So Cal Arts & Entertainment

Silence, please! It’s almost time for the 20th annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival, slated to run May 28-June 1 at the City by the Bay’s wonderful vintage movie palace, the Castro. And this writer will be making his first visit to the fest, having decided he’s...

Jennifer Leitham Trio at Scott’s Restaurant Few things go together as well as jazz and brunch, especially when you do both as well as Scott’s Restaurant & Bar, across from South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. Having patronized the establishment with great satisfaction...

Jonathan Durante and Jeff Lowe in “Waiting for Godot.” Courtesy of Alchemy. Jesse Runde is an Associate Faculty Member at Fullerton College and a co-founder of Orange County’s Alchemy Theatre Company. Her efforts have been seen on stages throughout Orange County; last...

Collette Merton and Colleen Moore in "Why Be Good?" (1929). Among the highlights of the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival for silent film enthusiasts are Buster Keaton’s “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” (1928) with a live score by Carl Davis, and the world premiere restoration of...

The Pacific Symphony. How many times can Hershey Felder pull off the hat trick of writing and performing a play for one man and a piano? An infinite number I’d guess, judging by his latest effort, “Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin.” Admittedly I found the opening a bit...

“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1919). Before the Nazi era reared its ugly head, German artists and filmmakers astonished the world with a series of Expressionist classics that continue to exert their influence. L.A. County Museum of Art’s “Haunted Screens: German...