In a world where explosions and overly animated acting form the basis of most movie blockbusters, one would expect a silent film such as The Artist*  to be an attempt at capturing a glamorous age of Hollywood’s...

Pride and Prejudice, the latest Shalhevet production, is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel and a very ambitious undertaking for the drama department. The book itself is fairly lengthy and...

This story is a National Winner in the Features Story category of Quill and Scroll’s 2012 International Writing and Photo Contest, judged by the American Society of News Editors. Innuendos, fluttering...

I am not such a curmudgeon that I would automatically reject what the Muppet movie offers: joy and laughter.  To deny that The Muppets is downright adorable would be like saying puppies and kittens are...

The great American tradition of consumerism known as Black Friday does not have to involve shopping. Instead, I took in the newest exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, titled Living in a Modern...

Eighteen people stood in a circle, singing their hearts out and listening to their different voices mesh into one. Forgetting everything from world suffering to the homework they had due, the stress of...

On Dec. 21, the second night of Chanukah, the Shalhevet choir and band will be performing together at the Ninth Annual Chanukah Concert, which will be held in the Beit Midrash at 5 p.m. This will be...

Matisyahu’s fans are usually combat-boot clad, Afro-sporting, tattoed rockers, and in fact, quite a few of them turned up to hear him perform in Los Angeles Sept. 18 at the Saban Theater. But the...

What do you get when you cross a toy piano, acoustic and electric guitars, a ukulele, a harmonica, and tambourines with some very creative teenagers? It’s a trick question: they don’t know what...

Now that Entourage (HBO’s series about bromance and the entertainment biz) is over, you might find yourself wondering what to watch instead.  You have no idea how many weeks this writer has spent wondering...

If you’re like me, before this summer you probably didn’t know much about Amy Winehouse, and you knew even less about her music. The only song of hers you knew was “Rehab,” in which she stubbornly...