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An epically historic moment occurred at the Grove in Anaheim on Friday the 15th of June. The Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire performed for the first time in the Los Angeles area after garnering a dedicated following since forming in 1993. Rhapsody of Fire's rousing brand of power metal has been lovingly called "Hollywood Metal," because of its resemblance to epic film soundtracks. The powerful compositions tend to make one feel inspired and remarkably able to go slay a dragon… or, perhaps...

25 June, 2012 /

[caption id="attachment_3121" align="alignnone" width="545" caption="Joy Shannon and the Beauty Marks performing in 2011. From left: Joy Shannon on harp, Andy Zacharias on bass, Sean Wallace on guitar, and Graham Spillman on drums. (photo by Matt Frantz.)"][/caption] I have never separated the arts into sections. The music I make sounds like how my visual art looks and vice versa. For my bachelors degree, I created a specialized major which included visual art, theatre, and music because I could not choose just one of the arts to focus...

13 February, 2012 /

    GHOST//Images of You I have Found in Everything//January 15th through March 4th, 2011Opening reception, January 15th from 7 - 10 PMThe Box Gallery in Costa Mesa, California, in conjunction with Ashes In Orange Peels Fine Art is proud to present, GHOST, an exhibition exploring the idea that in every work of art there resides a "ghost." Whether it occurs in the subject matter or just the lingering presence of the artist's hand, art contains a life of its own within representations of the artist/creator. Bringing together six up...

11 January, 2011 /