Francesca Billington

Brian Jordan Alvarez speaks on his zeitgeisty series “English Teacher,” Josh Greenbaum hopes his film “Will & Harper” sparks conversations, Elisabeth Moss has The Treat.

In 1973, fourteen-year old Valley girl Lori Lightning found herself as one of the teenage rulers of the Hollywood music scene.

The latest movie releases include Piece by Piece, The Apprentice, We Live in Time, and The Last of the Sea Women.

LA-native Jessica Pratt brings twisted psych-folk sounds to the Annenberg Performance Studio via performances of 2024’s “Better Hate” and 2019’s “Poly Blue.”

Gael García Bernal speaks on his new series “La Máquina,” Cheech Marin goes deep on Chicano art, and Rob Lowe has The Treat.

Kate Bollinger fills KCRW's Annenberg Performance Studio with her hazy, pretty "Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind."

SoCal native and “Diva Of The People” Gavin Turek brings heavy disco to KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio via cuts like “WHITNEY,” “IOU,” and “Off The Wheel.”

In 1987, Cirque du Soleil made its first U.S. debut in Santa Monica. The show returns to the city with Kooza at the Big Top through January.

In the early 1970s, LA’s Sunset Strip was the epicenter of the rock'n'roll universe. Drugs, sex, private planes, limos, destroying hotel rooms – it wasn’t a myth.