Catherine Womack

Chris Kallmyer is an artist. Or a musician. Or both, really. On his website he calls himself a “sound artist and performer.” In conversation he says he has “never had an easy time keeping within the boundaries [between disciplines].” And anyway, he says, those boundaries are artificial to begin with......

Lost and Found L.A. is a hidden art oasis where glinting gold wax adorns the gnarled corpses of trees scorched by the recent La Tuna wildfires....

In 1938, the Atlantic Ocean was active and angry. It churned up nine major storms that year, hurtling them toward North America with relentless, deadly force. Hurricane season 1938 climaxed on September 21 when the Great New England Hurricane made landfall in Long Island as a Category 3 storm, killing......

Ah, the thrill of horror season. Blood curdling screams. Ghosts. The screech of dissonant violins. This weekend really is the perfect time for opera. Yup. You heard that right. Cue the soprano. Opera is getting spooky. It starts Friday night at the Ebell Club. A creaky 90 year-old building in......

Sometimes magic happens when and where you least expect it. Say, for example, in a random suburban strip mall in Encino on a Monday night. That’s where, in a dimly lit, cozy 12-seat bar last week, magician Kayla Drescher borrowed a $1 bill from a patron, tore the corner of......

Seamstress. Nanny. Cook. Housekeeper. Maybe teacher, nurse or secretary. Those were the roles women of color were expected to hold in American society during the mid-20th century. To pursue something more ambitious professionally was to push against tightly held, deeply entrenched norms. A white man could be whatever he wanted......

Artists Frank Romero, Laura Aguilar, Shizu Saldamando and Kukuli Velarde discuss their work and their ideas....

Ahead of its grand opening, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) is already making a noticeable mark on its corner of the Arts District. In stark contrast to the gritty industrial grays surrounding it, ICA LA's massive exterior brick wall pops with cheerful yellows, bubble-gum pinks and......

“It’s so messy, but it’s so real,” Ellis says about his character’s relationship with his ex this season....

The first time Australian photographer Polly Borland heard about the Babies, she thought, "No, that couldn't exist." Her friend assured her it did. There were secretive clubs in England where adult men spent weekends dressing up as babies, napping in cribs, wearing and soiling diapers and sometimes even suckling a......