Email Author Bethania Palma Markus

2011 Stories by Bethania Palma Markus

• San Francisco Ballet

  published September 22, 2011

  The San Francisco Ballet, one of the nation’s oldest and most esteemed dance companies, puts their pointe shoes to the Segerstrom Center's... More >>

• 'MEX/LA' Exhibit Panel Discussion

  published September 15, 2011

  The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach is closing up the summer with some serious art talk. Museum curator Ruben Ortiz-Torres sits down to... More >>

• Author Lisa See

  published September 8, 2011

  Like her hometown of Los Angeles, Lisa See is much more than what meets the eye—especially when just grazing the surface while speeding by on... More >>

• John Witherspoon

  published August 25, 2011

  Even in the world of standup, it's hard to come by performers who are as hilariously irreverent and politically incorrect as actor/comedian John... More >>

• Beth Whitney

  published August 18, 2011

  Dreamy singer/songwriter Beth Whitney brings her folksy, acoustic music to Orange County’s bohemian-artist haven, the Gypsy Den. Hailing from... More >>

• "Weird Al" Yankovic

  published July 7, 2011

  America’s premier pop-culture satirist, “Weird Al” Yankovic brings his “White & Nerdy” self to the Costa Mesa fairgrounds... More >>

• 'Jerry Springer: The Opera'

  published June 30, 2011

  It’s hard to imagine a night at the opera combined with the flying chairs, cat fights and maniacal chanting of The Jerry Springer... More >>

• 'The Twilight Zone'

  published June 16, 2011

  Cue the creepy three-note theme music: STAGEStheatre in Fullerton is reinventing the classic television series The Twilight Zone for the... More >>

• National Ballet of Cuba

  published June 9, 2011

  In 1948, legendary Cuban prima ballerina Alicia Alonso founded the company now known as Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Since then, the troupe (still... More >>

• Tommy Davidson

  published June 2, 2011

  If Tommy Davidson looks familiar to you Gen-Xers, it may be because you remember him from the zany but paramount ’90s sketch-comedy show... More >>

• Long Beach Pride Fest

  published May 19, 2011

  It’s time to break out the rainbow flags and party with pride this weekend as Long Beach hosts its yearly lesbian and gay pride parade and... More >>

• 'Three Days of Rain'

  published May 12, 2011

  The play Three Days of Rain has been performed in New York and London—but it was originally commissioned by South Coast Repertory in... More >>

• Variété Risqué

  published May 5, 2011

  Nothing says springtime like “risqué” behavior, and the Orange County Underground Burlesque Society brings just that with its... More >>