A Different Spin On Love and Soul

By Sheryl Aronson Terri Lyne Carrington released the CD, Mosaic Project: Love and Soul, August 2015.  A few months later, I had an opportunity to interview the three-time Grammy Award winning artist over the phone and discuss the inner workings…

The 360-Degree World of the VR Movie Defrost No Place To Hide

By Sheryl Aronson Marina Del Rey, USC Institute for Creative Technology. Last year I had the experience of being on the set while the virtual reality movie, Defrost was being filmed.  I was not only there as a journalist, but…

Kiss The Monkeys Leather and Lace Halloween Costume Party

By Sheryl Aronson The Ora in Hollywood was packed on Sunday night, October 30th  with Kiss the Monkeys Leather & Lace costume partiers. Upstairs,  gorgeous female models sat in makeup chairs having their hair teased in a trendy beehive style.  The male…

Rise of the Jack’Lanterns At the LA Convention Center

By Sheryl Aronson RISE of the Jack O’Lanterns made it’s debut at the Los Angeles Convention Center. 5,000 pumpkins were displayed in different forms…carved, painted, and installations creatively arranged along a scenic walking path and set to a musical score…

Little Help from His Friends Ringo Starr And The All-Starr Band Are Forever Young

By Sheryl Aronson Here’s my theory. The Baby Boomers’ rallying cries were: rock’n roll…peace and love…inclusiveness…so many of us are still youthful (in physical appearance, emotionally, spiritually, and in our hearts) because of these factors. With a little help from…

“Sylvia” A Play About Connection In an Unconditional Kind of Way

By Sheryl Aronson Tanna Frederick, theater and film actress, directs and stars in the production of Sylvia, A.R. Gurney’s hit comedy, which opened on October 21st at the Odyssey Theater in West LA.  Stephen Howard, Beege Barkette and Matthew Marcy co-star. “I…

Breathe A Contemporary Tale Of How Far Man Has Fallen

By Sheryl Aronson Greenway Court Theater…Los Angeles, September 25th… Breathe, directed by ‪Levy Lee Simon and written by ‪Javon Johnson is a brilliant work of theater on very contemporary topics…racism, kids and guns, family disintegration, how in a moment our…

Terry Wollman Celebrates His 60th Birthday With a Concert at the E Spot

By Sheryl Aronson Please join the versatile musician/producer/composer extraordinaire, Terry Wollman as he celebrates his 60th birthday, Sunday, November 6th at the E Spot/Vitello’s, 8p.m.  The musical menu for the evening will include, Greg Manning, Hussain Jiffy, Melanie Taylor, Luis…

Still Has the Hunger In Her Heart After Forty-Five Years

By Museically Inclined Sheryl Aronson & Mikey Adam Cohen In October 2015, I had the honor of meeting Melissa Manchester and interviewing her after her appearance on Smooth Saturdays with Aysha, which had aired on Urban Soul Radio.  She had…

Ringo Starr & His All Star Band Rock Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Theater

By Sheryl Aronson Ringo Starr and his All-Starr band will hit Orange County by rocking out the elegant Segerstrom Theater on Thursday October 20th.  Starr has not performed in the OC for sixteen years.  He promises to perform a splendid collection…