Pitfire Summer Menu
Summer is in full swing and Pitfire Pizza has taken the best of the season and made it even better. The summer menu is bright and juicy with colorful heirloom tomatoes and ripe and ready watermelon. They’ve added two new flavorful summer colorful pizzas, an avocado-topped gazpacho, three delightful veggie dishes, and a house-made focaccia. More>>
Local Features | Sara Rose
This summer we are highlighting some of our awesome creative North Hollywood neighbors. However, this week we’ve got a double feature – a visual artist and an arts organization. Meet Sara Rose from Muralism.
Sara Rose is a self-taught digital artist/muralist who collaborated with Muralism to create the Amanda Gorman mural at Tiny Home Community in North Hollywood. More>>
HopeWalk | Saturday, August 14 | North Hollywood Park
Hands4HopeLA’s 20th annual HopeWalk Kid’s Healthy Activity Fair to benefit free after-school programs for at-risk youth in North Hollywood. More>>
"Ladies First" | August 15
“Ladies First” celebrates 14 amazing women from the original suffragette Emmelline Pankhurst to feminist activists Katharine Hepburn and Nora Ephron. Their monologues are inspired by speeches, quotes and interviews of these great women. Krisy also sings songs by artists such Alicia Keys, Kate Bush and Stephen Sondheim. More>>
“I Hear So Extremely Loud” | August 14-22 | Hollywood Fringe Festival
A one-person-show written and performed by Ava Hase, which follows the stories of real people who have been impacted by school shootings in America. Their experiences have been transcribed verbatim from interviews, videos, and personal stories. Directed by Oscar Falcon, the play serves as both a collective catharsis and a call for examination of our world and ourselves. More>>
“Junk Girls” | August 14-28 | Hollywood Fringe Festival
January, 2007. Three young women – a Jewish punk-rock connoisseur from Michigan, an African-American combat photojournalist from Brooklyn, and a US Army casualty notification officer from Illinois – become stranded by a snowstorm in small-town Minnesota at the beginning of the bloodiest year of the war in Iraq. More>>
“The Magical World of Dr. Seuss” | Through August 15 + 22
A whimsical journey of adventure and fun for families, straight out of the pages and onto the stage for all to experience. Renowned artist Duffy Hudson brings to life Dr. Seuss classics like “And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” “Horton Hears a Who!,” “The Sneetches,” and more, while one of L.A.’s most innovative magicians Micah Cover rounds out the show with interactive magic sure to awe kids of all ages. More>>
Summer Cocktails and More at The Garland
The Garland has put together some refreshing summer cocktail menus and happy hour specials to help us deliciously beat the heat. And, they’ve redone their pool area. What says summer better than cocktails by the pool?
  • Flower Power Hour: botanical-inspired cocktails
  • 70s-inspired martini menu 
  • Prohibition cocktails: a modern take on some speakeasy favorites in honor of the 100th anniversary of prohibition. More>>
"La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas” | August 7-22 | Hollywood Fringe Festival
The audience eavesdrops on La Divina’s interview with a nonexistant Mr. Wallace and are taken on a journey through trauma, allowed glimpses of an extremely complex and tormented woman, and treated to some operatic gems, including “O Mio Babbino Caro,” “Habanera,” and “Vissi d’arte.” The show provides interesting tidbits from the singer’s life — how opera kept her alive during World War II — and delves some into her complicated relationship with Aristotle Onassis, while offering insight into the singer’s own complications.  More>>
"Cabaret Macabre" | July 30 - August 21
Brittany DeWeese’s fabulous dark and dirty dance production – “Cabaret Macabre!” Featuring talented dancers overflowing with all the gore and thrills you’d expect from Zombie Joe’s Underground, tip-toeing along the razor’s edge of disturbing and arousing. Don’t get lost in the seduction or the cabaret may consume you!  More>>
“Caught In The Mix” | August 8 – 29 | Hollywood Fringe Festival
Kira Powell’s “Caught In The Mix” at Hollywood Fringe Festival is an autobiographical one-woman solo show about Kira, a mixed Black and Latina woman, who grew up believing she was white. Kira takes us on a journey with her through her life as she struggles to accept her true identity. More>>
“And the Beat Goes On: A Comedic Cabaret” | August 19 + 26 | Hollywood Fringe Festival
Nurse with years of experience, artist Charley Karlotta has witnessed many inexplicable occurrences in her career, especially when it comes to patients pulling off the impossible and recovering, surviving and coming out better than before. As someone who has always wanted to do a solo show, it not only got her thinking of her life, struggles and all, but also a new approach to the genre.
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“Gold Baby” | August 14-22 | Hollywood Fringe Festival
Lush, glamorous, and a hot mess, “Goldbaby” is more than just one flavor. Their inclusive and timely comedy is both a love letter to, and a twist on, classic sketch. “Goldbaby” blends the simple with the absurd, sexiness with satire, and the whatever that third thing is that makes you laugh. To put it simply, we’re gold, baby. Solid gold.  More>>
“The Wake of Dick Johnson” | August 5-25 | Hollywood Fringe Festival
In this pitch-black, one-man comedy, Dick Johnson lies in an open casket, surrounded by flickering candles, dead flowers, and a red neon cross nailed above him. In this small, claustrophobic and intimate room, the audience are the attendees of his wake, when he returns from the other side for one last bottle of his beloved hooch, to enlighten us about grim realities we all face in the afterlife, and have a conversation with his pedophilic Uncle Willy.  More>>
"Motel 66" | Theatre Outside | Extends Through August 15
The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of “MOTEL 66,” 11 new one-act plays set in different cities along ‘Get Your Kicks on Route 66’. The short plays will be performed as two different programs through August 15, “Head East” Thursdays and Saturdays at 8PM, and “Go West” Fridays and Sundays at 8PM – all in the newly built outdoor experience The Yard. The Yard offers live outdoor theater while implementing up-to-the-minute covid compliance. More>>
Meet the Free Little Art Gallery NoHo
A Free Little Art Gallery is a place for the community to share art with each other. People are welcome to leave art, take art, or just enjoy viewing the art. More>>
Changes Are Coming to the NoHo Arts District
Meet District NoHo, a new North Hollywood development and one of the largest in the NoHo Arts District’s 20+ year history.  More>>
Online Acting Class Guide
When we get dealt a heavy hand like COVID19, we find a creative solution - that's the NoHo way. For our acting classes it's no different. Our acting classes have gone online for the time being and we've created a list for our readers. Remember, they may cancel our in-person acting classes but they will not take our acting classes away. More>>
Getting Commercial and Theatrical Headshots During the Pandemic
As the theatre and film industries look to get back in the swing of things, actors are more and more getting ready for new opportunities. For many actors, new headshots will be in order. But health experts continue to warn the COVID-19 pandemic is still a threat. So, what can actors do to safely get updated headshots?
NoHo is a neighborhood filled with actors, after all, we have 20+ theaters in one square mile! What do most actors need? More>>