Tag: Santa Monica

Spooky Happenings on Friday the 13th

Post author By reco valeriano
Post date September 12, 2013

Enjoy your Friday the 13th with a special "Friday the 13th" mini marathon presented by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. — Enjoy your Friday the 13th with a special “Friday the 13th”Mini Marathon presented by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

Friday the 13^th is a spooky day, but that doesn’t stop people from going out to celebrate it. This time around Angelinos are invited to the Friday the 13^th Mini Marathon on, that’s right you guessed it, Friday, September 13^th. A collaboration between Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Bloody-Disgusting.com and Street Food Cinema brings you a mini marathon of the Friday the 13^th franchise that was first released in 1980. Each movie was released each consecutive thereafter. There are 4 movies in total following the one-man killing machine Jason Voorhees who has become a legend in scary movie history. On this special night, you will also be celebrating Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s release of the Blue-ray boxed set Friday the 13^th: The Complete Collection.

The event will take place at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica at 5pm. The night will start with costume and trivia contests before the 7:30pm screening of the original Friday the 13^th. After that, Friday the 13^th Part 2 will be screened, followed by Friday, the 13^th Part III and finished off with Friday the 13^th: The Final Chapter. This is one of film history’s longest horror stories, and it won’t be one you want to miss!

Check out more about the event here: http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/friday-the-13th-mini-marathon.

Tags costume contest, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Friday, Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Jason Voohees, Santa Monica, Mini movie Marathon, Warner Bros., scary movies, movie screening, Street Food Cinema, Aero Theater, the 13th Part III, Bloody-Disgusting.com, trivia game

Hollywood News Food/Drink

LA’s Thai Food Festival

Post author By reco valeriano
Post date September 11, 2013

As summer truly comes to an end in September, chef Jet Tila tries to ease Angelinos into the winter months by hosting LA’s first Thai Food Festival. The Thai Food Festival will take place at Paramount Studios on Sunday, September 29. The event will allow attendees to taste authentic regional cuisines from the four regions of Thailand. The national dishes and delicacies will be accessible from street food vendors and authentic Thai restaurants alike. In addition to food, the festival will feature Thai cultural events, such as Muay Thai martial arts, classical and folk dancing, umbrella painting, Thai fruit carving and much more!

Chef Jet Tila is a nationally celebrated chef specializing in all styles of Asian cuisine, and managing partner of The Charleston in Santa Monica, CA. Jet has appeared on various television programs, including “The Best Of,” “Food Finds” and “The Secret Life Of” on the Food Network, and “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” on the Travel Channel. Other chefs that will be featured and cooking at the festival are: Andy Ricker, Sang Yoon, David LeFevre, Kris Yenbamroong, Susan Feniger and Evan Kleiman.

The Thai Food Festival begins Sunday, September 29 at 3:30pm and will continue until 6pm. Tickets for the event are available here: http://thaifoodfest.eventbrite.com.

Food/Drink Music/Concerts

Good Food Fridays Continues

Post author By reco valeriano
Post date August 28, 2013

Good Food Fridays is back on August 30 for a night of food, drinks and entertainment in Santa Monica. Good Food Friday is a fun, free community event that is put on to support local businesses and allow residents to come out and enjoy the area. This week there is a special “Back to School” theme, and the event will be starting earlier at 5pm. The night will include food sampling, local high school musicians, face painting, wine tasting and an array of local vendors with pop-up shops. The whole night is sure to please and is made for the whole family to enjoy!

The event takes place at Santa Monica Place, an open air shopping and dining destination just steps away from the Third Street Promenade. Good Food Friday takes over The Market, which is the third-floor Dining Deck of Santa Monica Place. Special guests include the Almond Milk LA, Gindo’s Spice of Life, Green Brooms Music Academy, KRAVE Jerky, KIND Bars, Go Green Nopal Foods, ZYL Collections, Naam Yoga and more. The event will take place on the last Friday of every month through October.

To get the latest news about the new Santa Monica Place, visit www.santamonicaplace.com.

Tags Good Food Friday, Santa Monica Place, The Market, food, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, wine tasting, food tasting, Back to School, Community Event

Music/Concerts Hollywood News Food/Drink

Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival Returns

Post author By reco valeriano
Post date August 8, 2013

The Third Annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival will start August 22 and continue on through August 25.

The Los Angeles Food and Wine Festival is back in Southern California for its third consecutive year. The festival brings together some of the most celebrated culinary talent in the country for a four day event that takes place in various areas of Los Angeles. The festivities offer guests a chance to sample the cuisines and specialized products of the most prominent leaders of their industry. The entire event caters to nearly all of the human senses by also hosting the entertainment industry’s biggest talents during the live culinary demonstrations, wine and spirit tastings, book signings and many more.

The first annual Los Angeles Food and Wine Festival took place in 2011 and brought in over 15,000 attendees to witness and taste firsthand food from140 celebrity chefs and almost 300 wineries. Hollywood celebrities filled the event lineup, such as Kathy Griffin and Randy Jackson. The entire five-day event raised $400,000 to support St. Vincent Meals on Wheels.

This year’s festival will take place August 22 through August 25, and will spread its events between Santa Monica, Downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. Learn more about the festival and all the events that will be taking place later this month here: www.lafw.com.

Tags wine, wine tasting, Beverly Hills, book signing, celebrity chef, culinary demonstrations, food, Hollywood Happenings, LA Food & Wine Festival, Los Angeles, Jazz, Santa Monica, Downtown LA, St. Vincent Meals on Wheels