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The outdoors venues in Los Angeles this summer constitute one of America's largest Shakespearean hotspots. Let Don Shirley be your guide.
"Kimono for a Modern Age" at LACMA presents more than 30 of the traditional Japanese garments. Curator Sharon S. Takeda walks us through.
After five years of Hollywood Fringe, Shirley doesn't care how many newcomers it attracts to LA. He likes the Fringe for the structure it provides established LA artists to develop their work.
Janie Taylor has retired as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet (at 33) and moved to Los Angeles. She talks about shifting her life and continuing to grow as a designer.
With each season Preljocaj produces a more elaborate but less interesting series of superficial vignettes that settle on acrobatics (not dance) and that show off bodies and focus on fetishes fit for Vegas.
Peter Zumthor's new design spares acreage around the La Brea Tar Pits and has the initial blessing of Mayor Eric Garcetti, LACMA director Michael Govan and Jane Pisano of the Natural History Museum.
Geffen Playhouse is producing two premieres simultaneously. One of them is wonderful. The other isn't. Plus: Kudos on two plays moving up from LA's 99-seat world.
The club on north Lankershim was the premier West Coast venue for country music for a few decades. Los Angeles Magazine revisits the good old days.
The fifteen Barouni olive trees were transported to LA on large trucks and transplanted into the plaza outside the museum.
P.F. Sloan may be the most famous LA songwriter you never heard of. Fifty years after his first breakthrough hit, Sloan has re-emerged to reclaim his legacy in a new memoir.
Shirley hears the howls from the hills of Griffith Park and also checks out 'Horror Camp-Out,' 'Flag Day,' 'Beijing Spring' and more plays on stages around Los Angeles.
There is a darkness at the heart of Gabriel Kahane's lilting, lyrical, loving art songs to Los Angeles. His new concept album "The Ambassador" joins the venerable tradition that Mike Davis dubbed "the literary destruction of Los Angeles," which Davis himself relished.
The Phil has done it again -- mounted a compelling "Così" that changes the atmospherics from rococo farce to today's social currency. Plus 'Thäis' and 'Streetcar.'
“It’s heartbreaking to have to turn away patrons who we know paid sometimes as much as four times face value for a fraudulent ticket," says the LA Phil operating officer.
The number of Spanish speakers on staff goes up by one with the addition of Carolina Miranda, formerly of Time and KCRW, a Valley native who worked as an LAT desk assistant more than two decades ago.
Clare Vivier, Anita Ko, and George Esquivel were invited to peruse LACMA's permanent collection for design inspiration.
A.O. Scott in the New York Times says Adam Sandler's "Blended" is so bad it will make your child stupid. The LA Times calls it a "fun...enjoyable romp."
Why isn't Center Theatre Group turning out substantive and powerful dramatizations of American history that demonstrate how the past informs and affects present-day America? Or groundbreaking plays about Los Angeles?
Mural by Alfredo Diaz Flores at Louise Avenue and Vanowen Street depicted Mission San Juan Capistrano. I don't know how long it has been gone, but it was there last time I looked.
The Oscar winner talked about designing a look for Emily Blunt to portray Queen Victoria. "You don't always have to buy the most expensive to make things look expensive...it's what you do with them."
So what do starry eminences decide when the time comes to hang it up? Leave the stage? Not Flicka. Not Misha.
Couples counseling is in session in two rousing productions downtown at Los Angeles Theatre Center -- and in some other theaters around greater LA.
It might seem inconceivable that a spoiler is possible for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at The Broad Stage. Also "Rest" at SCR.
Brooklyn's most famous music mogul is at City Hall this morning to announce plans for a festival downtown this summer.
Photos from the preview of the new show at both the Geffen Contemporary and in MOCA's main space on Grand Avenue.
New girl in town
Janie Taylor retired as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet this year and moved to Los Angeles. Native Intelligence
Operas in LA and Ojai (sort of)
Donna Perlmutter sees Angelin Preljocaj's latest at the Music Center and more. Native Intelligence
Oral history of The Palomino
Willie Nelson and everybody else played at the Lankershim Blvd. club. Story
Opera showdown
Donna Perlmutter wonders why men are so afraid of women, at least in the opera. Her report from LA's stages. Native Intelligence
Design inspiration
A day at the Los Angeles County Art Museum for three LA designers. Native Intelligence
New benches go in at Hollywood Bowl. 
Scott Shepherd and Kate Valk as lovers Troilus and Cressida.
Misty Copeland has her say
Misty Copeland rose from a vagabond life in San Pedro to become the first black female soloist with the American Ballet Theater in 20 years. She talks with Judy Graeme. Native Intelligence
'Tartuffe' and 'Music Man'
Classic con artistry in 'Tartuffe' and 'Music Man,' plus plays for the Passover season. Don Shirley
'Billy Budd' and more
Vivian Maier
"Finding Vivian Maier," a nicely done documentary on the late, reclusive Chicago nanny whose street photos have become a sensation, screens in Los Angeles in March.
Bunker Hill
Exene sells her stuff
Exene Cervenka is done with Orange County. And her 1955 Rickenbacker Combo 600. Read
Ry Cooder at The Echo
Iris Schneider spotted Ry Cooder at The Echo, backing up daughter-in-law Juliette Commagere on the slide guitar. Native Intelligence
Huntington acquires Marquez collection
Bus stop for giants
There's plenty of seating at the bus stop outside the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Bigger
Objects of art
Clare Graham at work in his Northeast LA studio. Story and photos by Iris Schneider at Native Intelligence.
Kent Twitchell murals in redone Patriotic Hall.
Invisible Cities at Union Station
Old Union Station ticket counters become part of the stage for the opera "Invisible Cities."Iris Schneider/Native Intelligence
Elliott Erwitt visits Hollywood
Waiters at the Leica Gallery hold photos by photographer Elliott Erwitt, in town to launch his newest book. Iris Schneider
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