Local playwright Patrick McGowan's new play has no right to be as good as it is. The central character is the late theater director Alan Schneider (Bill Robens) -- known for staging some of the best plays by Absurdist authors, including Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Broadway, and introd...

This Sunday, Dec. 17, is the final Smorgasburg of the year. The largest weekly food market in Los Angeles will close out the year with all the food vendors, the monthly Record Fair and the final day of its annual Holiday Market. Those who won’t be returning next year include Smoke Queen BBQ (will be opening a br...