Happy Days: Samuel Beckett’s trouble in paradise, at the Taper

The Woman in the Dunes Dianne Wiest is splendid in Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days” Where are we? On a scraggly, sandy, near-barren hill, with a corseted woman buried up to her waist. She’s dressed entirely in black. It’s a very bright day, the sky as blue as can be, the sun unrelenting. Samuel Beckett wrote […]

South Bay art calendar for May 30 to June 5

Thursday, May 30 They’ve got a special guest The Mira Costa High School Band Boosters have landed jazz artist David Benoit for their annual Pops concert, taking place at 7 p.m. in the school’s auditorium at 1401 Artesia Blvd, Manhattan Beach. In addition to some of Benoit’s classic songs, the group will feature hits by […]