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Monique LeBleu

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Los Angeles
As seen in: The Los Angeles Beat, PCC Courier
Covers:  Feature profiles, events, theatre, film, music, and food.
Doesn't Cover: Sports coverage is best left to those most passionate about it and, on the whole, I just don't feel I'm the most qualified.
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'PIFF' Returns to NoHo with Films Honoring Fire-Ravaged Communities

'PIFF' Returns to NoHo with Films Honoring Fire-Ravaged Communities

The Los Angeles Beat — The thirteenth edition of the Pasadena International Film Festival (PIFF) returns to the NoHo Arts District and will present more than 130 films this year-including features, shorts, documentaries,...
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Tiki Caliente: Sun, Flip Flops, Cocktails in a Conch, and Fajitas in Paradise

Tiki Caliente: Sun, Flip Flops, Cocktails in a Conch, and Fajitas in Paradise

The Los Angeles Beat — Tiki Caliente returns to the Caliente Tropics, The Reef, and Sancho's Restaurant and Cantina, Thursday, April 30th to Sunday, May 3, 2026, in Palm Springs. An amalgamation of Tiki culture, an eclectic blend of music, mid-century modern aesthetic, and TV and pop culture, Tiki Caliente is a dream vacation paradise here on the mainland—compact in a long weekend party—with no plane travel, passport, or even dramamine, needed.
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All Day Indoor DooDah: Queens, Bands, and Hangin' with the Helens

All Day Indoor DooDah: Queens, Bands, and Hangin' with the Helens

The Los Angeles Beat — This year's DooDah will take place sans-parade for The Doo Dah Takeover for a two-part full day celebration of music, mayhem, and merriment in Old Pasadena, Sunday, November 22, 2025, from 10...
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'Tiki Oasis' Celebrates 'The Enchanted Sea,' by the Sea in San Diego

'Tiki Oasis' Celebrates 'The Enchanted Sea,' by the Sea in San Diego

The Los Angeles Beat — This year, Tiki Oasis will once again celebrate with "The Enchanted Sea", August 2 - 6, 2023, at San Diego's newly-renovated and elegant mid-century modern hotel, the Town a...
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High Desert Cool Spot 'The Station' Becomes Cheesier in the Tastiest of Ways

High Desert Cool Spot 'The Station' Becomes Cheesier in the Tastiest of Ways

The Los Angeles Beat — On 29 Palms Highway, which cuts straight up through the high desert to Joshua Tree, sits a stunning and popular local landmark that has now, albeit briefly, been transformed into a retro "Cheez-It Stop" this week.
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If You Like Piña Coladas and Getting Caught in The Rain

If You Like Piña Coladas and Getting Caught in The Rain

joshuatreevoice.com — By Monique A. LeBleu Sunny days poolside with a fruit adorned cocktail. Lounging under swaying palm trees with sun-kissed skin, cooled by warm breezes. Evenings filled with laughter, music, and the gently lingering scent of piña coladas and sunscreen.
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BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE HIGH DESERT Receives New Grant

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE HIGH DESERT Receives New Grant

joshuatreevoice.com — By Monique A. LeBleu There are not many sounds more beautiful than that of children at play - the squeak of their shoes on the gym floor, the ring of the bouncing dodge ball, the call outs to their friends, the general frolic, and most especially, the laughter. The Boys
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Our Water, Our Voice

Our Water, Our Voice

joshuatreevoice.com — Joshua Basin Water District (JBWD) has been holding a series of workshops over the last several months to inform the public of its intent to raise utility rates. A public hearing is scheduled Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at 5:30 pm...
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DESERT DUMPING: The Solutions Are Within Our Reach

DESERT DUMPING: The Solutions Are Within Our Reach

joshuatreevoice.com — Those who have never visited or stayed extensively in the gateway communities surrounding Joshua Tree National Park might never truly understand why someone would call this desert home. For those who have, it's magical. Its varied and wide-open landscapes, fragrant air, vibrant and colorful sunrises and sunsets, and dark nights of brilliantly star-filled skies like none other...
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Muralist Awakens Guardian Spirit Animals of the Morongo Valley

Muralist Awakens Guardian Spirit Animals of the Morongo Valley

joshuatreevoice.com — Muralist Awakens Guardian Spirit Animals of Morongo Valley
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THE JOSHUAS 2022

THE JOSHUAS 2022

joshuatreevoice.com — High Desert Stars Come Out to Shine for 'The Joshuas' On a warm and balmy mid-October night, some of the high desert's brightest stars descended from the dusky firmament to gather at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center...
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A Pyramid Arises from the Desert

A Pyramid Arises from the Desert

joshuatreevoice.com — By Monique A. LeBleu On a warm, dusky evening, a man-made pyramid looms above the Joshua Trees of the Yucca Valley desert landscape. Low rumble subsonic tones emanate from within the bones of the structure. Sixteen feet in total height and framed at the base by a 32-foot circle...
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FIRE & FLIGHT: The Art of the Circus Comes to Wonder Valley

FIRE & FLIGHT: The Art of the Circus Comes to Wonder Valley

joshuatreevoice.com — By Monique A. LeBleu Shadowed by the rolling Mojave hills and near The Palms in Wonder Valley, lies two-and-a-half acres of secluded desert countryside with a site constructed and designed to provide a unique event experience that frees the body of the ground and sets the soul on fire.
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The Spring Joshua Tree Music Fest returns for a more intimate festival experience

The Spring Joshua Tree Music Fest returns for a more intimate festival experience

The Los Angeles Beat — Nestled within the Joshua Tree Lake and Campgrounds, the Joshua Tree Musical Festival will feature five stages and 40 acres to fill four days and nights with soul-lifting, high-energy music, art, workshops, and more, this Thursday through Sunday, May 12-15, 2022.
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Tiki Oasis is Now A Town and Country Affair in San Diego

Tiki Oasis is Now A Town and Country Affair in San Diego

The Los Angeles Beat — San Diego will be a not-so-quiet village as Tiki Oasis celebrates 20 years of all-things-tiki this week, from Thursday, July 28 through Sunday, August 1, 2021.
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Winners at the 30th Annual LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards

Winners at the 30th Annual LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards

Better Lemons — The 30th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards were presented on Monday, January 13, 2020, at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The fast-moving evening awarded in thirty-six categories-13 Southern California theatre companies won, with 33 individual artists receiving awards.
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'Refinery29′ Brings Back Popular Pop-up Photo Op '29Rooms'

'Refinery29′ Brings Back Popular Pop-up Photo Op '29Rooms'

The Los Angeles Beat — Refinery29 returns to Los Angeles with "29Rooms: Expand Your Reality," opening Friday, November 8, 2019, and continuing until Sunday, November 17, 2019. This popular returning pop-up immersive experience "festival of cause, culture, and creativity" comes to a Beverly Space by HD Buttercup Venues in L.A.'s Oakwood near Koreatown and features a collection of interactive installations created by collaborators across the spectrum of art, culture, tech, entertainment, politics, and style.
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'Film Maudit 2.0' Inaugural Film Festival Comes to 'Highways'

'Film Maudit 2.0' Inaugural Film Festival Comes to 'Highways'

Better Lemons — Highways Performance Space & Gallery in Santa Monica will present four days dedicated to Outré Films its Inaugural Film Festival, Film Maudit 2.0, Thursday, November 14 Through Sunday, November 17, 2019.
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L.A. Theatre For Halloween: Theatrical Shows and Interactive Experiences

L.A. Theatre For Halloween: Theatrical Shows and Interactive Experiences

Better Lemons — From a Penny Dreadful to family-friendly shows. From comedy and improv to interactive escape rooms. From Death Tours to dystopia, Shakespeare tragedies to Star Trek-Marlowe, improv to interactive escape room, or Chills & Thrills to Masoch and DeSade-the following is a list of theatrical, interactive and immersive experiences playing throughout Los Angeles in time to celebrate the Halloween season.
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'Dia de los Muertos' 2019 Celebrates Throughout the Southland: Your Guide

'Dia de los Muertos' 2019 Celebrates Throughout the Southland: Your Guide

The Los Angeles Beat — ROUND-UP LIST OF HOLIDAY EVENTS All events listed are gathered in the spirit of cultural awareness, acceptance, and appreciation of the meaningful tradition of the Mexican Dia de los Muertos celebration of life and death currently celebrated throughout greater Los Angeles and its community. With contributions by Elise Thompson.
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'Stu and the Kids' Fundraiser at 'Vibiana' Presented a Variety of Asian Flavors and Star Chefs

'Stu and the Kids' Fundraiser at 'Vibiana' Presented a Variety of Asian Flavors and Star Chefs

The Los Angeles Beat — PHOTO-RICH OVERVIEW OF FOOD EVENT Each year, Chef Stuart Skversky's fundraising effort "Stu and the Kids" brings the best of Los Angeles hospitality together to create an exemplary and abundant sampling feast of Asian and Asian-inspired flavors. This year's Stu and the Kids-now called Flavors of Asia-held in August this year at Chef Neal Fraser's always vibrant, and stately venue, Vibiana, and shared courtyard with Redbird, was no exception.
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Sherwood Award-winning Kristina Wong Brings 'UndocuStories' Through LA Department of Cultural Aff...

Sherwood Award-winning Kristina Wong Brings 'UndocuStories' Through LA Department of Cultural Aff...

Better Lemons — NEWS Actress, Comedian, and local Politician, Kristina Wong, will be presenting a "UndocuStories: Journeys of Justice and Freedom" workshop series at the Dream Resource Center in MacArthur Park, beginning September 3, 2019. Sponsored by UCLA Dream Resource Center, Wong, and the UCLA Labor Center, the workshop is funded by an Artist-in-Residence grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Lemon Butter: Best of L.A.'s Theatre Adjacent Restaurants and Bars - August Edition

Lemon Butter: Best of L.A.'s Theatre Adjacent Restaurants and Bars - August Edition

Better Lemons — PHOTO-RICH ROUND-UP OVERVIEW OF RESTAURANTS USING SOCIAL MEDIA EMBED CODE AND INTERACTIVE MAPS / ONGOING COLUMN Lemon Butter is a bi-monthly column featuring choice restaurants, lounges, Happy Hours, and other spots where hospitality is offered, that are convenient to theatre venues throughout Los Angeles. For distances and times given traffic and parking are not factored in. Where available, contact all hospitality venues for valet or parking information and/or reservations.
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An Interview of Coin & Ghost's Zachary Reeve Davidson and Rob Adler: "Bad Hamlet"

An Interview of Coin & Ghost's Zachary Reeve Davidson and Rob Adler: "Bad Hamlet"

Better Lemons — AUDIO PODCAST INTERVIEW An interview of Zachary Reeve Davidson and Rob Adler of Coin & Ghost by Monique A. LeBleu, for their play "Bad Hamlet: An Irreverent, Interactive, Inventive Bootleg," which opens at the New American Theatre, Hollywood, Thursday, July 25, 3019. More information on https://soundcloud.com/betterlemons/coin-and-ghost-bad-hamlet-podcast.
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