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Music Picks: Foxygen, Tomahawk and Nick Cave

5 Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Organized Improvisation in Venice

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See 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 highlights include major figures in improvisational dance. 5. Organized Improvisation a ... More >>

Kotohajime: The First Performance of the New Year

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See 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 highlights include major figures in improvisational dance. 5. Organized Improvisation a ... More >>

She'd Better Get Asked to Play

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See 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 highlights include major figures in improvisational dance. 5. Organized Improvisation a ... More >>

Alexei Lubimov

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *5 Best Comedy Shows to See 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 highlights include major figures in improvisational dance. 5. Organized Improvisation a ... More >>

10 Best Workouts in L.A. for People Who Hate Working Out

See also: *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A. *Top 10 Gyms in L.A. *10 Bars Most Likely to Get You Laid in L.A. Running is boring. Treadmills make me feel like a rat in an experiment. And tennis -- my racket is somewhere, and, do do I have t ... More >>

Benjamin Millepied, Black Swan's Star Choreographer, Danced Through MOCA's Galleries Last Night

It was a scene, all right, at LA Dance Project's "sneak preview" show, a site-specific dance by Benjamin Millepied in MOCA's galleries Thursday night. The performance (which repeats Aug. 2 and 9) was the first by the Black Swan choreographer since he announced the formation of the Music Center-back ... More >>

John Cage: Here's a Rundown of Local Events Celebrating America's Most Influential Composer

See also: The Classical Music Concerts We're Most Looking Forward to in 2012 This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of America's most influential composer, John Cage. He was born and raised -- and studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg -- right here in L.A. The man was one of the great ... More >>

Brick's Picks: LOOKS LIKE A HAPPENING

See also: The Classical Music Concerts We're Most Looking Forward to in 2012 This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of America's most influential composer, John Cage. He was born and raised -- and studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg -- right here in L.A. The man was one of the great ... More >>

WINDY CITY WALKERS DON'T BLOW

See also: The Classical Music Concerts We're Most Looking Forward to in 2012 This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of America's most influential composer, John Cage. He was born and raised -- and studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg -- right here in L.A. The man was one of the great ... More >>

PAS DE DENA

See also: The Classical Music Concerts We're Most Looking Forward to in 2012 This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of America's most influential composer, John Cage. He was born and raised -- and studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg -- right here in L.A. The man was one of the great ... More >>

HERSHEY'S KISHEF

See also: The Classical Music Concerts We're Most Looking Forward to in 2012 This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of America's most influential composer, John Cage. He was born and raised -- and studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg -- right here in L.A. The man was one of the great ... More >>

Stage Raw: Major New Arts Fest Slated for L.A.

See also: The Classical Music Concerts We're Most Looking Forward to in 2012 This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of America's most influential composer, John Cage. He was born and raised -- and studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg -- right here in L.A. The man was one of the great ... More >>

Another Piano for LACMA: $45 Million Donation from Stewart and Lynda Resnick

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced this morning (well, if you don't count the New York Times and L.A. Times, both of which got the story last week for publication today) a $45 million donation from Stewart and Lynda Resnick. The gift will fund the building of a large new Renzo Piano exh ... More >>

Paul Dateh: Hip-Hop Violinist Superhero by Night, Mild-Mannered Bookstore Clerk by Day

In life and in music, he knows how to improvise

Hammer Time: The Zeltsman Marimba Festival

Musicians raise their mallets for the marathon finale

Mallet Adjusted

Musicians raise their mallets for the marathon finale

Fantastique Shake-Up

Plus, Opus 130 and knowing when to clap

The Axe Manual: Bang the Drum Quickly

Birtwistle's presence, Shostakovich's past

Art Utopia

Jim Shaw and Marnie Weber have it made — and so do their assistants

The Boys of Summer

The Calder Quartet and the Kronos Quartet downtown

Yea and Nay on Grand Ave.

The Calder Quartet and the Kronos Quartet downtown

It Comes With the Job

The Calder Quartet and the Kronos Quartet downtown

Bunkum Hill

Over the past 50 years, the city has tried repeatedly to turn Grand Avenue into the living, breathing heart of downtown, and has failed miserably. Now, a public-private group led by Eli Broad is trying again — with the emphasis on private

Gadgetry Galore

Over the past 50 years, the city has tried repeatedly to turn Grand Avenue into the living, breathing heart of downtown, and has failed miserably. Now, a public-private group led by Eli Broad is trying again — with the emphasis on private

The Mozart Cure

Over the past 50 years, the city has tried repeatedly to turn Grand Avenue into the living, breathing heart of downtown, and has failed miserably. Now, a public-private group led by Eli Broad is trying again — with the emphasis on private

Minimal Merriment

Over the past 50 years, the city has tried repeatedly to turn Grand Avenue into the living, breathing heart of downtown, and has failed miserably. Now, a public-private group led by Eli Broad is trying again — with the emphasis on private

Super Furry Sound

A year in music

The Moon and the Stars

A year in music

The Uncle of Us All

A year in music

The Big Bang at the Bing

A year in music

A Choir of Angels

L.A.'s classical music scene

A Liberal Helping of Conservatism

L.A.'s classical music scene

Music 1998:

The good, the bad and the combusticated