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7 Days in The Arts

Keren Engelberg March 2, 2006

7 Days in the Arts

Spectator – Movie for ‘Rent’

Keren Engelberg November 17, 2005

The sound and feel of Broadway\’s \”Rent\” are intact, even while the music assumes a slightly edgier rock core, and some dialogue is spoken rather than sung.

L.A. Authors Break the Heroine Mold

Sandee Brawarsky September 8, 2005

California purists who like to shop local, travel local and eat local will have no problem reading local. Among the season\’s offerings of new books are several impressive works by Los Angeles-based writers.

‘Down’ on the Valley

Naomi Pfefferman June 9, 2005

To capture flat Valley spaces that retain old West emptiness, Jacobson decided to shoot the movie in anamorphic widescreen. But while scouting locations, he discovered the kind of childhood scenarios he remembered had moved to the North Valley.