Keck Theatre

The Keck may be one of the true gems of L.A. theater. Designed in the classic European opera house style with a sweeping, charming horseshoe balcony, the Keck has no bad seats and superb sight lines from even the furthest side balcony seats. It is frequently used for dance and music but it's a fine space for larger theater productions and is the indoor home for the annual Occidental summer theater festival. Were it not for the continuing difficult economics of producing in mid-size houses and for its out-of-the-way location, the Keck would be more heavily used for theater. But when a show is on, go for the venue alone.

Before or after that show, however, surrounding Eagle Rock offers a lot of other reasons to be in the neighborhood. There's the ever so comforting comfort food of Auntie Em's, the sleekness of Mia Sushi, and the live jazz, fat steaks and genuine family-run-business warmth of Columbo's. Just up the way in neighborhing Highland Park, it's an embarassment of microbrew riches at The York.

TIPS: Most of us with UCLA-PTSD will have a hard time accepting this, but there's free parking on campus.

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