A cucumber. An eggplant. Four toothpicks stuck into the body of each. Sitting atop a shrine next to the ashes of grandma and grandpa, mounts of produce offer rides to and from the afterlife. This is the strongest memory my...
David Markland was expecting this summer to be a very different one. Even more different than last summer. But he’s quite happy to be wrong. In the first announcement, Markland wrote he was “almost as surprised and excited as you...
Editor’s note: As a service to readers, H.E.N. continues to publish dispatches from our special correspondent Ray-Edgar Upton Spillane, who travels the world in search of real men’s adventure, epic peril, and daring escape. LAS VEGAS — I’ve always...
The mystifying atmosphere of North Bend that stirred the imagination of David Lynch continues to offer its surroundings as a platform to showcase modern filmmakers. The North Bend Film Festival is back this summer with a new hybrid experience. From...
Avant-garde theater company Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre returns with a vengeance in their new production Urban Death: Trail of Torment. LA’s theater scene has been dark for more than a year and the new production will be keeping the lighting...
Witches Brew LA brings Les Carnaval de La Lune to the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles on June 12. Put on your cosplay best, a themed face covering and get ready for a night of fun. Witches Brew LA...
Jeff Gahagan tells quite a feel-good story, standing on the balcony of the Charles M. Shultz Theater. In the cool of a May evening, with the screams of roller coaster riders, thumping of dance music, and buzz and whirr of...
Orange County’s Maverick Theater reopens in May with their production Comic Reading: Spider-Man. A mix of old-time radio broadcast and multi-media display, the family-friendly production will be the first inside the theater in more than a year. The live comic...
The Boston Lyric Opera is doing something different with one of their latest productions. Maybe it’s because of the source material. A new production of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher almost demanded something out of...
By Mercedes Cayatano, Magnus Lin, Austin Smedley and Mark Ward The 2021 Anaheim WonderCon wrapped up on Saturday, March 27 with a full day of panels reflecting the trevails and lessons learned over the last year. Whether TV, novels or...
