“This Bitter Earth” | Through April 25
The Road Theatre Company takes a sharp turn off the beaten path for their 2021 season with fully staged theatre productions recorded on a COVID-guideline compliant set, and then streamed — guaranteeing everyone who buys a ticket the best seat in the house! presented as “This Bitter Earth” gives us Jesse, an introspective black playwright, who finds his choices called into question when his boyfriend, Neil, a white Black Lives Matter activist, calls him out for his political apathy. As passions and priorities collide, this couple is forced to reckon with issues of race, class and the bravery it takes to love out loud. More>>
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GMT New Works Festival | Deadline: April 19
Garry Marshall Theatre (GMT) is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual New Works Festival to be held virtually September 24-26, 2021.
The 2021 GMT New Works Festival will present five finalist playwrights in livestream virtual readings. Each script will be paired with Los Angeles actors and directors collaborating with the playwrights in their development process. More>>
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Call for Walls! NoHo Needs a New Mural.
Yes, we are doing a call for walls in North Hollywood. Artist Levi Ponce and Connectopod have teamed up to create a mural in NoHo. Are you a business or property owner that would like to have your wall beautified? Let Connectopod know. We asked Besty Fold Meiman from Connectopod about the North Hollywood mural project with artist Levi Ponce and The Village Family Services. More>>
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Laemmle NoHo Repens April 9
After hard work, L.A. County moves into the less restrictive orange tier, which will allow our neighborhood’s Laemmle NoHo to open at 50% capacity on April 9! More>>
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New Music Reviews! Add something new to your playlists>>
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“Valentine” | April 9
Most of us, at some time or another, have had a crush on someone famous. But when we start getting real-life texts from that favorite crush, our life changes quickly, especially when they promise to spend Valentine’s Day with us. Whatever the choice, Tracy Ann includes friends, love, art, sewing, grandmother, Heaven, circus, police, family, and even Russian locksmiths!
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National Parks List: Exploring America from “Sea to Shining Sea”
We truly are blessed with some beautiful and amazing national parks here in America. Let’s get out and explore this beautiful country of ours, let’s re-visit America with fresh eyes and appreciative hearts. Let’s fall in love again with the splendor and the magnificence of this “sea to shining sea” land of ours.
How many U.S. national parks have you visited? More>>
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Getting Commercial and Theatrical Headshots During the Pandemic
As the theatre and film industries look to get back in the swing of things, actors are more and more getting ready for new opportunities. For many actors, new headshots will be in order. But health experts continue to warn the COVID-19 pandemic is still a threat. So, what can actors do to safely get updated headshots?
NoHo is a neighborhood filled with actors, after all we have 20+ theaters in one square mile! What do most actors need? More>>
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Whitefire Theatre Extends Solofest Through April 2021
The largest streaming festival in the country just got bigger! Due to popular demand, the Whitefire Theatre will extend its celebrated Solofest through April 2021. Fulfilling the need of performing artists to have a safe space to work, as well the public need for quality streaming content, Solofest is adding performances both from artists new to the program and featuring Best of Fest performers from this and previous years. See and show and SUBMIT your show. More>>
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“Lady LiberTease” Theater Review
“Lady LiberTease” is a deliciously funny and extremely sincere recollection of the last four tumultuous years, and a few centuries before that, through eyes of one woman.The solo show takes us on a journey of the vivid rediscovery of Kirsten Laurel Caplan’s Boudicca-ness, in the face of Trump, the relentless Republican tide and the grim realities of a reversal of female, racial rights in this country so full of contradictions. More>>
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Call to Artists: The Kintsugi Spirit
The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center of Los Angeles invites artists of all creative arts disciplines to interpret KINTSUGI, the Japanese philosophy of “golden repair.” The artists will then showcase their art through a final video. All U.S.-based artists who are eligible to work in the United States. Artists across all creative disciplines are welcome, including, but not limited to: music, dance, theater, comedy, visual art, essays, poetry, video art, etc. More>>
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Online Acting Class Guide
When we get dealt a heavy hand like COVID19, we find a creative solution - that's the NoHo way. For our acting classes it's no different. Our acting classes have gone online for the time being and we've created a list for our readers. Remember, they may cancel our in-person acting classes but they will not take our acting classes away. More>>
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“Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic” | April 16
The free event features six dances written inside a prison, a 35-minute dance film, and 11 artists (seven choreographic interpreters and four formerly incarcerated narrators) conversing on dancing in carceral spaces. More>>
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Changes Are Coming to the NoHo Arts District
Meet District NoHo, a new North Hollywood development and one of the largest in the NoHo Arts District’s 20+ year history. More>>
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Do You Know the NoHo BID?
The NoHo Arts District is an arts district because of the 20+ theatres, dance studios, recording studios and the many folks who create art. But there is one group that has helped to #KeepNoHoArtsy (and clean and safe) for more than 10 years – the NoHo Business Improvement District. Here are some 2020 stats on how they've kepted NoHo clean and safe! More>>
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