Transparency item: A review provides an informed and opinionated critique. These informed critiques are published to make a recommendation to readers. This review is the opinion of the writer.Chicago-born, now LA-based singer/songwriter Sophie Cates started her first ever headline tour this month. This tour included a Feb. 22 date at the Moroccan Lounge — a small yet … [Read more...] about Concert Review: Sophie Cates Performs Pop Perfection in Hometown
Beth Gonzales
‘Book it’ to Little Free Libraries: Book Access for All
Little Free Library frequenter Chloe Guild said she could not help “her shelf” and traveled around her home state of Minnesota looking for little free libraries — little, wooden book homes nestled throughout neighborhoods and cities — and donating over 100 books, making a viral Tik Tok in the process. Little Free Libraries, a nonprofit run out of St. Paul, Minnesota, … [Read more...] about ‘Book it’ to Little Free Libraries: Book Access for All
The Joys of Antique Shopping: Treasures Tell Stories
“MY APOTHECARY TABLE!” In the sixth season of Friends, Phoebe explained to Ross and Rachel how important it was for her to have furniture that told a story. This free-spirited fictional character's love for antiques is something many people said they relate to. Barbara Beaver, owner of Beaver's Den Antiques in Woodland Hills, said antiques are what make a house … [Read more...] about The Joys of Antique Shopping: Treasures Tell Stories
In a ‘Dreamland’ with Spooky Mansion, Smiley Surf-Grooves Under the Neon Lights
They had their start performing in monster makeup, jamming at haunted houses and gathering fans, and this led the surf-soul-rock-n-roll band Spooky Mansion up and down the country — from Upstate New York to L.A., frontman Grayson Converse said.Spooky Mansion played under the neon lights of Malibu's coastal venue Aviator Nation's Dreamland — a hidden oasis in the … [Read more...] about In a ‘Dreamland’ with Spooky Mansion, Smiley Surf-Grooves Under the Neon Lights
Student Mia Earls Desires to Pursue Art, Business, Galleries Around the Globe
Senior Art major Mia Earls shows off some of her paintings in an art studio on campus. Earls said she is also interested in the business of art as she pursues a minor in Entrepreneurship. Photo by Mary Elisabeth Mia Earls, senior Art major and Entrepreneurship minor said she focuses on hyperrealism, color, street style and renaissance in her sometimes 4-foot oil, acrylic or … [Read more...] about Student Mia Earls Desires to Pursue Art, Business, Galleries Around the Globe
