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Diego Rivera

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Philip Levine, Poet Laureate, Tells Us About California vs. Detroit (and Curses a Lot)

    "A poetry reading is like a painting," Philip Levine says in regards to his upcoming reading in downtown Los Angeles. "Somebody asks you, 'What do you hope to accomplish with that painting?' Come on." He starts to laugh. "You want it to be admired. ... I go there with my poems." Levine -- the 18t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2010

    FRIDA PEOPLE

    "A poetry reading is like a painting," Philip Levine says in regards to his upcoming reading in downtown Los Angeles. "Somebody asks you, 'What do you hope to accomplish with that painting?' Come on." He starts to laugh. "You want it to be admired. ... I go there with my poems." Levine -- the 18t ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    September 30, 2010

    El Machete Real

    "A poetry reading is like a painting," Philip Levine says in regards to his upcoming reading in downtown Los Angeles. "Somebody asks you, 'What do you hope to accomplish with that painting?' Come on." He starts to laugh. "You want it to be admired. ... I go there with my poems." Levine -- the 18t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    Mural Lecture

    "A poetry reading is like a painting," Philip Levine says in regards to his upcoming reading in downtown Los Angeles. "Somebody asks you, 'What do you hope to accomplish with that painting?' Come on." He starts to laugh. "You want it to be admired. ... I go there with my poems." Levine -- the 18t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Stage Raw: Lease Subsidy Program Gets Another Lease

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT FEATURE ON BORN TO BE ALIVE and THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACELEASE SUBSIDY PROGRAM GETS ANOTHER LEASE A recommendation by L.A.'s Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana to restructure (eliminate) the city's Lease Subsidy Program for non- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    L.A. Times Murals: Now You See Them, Now You --

    Every big city has its mural scandals -- or vandals. New York still remembers the time in 1934 when the Rockefeller family had Diego Rivera's Marxist Man at the Crossroads blasted from Rockefeller Center. Previously, in 1932, Los Angeles had whitewashed David Siqueiro's similarly un-P.C. Tropical Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Marka27's Echo Park Mural: Libertad Poder Revolucion

    This is simply one of my favorite street art wall murals in Los Angeles. Done by MarkA27 The face of César Chávez has gotten some ugly tags all over it. But I love the way the painted plants flow right into the real ones growing against the wall. And the pickers are working right in the thick o ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 30, 2006

    Eco-Club Chic

    This is simply one of my favorite street art wall murals in Los Angeles. Done by MarkA27 The face of César Chávez has gotten some ugly tags all over it. But I love the way the painted plants flow right into the real ones growing against the wall. And the pickers are working right in the thick o ... More >>

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    The Big Stink

    Exposing América Tropical and the painful truths of a whitewashed city

  • Art+Books

    July 20, 2006

    Labor's Love

    At Work: The Art of California Labor

  • LA Life

    February 23, 2006

    All the World’s a Stage

    What to do from February 24 to March 2

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    The Mad Science of Fredwreck

    Snoop, Xzibit and Dr. Dre all praise the Palestinian-American freak of beats

  • Eat+Drink

    March 11, 2004

    The Great White Shark...Casserole

    Snoop, Xzibit and Dr. Dre all praise the Palestinian-American freak of beats

  • Music

    February 19, 2004

    An Anthem Reclaimed

    Snoop, Xzibit and Dr. Dre all praise the Palestinian-American freak of beats

  • Film+TV

    October 31, 2002

    Sex-mad and Self-obsessed

    Frida, meet Roger Dodger

  • Columns

    October 17, 2002

    Art and Leisure

    Frida, meet Roger Dodger

  • Art+Books

    December 14, 2000

    Scavenger Hunt

    Moseying through some of “California” at the County Museum

  • Eat+Drink

    June 8, 2000

    Holy Moles

    Thick as gruel, black as night

  • Film+TV

    December 16, 1999

    Robbing the Cradle

    Tim Robbins vs. Orson Welles

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    The New Unionism Finds a Home

    Once the nation’s most anti-union big city, L.A. has now become America’s most dynamic labor town

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    The Charter End Game

    Councilman Svorinich discovers global capitalism

  • Art+Books

    November 5, 1998

    Study for a Portrait of a Studio Memo

    Councilman Svorinich discovers global capitalism

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    These Just In

    Welcome, new things

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