Gary Null: A Life Behind the Lens

If you had a favorite television show on NBC during the decades of the 60s-90s, professional still photographer Gary Null probably captured images of the cast, the set and the

February Family Fun

When February rolls around I always think, “February? Already?” February is more than Valentine’s Day and the three-day Presidents Day weekend. February is Black History Month, American Heart Month and

Earth Girls Are Easy

From Texas to the SCV Poore, a native of Texarkana, Texas, moved to Los Angeles in 1978. He started his music career playing piano bar at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel.

Find foodie heaven during Restaurant Month

California starts 2019 with the ninth annual California Restaurant Month for January, celebrating the restaurants, chefs and culinary creations that have given the state a reputation as a world-class “foodie”

Music, Movies, Theater: What’s Entertaining in 2019?

What’s your favorite “special” arts and entertainment event from 2018? Was it a movie you looked forward to viewing? A special theater performance? A long-anticipated concert by your favorite performer?

Celebrate the Chinese New Year

With cymbals crashing, dragons dancing and fireworks exploding, the Chinese Lunar New Year, this year will be welcomed on Feb. 5. Celebrated with colorful and dramatic pageantry throughout the world

Find Your Winter Bliss

Want to channel your Winter Olympian? Have you always wanted to ride a dogsled? Eager to perfect your double axel or triple salchow like skaters Kristi Yamaguchi or Evan Lysacek?

More Halloween fun outside of SCV

Want to shoot zombies from a train? View sitting on a rooftop? How about watching a classic silent horror film in the comfort of the Walt Disney Concert Hall? We

Beautiful: A sound track of a generation

The moment the lights dimmed in the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood I was transported to my wayward youth. I knew, somewhere in the deep recesses of memory that Carole King

Oktoberfest, coming to an area near you

It’s time to celebrate brews and Braunschweiger, ales and Alpine games, as well as lederhosen and dirndls and all things German. Now remembered mostly as an annual Bavarian harvest festival

Halloween Costumes Can Be a Family Affair

Americans spend an estimated $10 billion annually on Halloween, making it the country’s second largest commercial holiday. The Halloween tradition can be traced back 2,000 years to the Celts and

Halloween Fun in So. Cal.

Halloween in Southern California is a great time to enjoy a variety of new experiences at some of your favorite “haunts.” From studio tours to tourist attractions, Halloween brings out

Halloween Haunts at So Cal Theme Parks

It’s the season of things that go “bump in the night” and this year’s offerings of Halloween “thrills and chills” far exceeds anything seen in the dead of the Southern

Museum Mania

The kids are back in school and most likely will attend a field trip or two this year to see the La Brea Tar Pits or the California Science Center.

Reena Newhall: The SCV’s First Lady of Dance

Reena Newhall was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. during WWII. While her father served in the military, Newhall and her mother lived with her grandparents, immigrants who arrived in the United

Michele Makes… Blackberries

In the Pacific Northwest, blackberries grow wild alongside the road. You can stop and pick blackberries until your heart’s content. Sadly, many people in the Northwest consider blackberry bushes “weeds”