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Chess

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Eve Babitz at the Hammer Museum: Former L.A. Wild Child's Top 5 Memories of the 1960s Art Scene

    Courtesy of Julian Wasser and Craig Krull GalleryJulian Wasser's famous picture of Marcel Duchamp playing chess with Eve Babitz​ Last Wednesday night, two gossips met at the Hammer Museum to do what they do best. But this time, they were on stage, in front of an audience of over a hundred peop ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    March 31, 2011

    Queen to Play

    Courtesy of Julian Wasser and Craig Krull GalleryJulian Wasser's famous picture of Marcel Duchamp playing chess with Eve Babitz​ Last Wednesday night, two gossips met at the Hammer Museum to do what they do best. But this time, they were on stage, in front of an audience of over a hundred peop ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    Chess in Concert

    Courtesy of Julian Wasser and Craig Krull GalleryJulian Wasser's famous picture of Marcel Duchamp playing chess with Eve Babitz​ Last Wednesday night, two gossips met at the Hammer Museum to do what they do best. But this time, they were on stage, in front of an audience of over a hundred peop ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 23, 2009

    LA People 2009: The Magician's Secret — John Gaughan

    He's solved some of the world's most vexing illusion puzzles and builds tricks for acclaimed magic artists

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Nerdy in LA: The Los Angeles Chess Club and Reflections on a Jr. High Championship (the Chessmaster Gets no Ass, it Turns Out)

    The year was 1984. I had won the Memphis City Jr. High Chess Championship, narrowly defeating my arch nemesis Gus Lipman. Gus was a "Mr. Boy" type of kid who wore tortoise shell glasses, a London Fog trench coat and carried a briefcase for some reason (We were ELEVEN. What was in that briefcase? Fil ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 2, 2008

    Best Undercover Cafe: Psychobabble Coffee House

    The year was 1984. I had won the Memphis City Jr. High Chess Championship, narrowly defeating my arch nemesis Gus Lipman. Gus was a "Mr. Boy" type of kid who wore tortoise shell glasses, a London Fog trench coat and carried a briefcase for some reason (We were ELEVEN. What was in that briefcase? Fil ... More >>

  • News

    April 4, 2002

    Playtime

    The year was 1984. I had won the Memphis City Jr. High Chess Championship, narrowly defeating my arch nemesis Gus Lipman. Gus was a "Mr. Boy" type of kid who wore tortoise shell glasses, a London Fog trench coat and carried a briefcase for some reason (We were ELEVEN. What was in that briefcase? Fil ... More >>

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