Sunset Strip Music Festival: Saturday with Cherry Bomb, Black Label Society,...
All photos by Billy Bennight for The Los Angeles Beat I happened on to the Strip in the mid-afternoon among many eager participants who were hitting either the Jack Daniel drinking area, cruising the...
View ArticleThe Duck Stops Here!
Photos by Billy Bennight for The Los Angeles Beat The Port of Los Angeles host the west coast debut The Netherlands’ artist Florentijn Hofman’s Rubber Duck at Tall Ships® Festival L.A. The Duck made...
View ArticleMovie Review: “Violet” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
Violet is an interesting film that straddles the razors edge of student film and art film. The first thing that struck me regarding the film was its aspect ratio. It abandoned the conventional...
View ArticleLos Angeles Jewish Film Festival: Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Red Carpet...
By all accounts last year’s 9th Annual Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival was a howling success honoring the legendary Carl Reiner. The evening red carpet was a notable crew that included: Francine...
View ArticleCelebrate The Aquarium Of The Pacific’s 7th Annual Urban Ocean Festival With...
The press was gathered for a special preview of the art, fashion and food that will be part of the 7th Annual Urban Ocean Festival starting Saturday of next week. Dr. Jerry Schubel, President of and...
View Article2nd Annual Masters of Taste Happens Sunday May 7th in the Rose Bowl!
All Photos by Billy Bennight for The Los Angeles Beat This year’s Masters of Taste is one of a kind outdoor luxury food and beverage festival set to happen on Sunday, May 7th, 2017 from 3:00 pm to 7:00...
View ArticleUpcoming Meat Street Meat Festival Allows You to Unleash Your Inner Carnivore
Everyone is invited to ‘meat up’ at the Meat Street Meat Festival at the Marketplace this Saturday, April 22, from 11am to 11pm at Santa Ana’s Main Place Mall. Food trucks and restaurant chefs will...
View ArticleLA Times Festival Of Books: Emerging from the Underground: Surviving Punk Rock
(L-R) Michelle Cruz Gonzales,Jim Ruland, Keith Morris, Scott Crawford, John Joseph (All photos by Elise Thompson for The LA Beat) The LA Times Festival Of Books is a highly anticipated event for this...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: LA Times Festival of Books
Chef Wes Avila of Guerilla Tacos and Tacorizzo Bill Esparza, author of “LA Mexicano” (Photo by Elise Thompson) The sun was shining mightily on the LA Times Festival of Books last weekend. There were...
View Article7th Annual Tequila And Taco Music Festival Brings Fun And Drink To Ventura
The 7th Annual Tequila and Taco Music Festival makes its appearance in Ventura next weekend. This annual event, benefitting Food Share, has become a great reason to head up the coast a big to Ventura...
View Article2020 LA Times Festival of Books: Week 1 Preview
LA Times Festival of Books / Photo courtesy of LA Times Festival of Books Happy Sunday, L.A.! This morning the Los Angeles Times and the University of Southern California will push forward with the LA...
View Article2020 LA Times Festival of Books: Week 1 Review
LA Times Festival of Books / Photo courtesy of LA Times Festival of Books Happy Monday Beat Fam. We hope you had a great time last week participating in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Let us...
View Article2020 LA Times Festival of Books: Week 2 Preview
LA Times Festival of Books / Photo courtesy of LA Times Festival of Books MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020 Marlon James, Author of “Black Leopard Red Wolf”, Winner of the Inaugural Ray Bradbury Prize for...
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