matinee

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“It was fun,” McTavish said of his first rivalry matinee, which drew a sellout crowd of 17,174.

From Los Angeles Times

The jacket photo of “To Absent Friends,” which features Welty and Lyell in a theatrical pose, as if they were matinee idols, hints at the kind of personal theater in which they indulged as 20-somethings.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was utter silence from the audience at the matinee performance on a rainy, wintry Saturday during the 90-minute performance.

From Los Angeles Times

For the three decades Kristal ran CBGB, he never stopped experimenting and wasn’t afraid to try something new: from serving 50-cent bowls of chili to staging all-ages matinee hardcore shows.

From Los Angeles Times

Sunday’s 3-1 matinee loss to the San Francisco Giants, a game which featured another late-inning bullpen meltdown, was the last chance to see the Dodgers at home during the regular season and 46,601 people brought tickets to mark the occasion, pushing the team’s attendance above 4 million for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times