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By Peter Celauro Assistant A&E Editor  If not for the enormous copper rotisserie stove in the window, nobody would probably ever go to Chick’s. Understatedly decorated and nestled away between a Subway and a Sav-On, the Mexican rib and chicken restaurant is the last establishment on its block to catch your eye, and certainly the last place you’d just wander into. That is, … [Read more...] about Chick’s slow-cooks tradition

By Rosy BanksStaff Writer  Musicians ranging from ages 29-88 will bring the smooth sounds of New Orleans jazz to Smothers Theatre Saturday at 8 p.m. in a concert co-sponsored by KKJZ 88.1FM. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has toured for more than 25 years, appearing at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Wolf Trap, where it received the Wolf … [Read more...] about Preservation Hall jazzes Malibu with music

Pep’s Man of La Mancha nominated Pepperdine’s fall musical from 2002, “Man of La Mancha,” has been nominatd for eight Robby Awards for “distinguished achievement in theater.” The awards are selected by Southern California theater critic Rob Stevens.  The nominations include the Pepperdine Fine Arts Division for Best Production of a Musical, Joseph Obermueller as Best Actor in … [Read more...] about MakingWaves

‘Zwan’  Disillusionment, disappointment and dissatisfaction. Anyone who knows a lick about the last decade in music is used to associating these feelings with Billy Corgan. As the front man of the Smashing Pumpkins, the songwriter made a lucrative career out of identifying with the angst of America’s teens and, in so doing, relieving them from it. Upon the release of “Zwan,” … [Read more...] about INREVIEW: Zwan

By Andrea BandaA&E Editor   Jackie Chan ("Rush Hour”) is at it again. “Shanghai Knights,” the sequel to “Shanghai Noon,” is an adventure that takes audiences out of 1880s America and travels across the Atlantic to London, England. Chon Wang (Chan) and Roy O’Bannon (Owen Wilson of “Behind Enemy Lines”) team up again to avenge the death of Wang’s father by Chinese rebel … [Read more...] about ’Shanghai Knights’ lassoes London