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Cinebrunch with Craig Sweeny
Over the past two decades, Craig Sweeny has made a distinctive mark on television. He is the creator and showrunner of the new CBS series Watson, and previously created and ran the CBS dramas Limitless and The Code. Earlier in his career, he began as a staff writer on the sci-fi cult hit The 4400 before going on to long runs as executive producer on Elementary and Medium, directing episodes for both. His additional credits include Star Trek: Section 31, Playmakers, and Star Trek: Discovery. Guided by a passion for procedural storytelling and character-driven drama, Craig brings sharp insight and emotional depth to every project. He now leads his own production company, Action This Day!, under a new overall deal with CBS Studios.
26
August
2025
Sultans of Swing
Stephanie Barone - vocals
David Baird - guitar
Leo Chelyapov - sax/clarinet
Adam Cohen - bass
Stephanie Barone is a Los Angeles-based vocalist known for a soulful sound that blends the depth of jazz with the energy of swing. Inspired by the legendary voices of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Anita O'Day, she brings timeless classics to life whether delivering a sultry ballad or an up-tempo swing number.
2
September
2025
kohanya Trio
Jazz Tuesday
Hanna Kohanchik is a charismatic and soulful vocalist who brings a fresh voice to timeless jazz standards and reimagined popular songs. Accompanied by piano and double bass, she crafts an intimate, vibrant atmosphere where emotion meets elegance. With her captivating presence and heartfelt delivery, Hanna invites audiences into a world where jazz breathes, sways, and surprises.
9
September
2025
Courtney Lemmon and George Kahn Trio
Jazz Tuesday
16
September
2025
Lia Booth Trio
Lia Booth – vocals
Miles Jensen – guitar
Ahmet Türkmenoğlu – bass
Lia Booth is one of the most captivating young jazz vocalists in Southern California. Her voice enchants even the most discerning listeners, and her artistry has earned admiration from both audiences and fellow musicians—a notoriously tough crowd to impress. With her warm tone, effortless swing, expressive phrasing, and remarkable command of harmony and scat singing, Lia truly stands out in today’s jazz scene.
23
September
2025
TBD
7
October
2025
Alfredo Caceres Gipsy and Latin Trio
Alfredo Cáceres - guitar
Josè Prieto - voice and guitar
Hector Torres - percussions
Born and raised in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Cáceres, a complete guitarist and composer, has been involved in a wide variety of projects and bands in styles ranging from World music, Flamenco, Jazz, Brazilian, Salsa, Pop and Latin. He has collaborated on several recordings in local and international productions, as well as in different festivals in the United States and in Europe. Alfredo has been living in the United States full-time since 2009, and has played alongside many different artists in the World Music arena, such as Persian singer Hamed Nikpay, guitarist Russ Hewitt, the Gypsy All Stars (of the Gipsy Kings family), Mario Reyes, and Marcus Nand (Ziroq), just to name a few.
In 2012, Cáceres released his first solo album in the U.S., one that involves a variety of his original compositions within the last ten years, recorded in his hometown of Guatemala and in Los Angeles, California.
Peter Lodato
Diamonds/Divisions/Voids
Always fascinated by the uncertainty of human perception, and the duplicitous nature of vision, which can be both revealing and deceitful, Lodato creates paintings that delve into this duality. Upon first read they are austere, geometric abstractions. After further observation, however, the paintings begin to vibrate: brushstrokes become evident and the surface reveals that there are numerous layers beneath. The hard edges of his often bi-chromatic works dissipate into sensuous fields of color that seem to push space in and out. Lodato’s reductive, divided compositions are visual confrontations between the planar simplicity of form and the resonance of particular pigments. A disciple of the AbEx color field painter, Barnett Newman, Lodato’s sumptuously colored canvases echo Newman’s concept of using division as a way to merge different areas of the canvas into a sublime whole.
Art Exhibition | April 7 -April 30, 2024