It is believed that he first used the notebook in February 1787 More >>
Welcome to the Shire More >>
Skateboarders and artists visit Exhibit A More >>
The Unexpected Man, Influence, Old Glory, Dreamgirls More >>
Pasadena City College is renowned for its lengthy tenure as one of the best community colleges in California, spawning ground for Dennis Cooper... More >>
If you've spent any time looking at contemporary art over the last 15 years, you've likely seen the impressive handiwork of Konstantin Bojanov,... More >>
There seems to be a rising tide of regionalism in the L.A. art scene, or at least a renewed interest in examining the city's cultural history,... More >>
With such variety of work, one may initially perceive this show's connective tissue as simply the stats of those included: four young women... More >>
If originality is, as Vladimir Nabokov suggests, the true measure of greatness in an artist, then the argument can be made that J.D. Salinger... More >>
If you wait until the last minute to see the Rodney McMillian exhibition inaugurating Susanne Vielmetter's new space (on Washington just west of... More >>
Some people have it rough. Born into the East Coast cultural aristocracy in 1913, Mercedes Matter began life as a beloved and privileged artistic... More >>
Asking about the "seeming conflict, or antagonism, between painting's representational function and its self-reflection," the art historian and... More >>
Cat & FiddleL.A., CA |
Barney's BeaneryL.A., CA |
The EchoL.A., CA |
House of BluesWest Hollywood, CA |
Father's OfficeSanta Monica, CA |
The EdisonL.A., CA |
Residents Artist in Residence
Pasadena City College is renowned for its lengthy tenure as one of the best community colleges in California, spawning ground for Dennis Cooper and Van Halen (as well as artists… More >>
Stare Down!
If you find yourself at Son of Semele Theatre on a Tuesday through Thursday night, and I hope you do, you'll find a pair of one-man shows presented by a… More >>
Theater Reviews: The Unexpected Man, Influence, Old Glory, Dreamgirls
GO BUG The set design in USVAA's production of Tracy Letts' play is uncredited, but whoever littered Agnes' (Maribeth Monroe) motel-room home with bottles of Boone's Farm and Maker's Mark… More >>
Love Me Tender, Love Me Harsh
The New York Times reports a new trend for men marrying "up" — women who earn more than their grooms. The economic realities of the past 30 years have… More >>
Konstantin Bojanov at Otero Plassart
If you've spent any time looking at contemporary art over the last 15 years, you've likely seen the impressive handiwork of Konstantin Bojanov, but until now, you probably haven't had… More >>
Theater Reviews: Cave Quest, Lobby Hero, Broads!, Wirehead
BROADS! At retirement community Millennium Manor, four mature and feisty gals have formed a singing group called the Broads, and perform in an annual variety show — which we're seeing.… More >>
Understating the Obvious
Does it really need to be said? There's a commonplace in our reality-TV talk-show Culture of Confession that dancing around an unspoken truth with repartee is really the art of… More >>
Locals Only
There seems to be a rising tide of regionalism in the L.A. art scene, or at least a renewed interest in examining the city's cultural history, maybe because — as… More >>
Theater Reviews: The Ballad of Emmett Till, Dual Citizens, The Subject Was Roses
THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL Shirley Jo Finney directs a vivacious five-person ensemble in Ifa Bayeza's choreopoem based on the life and death of the 14-year-old black child from Chicago,… More >>
