Entries from LAist tagged with 'jonlovitz'
June 11, 2008
MUSIC Detours, Grammy winning Sheryl Crow's current tour, makes its LA stop at the Greek on what should be a great evening for outdoor music. The tour features music from her most most recent studio CD of the same name. According to Crow, Detours was inspired by her experiences of the last couple of years and her view of current global events. 7:30 pm // Greek Theater // 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles......
Continue Reading "Pencil This In: Wednesday"April 2, 2008
Comedy-rich LA has a lot to choose from. Here are some highlights for the month of April: Upright Citizen's Brigade LA has Jeff Garlin on Sundays and Greg Proops & Ryan Stiles on April 9th. Jon Lovitz @ The Laugh Factory Hollywood every Thursday April 4-6 Jay Mohr @ The Brea Improv April 24-27 Anjelah Johnson @ The Brea Improv (of the famed "Nail Salon" YouTube video & others)And there's always the very good grab......
Continue Reading "This Month in Comedy"June 11, 2007
Saturday night was the 49th Annual Hollywood Stars game at Dodger Stadium. This has been a long-standing tradition at Dodger Stadium, beginning in 1958, the year the Dodgers came to Los Angeles. A few years back, they changed the game from baseball to softball, and they started letting people sit on the field to try to catch home runs. There used to be some reasonably famous people playing and Jon Lovitz and Billy Crystal......
Continue Reading "not so hollywood stars"April 18, 2007
What NME wrote about local band Mere Mortals yesterday: The hotly tipped LA-based band are known for adeptly combining elements of Britpop and psychedelic rock reminiscent of Primal Scream or The Jesus And Mary Chain, earning them 'best unsigned band' accolades left and right. Mere Mortals @ Spaceland The Fuxedos @ Safari Sam's The Wreckers, Kate Voegele @ The Roxy Eleni Mandell @ The Bordello Intervention, Mathew Jordan, Anaura, The Dimes @ The Mint......
Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Mere Mortals, Fuxedos, Wreckers, Eleni Mandell, Jon Lovitz, yeah thats the ticket"December 6, 2006
Primus, GOGOL BORDELLO @ Palladium Panic! at the Disco, Bloc Party @ Long Beach Arena Jon Lovitz @ Laugh Factory Storm Lee, Shane Mack @ Genghis Cohen Amos Lee, Mindy Smith @ El Rey Slightly Stoopid, Pepper @ Wiltern Tralala, Jim Noir, Annuals @ Spaceland Waz, Greg Johnson, Jake Coco @ The Hotel Cafe Disco Biscuits @ Roxy DJ AM @ LAX Freshwater Collins, Phillip Sace @ Viper Room The Colour @ The Troubadour......
Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock in LA - Gogol Bordello & You Should GO"November 30, 2005
Well, someone did. We're not kidding. The Laugh Factory recently auctioned off stage time on EBay for a Katrina relief event. The winning bid was $7,600.00. Catch the wealthy comic, Mark Moseley, open at 8pm tonight for Jon Lovitz. Tickets cost $15-25.00 and all proceeds benefit The American Red Cross. The Laugh Factory 800 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood CA, 90046 323-656-1336 ext. 1......
Continue Reading "Would You Pay Almost $8 Thousand for a Joke?"