Email Author AMANDA PARSONS

2013 Stories by AMANDA PARSONS

• The Pianist of Willesden Lane

  published May 30, 2013

  Poet and author Kahlil Gibran said, "Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife." In the... More >>

• LA Philharmonic

  published May 23, 2013

  Classical music isn't exactly "hot" right now as most of the original artists are long-dead. But with the talent of the Los Angeles Phil Harmonic... More >>

• The Damned

  published May 16, 2013

  Slap on some thick eyeliner and break out the Creepers because seminal punk band The Damned is playing House of Blues Anaheim. Known as the... More >>

• Long Beach Horror and Comic Con

  published May 9, 2013

  There are few excuses for dressing in costume during adulthood, and Halloween comes but once a year. At the twice-annually Long Beach Comic and... More >>

• Flashdance

  published May 2, 2013

  For some, the word “flashdance” conjures images of men in trench coats gyrating their pelvises and opening their coats to unsuspecting... More >>

• Steel Magnolias

  published April 25, 2013

  “I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special,” writes Robert Harling, author of the play and... More >>

• Dirty Sexy Funny

  published April 18, 2013

  Long, long ago, society decreed that women weren’t funny—but thanks to the likes of this generation of comediennes, we're putting... More >>

• Billy Elliot

  published April 11, 2013

  Movies usually ruin a good story. They find something great in a play or a book, then they stink it all up with their dumb camera angles, fake... More >>

• Nationa Theatre HD: People

  published April 4, 2013

  The world has 7 billion people, yet only 29 are following you on Twitter. Get with the picture, will ya? Anyway, people are the worst. In... More >>

• Gilbert Gottfried

  published March 28, 2013

  Every comedian has their schtick. For Gilbert Gottfried, it's an annoyingly nasal scream paired with a permanent stink-face expression. While that... More >>

• We Are/She Is

  published March 21, 2013

  We can’t say enough about these talented young women. They’re taking over the world, really. And with one EP under their belt, We... More >>

• Shamrock Pub Crawl

  published March 14, 2013

  On birthdays, we eat cake. Thanksgiving, we have turkey. And everyone knows that Halloween is for candy and Valentine’s Day is for... More >>

• Life X 3

  published March 7, 2013

  Dinner parties are the worst. You’re forced to make small talk with people you barely know and barely like while pretending to act... More >>

• Downtown Fullerton Art Walk

  published February 28, 2013

  It seems like just yesterday that Fullerton's first Downtown Art Walk came into our lives. With its birth came new rituals, and suddenly all our... More >>

• Rebel Bingo

  published February 21, 2013

  The best things come from jolly old England: the Beatles, our legal system, bangers and mash. And it appears as though this “special... More >>

• Straight Fudgin' Comedy

  published February 14, 2013

  Local boy Evan Cassidy began his comedy career by crashing UC Irvine dorm parties and making students laugh as he pretended to be a guitar-playing... More >>

• Dinosaur Petting Zoo

  published February 7, 2013

  What do we know about dinosaurs? Not a whole lot. We think they looked like giant lizards. Some people say they looked more like over-sized birds.... More >>

• Riders in the Sky

  published January 31, 2013

  Westerns are gritty, dirty depictions of a wild time. A time when man dared to fulfill his destiny with chewin’ tabaccy and wide brim hats.... More >>

• Live Band Karaoke

  published January 17, 2013

  Singing in the shower lacks a certain pizzazz. For the aspiring frontman who wants to get the crowd pumping with the full force of a band’s... More >>

• Shiny Toy Guns DJ Set

  published January 10, 2013

  Breakups can be hard. You have to split friends, divide household items and try your hardest not to cry at work. For Los Angeles-based rockers... More >>