, and after N. and The Boy and I make our planned trip to Paris this summer I might … [Read more...]
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BY DAVID NICHOLS As it turns out, 2009 was the Saddam Hussein of calendar years. I don’t know anybody who was sorry to see it go. In fact, if there was footage on YouTube of last year being blindfolded and hung I suspect it’d rank right up … [Read more...]
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BY DAVID NICHOLS Christmas will be different, and thank God. Over the years my late wife, My Beautiful Grown Daughter, and I developed several holiday traditions, as most families do. They served us well, and the first year that the two of us … [Read more...]
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BY DAVID NICHOLS I used to be pretty good. I went to our family doctor for a physical every year. He’d take some blood, then poke and prod me while we both complained about the insurance companies. A couple of weeks later he’d call me and … [Read more...]
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