“The Bad Batch” makes Burning Man look like your grandma’s tea party [MOVIE REVIEW]
by Morgan Rojas/www.cinemacy.com Bringing “Bad” back to the big screen for her highly anticipated sophomore film is Ana Lily Amirpour, the visionary who made black and white Vampire Spaghetti Westerns a thing. Amirpour trades the streets of Bad City for the barren desert of Texas in “The Bad Batch,” a meditative and highly audacious cannibal film […]
Saturday shindig at Torrance Cultural Arts
All Together Now Torrance art festival has music, dance, painting, and more Envisioned as a celebration of the diversity of the arts in the South Bay, from San Pedro to El Segundo, the Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation, or TOCA, has made big plans and is about to bring them to fruition. The inaugural South Bay […]
South Bay art calendar for June 22 to 28
Thursday, June 22 Soon to be friends Strangers on a Saturday Night, featuring organist Carey Frank, guitarist Will Brahm, and drummer Jamey Tate, perform from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, as part of the ongoing Thursday Tunes at TAM music series. The current exhibits are “Why […]
City of Manhattan Beach, activists prepare legal fight against Vista Del Mar lane closures
The City of Manhattan Beach is exploring its legal options to force the reopening of lanes shut down by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation on Vista Del Mar, a key commuter route north for many South Bay residents that was put on a “road diet” nearly a month ago as part of LA […]
Swimmers are top finishers at Rock 2 Rock Paddleboard race
Saturday’s Rock 2 Rock Paddleboard Race reaffirmed the correlation between between swimming and paddling boarding, at least in smooth water. Erik Matheson, 44, of Culver City, won the Rock 2 Rock prone paddleboard division in 3:40:53. He finished just six seconds behind OC1 (outrigger canoe) paddler Brandon Hill, from the Kahakai Outrigger Club in Long […]
Hermosa Surf Camp stokes 8,000 kids over two decades
by Deborah Paul Vince Ray was struggling with the question of what to do with his life when his El Camino College counselor advised him to “just go ahead and teach surfing.” Thanks to that advice, Ray is celebrating his 21st year as director of the Hermosa Beach Surf Camp. The camp meets each weekday […]