Email Author Siran Babayan

2010 Stories by Siran Babayan

• AMERICA'S FARSI-EST COMIC

  published January 21, 2010

  No, he doesn't know where Osama is. No, he's not packing a bomb. And no, he can't explain why gas prices increase, either. The only thing... More >>

• A Toast to Mad Men

  published January 21, 2010

  Episode screenings of the Emmy-winning drama, now in its fourth season. Wednesdays-Sundays, 3 p.m. Starts: Jan. 20. Continues... More >>

• Booty Central: Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America

  published January 21, 2010

  With all the Michael Jackson reminiscing and tributes that'll continue to pour in long after his children have gone on to have... More >>

• Textiles Exhibit

  published January 21, 2010

  Uzbek robes and Persian carpets are some of the ancient Eurasian mementos dating back to the mid-19th century in the exhibit Bold Abstractions:... More >>

• DEAR MAFIA, PLEASE DON'T KILL US FOR THIS

  published January 14, 2010

  First, The Godfather, then The Sopranos, and now the Jersey Shore. The eight big-haired, tanned-to-a-crisp, trash-tawking... More >>

• Getty Discussion

  published January 14, 2010

  Former museum director Stephen Garrett and former curators Gillian Wilson and Burton Fredericksen discuss with current director Michael Brand... More >>

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

  published January 14, 2010

  As part of Target Sundays at CAAM, Jeffrey Anderson Gunter and Harlem Lee co-host this Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration featuring live music,... More >>

• History of Freeways

  published January 14, 2010

  In Freeway of Dreams: A Historical and Visual Analysis of Southern California Freeways, 1940-1980, USC Ph.D. candidate Gilbert Estrada... More >>

• Soapy Screenings

  published January 14, 2010

  All My Children: Perspectives on Pine Valley features screenings of chronological episodes of the soap's soapiest moments over 40 years. ... More >>

• Gary Panter

  published January 14, 2010

  The famed comic book artist, who won an Emmy for his set designs on Pee-Wee's Playhouse, discusses "the relationship between comic art and... More >>

• DISNEY DOWN AND DIRTY

  published January 7, 2010

  Drug dealers dressed as Winnie the Pooh outside Epcot? Sleeping Beauty's evil Maleficent played by a coked-up drag queen? Sex with Ariel of The... More >>

• Planet Hulk

  published January 7, 2010

  Cast and crew members screen the upcoming animated film. Thu., Jan. 14, 6:30 p.m., 2010 More >>

• Rembrandt Exhibit

  published January 7, 2010

  Rembrandt Prints features etchings of different subjects, from "religious narratives to figure studies." Tuesdays-Sundays.... More >>

• Kid's Flick

  published January 7, 2010

  Screening of 1996's Fly Away Home, starring a young Anna Paquin. Sun., Jan. 10, 11 a.m., 2010 More >>

• Soundtrack for a Revolution

  published January 7, 2010

  Screening of a documentary on the civil rights movement, featuring archival footage, interviews with civil rights leaders and performances by John... More >>

• Japanese Art Exhibit

  published January 7, 2010

  The museum's 12th Annual Shikishi Exhbition features more than 100 original shikishi (inscribed or painted paper), this year themed... More >>