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Artist Kevin Price: Pastorals on the Peninsula

1 week ago | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

Princely endeavorsPainter Kevin Prince and the spirit of natureby Bondo WyszpolskiHalfway through his studies at Long Beach State, where he’d been focused on drawing and painting, Kevin Prince found himself veering towards photography. But even before graduating with his degree in photography, Prince was already drifting back into drawing and painting. “It’s all the same, but different,” he explains. We’re sitting at his dining room table in his Walteria home where he lives with his wife and son.
"Life of Pi" - sliced and delivered

3 weeks ago | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

The young man and the sea“Life of Pi” in L.A. and Costa Mesaby Bondo WyszpolskiThe novel by Yann Martel won the 2002 Mann Booker Prize, the film by Ang Lee won four Academy Awards, and the play adaptation by Lolita Chakrabarti picked up three Tony Awards, so clearly “Life of Pi” has hit the jackpot many times over (and Mychael Danna’s movie soundtrack is pretty impressive as well).
SPOTLIGHT ON ART: A step into alternative worlds VEFA's Surreality 101"

3 weeks ago | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

VEFA’s “Surreality 101” is on view through May 24 and Gallery of Hermosa’s “The Spirit of Omiode Yokocho (Memory Lane)” is up through May 10 at local galleries.
"Ainadamar," an opera about Spanish writer Federico García Lorca

1 month ago | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

The tragic tale of Federico García LorcaPools of sorrow at LA Opera’s “Ainadamar”by Bondo WyszpolskiOsvaldo Golijov’s funereal opera, which leans heavily towards dance-theater, is also something of a memory play, in which an aging actress, Margarita Xirgu (soprano Ana María Martinez), recalls her friend and collaborator, the Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca (sung by mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack), as she prepares to take the stage.
A palette for the palate, “Elementa” at The Gallery is a feast for the senses

2 months ago | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

by Bondo WyszpolskiIt begins with an amuse-bouche, which is an hors d’oeuvre delivered on a single spoon or fork, just one savory bite to arouse the taste buds. It begins also with Claude Debussy, the musical soul of fin de siècle Paris.
Discipline and detail, the sublime paintings of Fei Alexander

2 months ago | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

by Bondo WyszpolskiIs it possible for a talented artist to be too private or withdrawn, and to vanish from public view for years at a time? That might well be the case with Redondo Beach painter Fei Alexander, who went seven years after her solo show at El Camino College before appearing at Ego Fine Art, and then another six years — from early 2015 to late 2022 — without exhibiting her work.
Making headlines: “Newsies” the musical plays two weekends in Manhattan Beach

2 months ago | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

by Bondo WyszpolskiEarlier this year, director Tamarah Ashton proposed three musicals to the Manhattan Beach Community Church Theater for their spring show. This story is about the one they chose. “Mamma Mia!” and “Into the Woods” will just have to wait. “Newsies,” however, had been Tamarah’s choice all along. “It’s just really energetic and heart-warming,” she enthuses.
Terms of endearment

Mar 5, 2025 | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

While grieving the loss of her husband, Ellen Cantor composed 100 poems. Many of them appear in her book, “Unfolding Time”by Bondo WyszpolskiIf we live long enough, we’ll have to say our final goodbyes to close friends and relatives, and these losses may leave a dark void in our psyche or in our souls that never heals. It can be life-shattering.
The sound of Sondheim

Feb 17, 2025 | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

Stephen Sondheim, a celebration“Sondheim’s ‘Old Friends’” at the Ahmanson Theatreby Bondo WyszpolskiMusical theater aficionados may never let us forget the contributions of the late Stephen Sondheim, especially as “Old Friends” is the third major revue devoted to his legacy, following “Putting it Together” and “Side by Side.”This particular revue was in the works at the time of the lyricist and composer’s death in 2021.
LA Art Show 2025: the Everest of art shows is coming soon

Feb 7, 2025 | easyreadernews.com | Bondo Wyszpolski

Visual splendor, and lots of it!No bounds to the imagination at the upcoming LA Art Show: Feb. 19-23by Bondo WyszpolskiThere are plenty of art galleries in and around Los Angeles, and on a typical evening one might be able to take in two or three. But when you visit the LA Art Show, which is marking its 30th year, it feels like you’re immersing yourself in dozens all at once.