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Public Spectacle
12:46 pm
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Jaime Robledo, the Poor Man's Julie Taymor See also: *Our Latest Theater Reviews Inside East Hollywood's Sacred Fools Theatre on a recent Sunday afternoon, actor Donal Thoms-Capello is capering through a bizarre step of percussive, de... More >>
Public Spectacle
7:00 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Street Artist Ben Eine's New L.A. Show Caps a Year of Projects for Virgin and Louis Vuitton Ben Eine, a former Lloyds of London agent who has met great success with a hand designed font named Vandalism, appropriately oversized and placed in illegal spaces (even on the façade of L.A. Wee... More >>
Public Spectacle
6:00 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
10 Best L.A. Boutiques That Won't Break the Bank See also: *10 Best Vintage and Second-Hand Boutiques in L.A. *10 Best Women's Shoe Stores in Los Angeles *Top 10 Weirdest Stores in L.A. Finding the right women's clothing boutique means a lot ... More >>
Public Spectacle
12:29 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
iam8bit's Art Show About Retro Video Games, From DuckTales to E.T. See also: *Entertainment System at iam8bit (Pics) Were you the type of kid who raced home from school to catch DuckTales? Did you have the theme song memorized? Did you spend hours playing the ... More >>
Public Spectacle
12:01 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Our Diary of the Getty's Architecture Project: Gehry's Back at MOCA, LACMA's Black Blob This is the fifth installment of our Pacific Standard Time Presents diary, tracking modern architecture happenings all over the city during the Getty's big initiative. Check out our previous e... More >>
Public Spectacle
8:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
What's It Like to Bring a Magic Show to the Geffen Playhouse? Helder Guimaraes and Derek DelGaudio Have Nothing to Hide In November, L.A. Weekly ran a cover story on Helder Guimarães and Derek DelGaudio, two L.A. magicians who created the most popular show at the Magic Castle in years, and then transferred it to ... More >>
Public Spectacle
7:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Bizarre Tidbits Hidden in the Children's Audio Tour at the Getty One of the best things about the Getty Museum is its free-ness. And included in that free-ness is free use of iPods that offer audio tours of the museum. Most pieces of artwork on premises have ... More >>
Public Spectacle
1:07 pm
Jun. 14, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
E3 2013: The Clash of the Consoles This year's E3 was as big and bombastic as ever. A giant, 18-foot robot from EA's (Electronic Arts) upcoming Titanfall stands ominously in the lobby; Activision erected a semi-circle of giant, tr... More >>
Public Spectacle
8:00 am
Jun. 14, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Best L.A. Novel Ever: Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run? vs. Chester Himes' If He Hollers Let Him Go (Final Four) L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading: *Bes... More >>
Public Spectacle
6:00 am
Jun. 14, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
5 Historical Things to Do in L.A. This Week See also: *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week Leave it to L.A. to make a history lesson sound like an amazing weekend. From a ... More >>
Public Spectacle
5:00 am
Jun. 14, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
A Documentary About Music's Greatest Backup Singers, Bred in the Churches of South L.A. Morgan Neville initially interviewed about 50 backup singers for his new documentary on the subject, Twenty Feet From Stardom, but the one who first convinced him he was onto something was Darle... More >>
Public Spectacle
4:00 am
Jun. 14, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Lots of Movies This Week Blur the Line Between Fiction and Reality Judging from current releases, the hallmark of screen success isn't landing a starring role in Man of Steel; it's getting a movie filmed in your house. Shot in 12 days at the filmmaker's Malibu ... More >>
Public Spectacle
8:00 am
Jun. 13, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include jazz dance at t... More >>
Public Spectacle
7:00 am
Jun. 13, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Theater to See in L.A. This Week: Our Hollywood Fringe Preview It's Fringe, Fringe and more Fringe festival coverage this week in new theater reviews (see below) and this week's theater feature. There will be a bit more Fringe coverage next week, but we... More >>
Public Spectacle
5:00 am
Jun. 13, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
MOCA Web Series Chronicles the Art of Punk The logo is simple. Four heavy black bars sitting side by side — one up, one down, one up, one down — creating a wave effect: a black flag flying in the wind of discontent. Few logos... More >>
Public Spectacle
4:00 am
Jun. 13, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Want to Feel Like a Celebrity? For $3,000, You Can Hire Adoring Fans Nothing is what it seems on Rodeo Drive. On a spring day with a crisp breeze and a blue sky and clouds so perfectly fluffy they seem Photo­shopped, the famous British royal walking down the... More >>
Theater
12:00 am
Jun. 13, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013: Our Preview See also: *All of our Hollywood Fringe 2013 reviews from L.A. Weekly critics "Most of the stuff is awful, but it brings an entirely different... More >>
Public Spectacle
12:03 pm
Jun. 12, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Everything You Need to Know About Hitchcock Month in Los Angeles See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage It's tempting to think we're in the midst of an Alfred Hitchcock resurgence. Last year, for the first time in half a century, a worldwide poll in Sight ... More >>
Public Spectacle
7:00 am
Jun. 12, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, From Batman to Burning Rituals This week, one artist turns pop icons into haunting, dripping messes and another visits a burning volcano again and again. 5. Do architects believe in truth? "I've been told to tell you that ... More >>
Public Spectacle
5:00 am
Jun. 12, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
Silent Hitchcock, Sean Connery and a Coachella Valley Film Fest: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage *L.A. Film Fest: The Best Movies to See Friday, June 14 The Coachella music festival may be over, but the Coachella Valley is keeping the party going... More >>
Public Spectacle
4:00 am
Jun. 12, 2013
Los Angeles Art News
The Bling Ring Guide to L.A.: A Google Map See also: *The Bling Ring Book Chronicles the Calabasas Teens Who Stole From Celebrities *Cannes: Not Even the Gifted Emma Watson Can Raise The Bling Ring Sofia Coppola's new film The Bling Rin... More >>

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A Mexican Telenovela Spawned a Teen Pop Sensation. Artist Yvonne Venegas Documented the Insanity A Mexican Telenovela Spawned a Teen Pop Sensation. Artist Yvonne Venegas Documented the Insanity

In a photograph, Anahi, the actress-singer who uses only one name and plays high school superstar Mia in the Mexican telenovela Rebelde, stares at the camera with an expression that… More >>

Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013: Our Preview Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013: Our Preview

See also: *All of our Hollywood Fringe 2013 reviews from L.A. Weekly critics "Most of the stuff is awful, but it brings an entirely different crowd to the theater," says a local… More >>

Why Two Celebrated Theaters Have to Leave Their Hollywood Homes Why Two Celebrated Theaters Have to Leave Their Hollywood Homes

Last month, at about the same time, Open Fist Theatre Company and Celebration Theatre gave notice to their respective landlords, the primary reason being rent increases that were pricing them… More >>

Is Our Discussion of L.A. Architecture Too Focused on Cars? Is Our Discussion of L.A. Architecture Too Focused on Cars?

"Los Angeles' identity is inextricably linked with the automobile," reads the first line of wall text opening the Getty's current show about postwar architecture in Los Angeles. In case you… More >>

In <em>A Fried Octopus </em> and <em>Heart Song</em>, Beauty Conquers All In A Fried Octopus and Heart Song, Beauty Conquers All

A central character in A Fried Octopus is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The diminutive French painter-printmaker-draughtsman, who devised his art from the boulevards and alleys of late–19th century Paris, is depicted… More >>

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