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Humor comes to our downtown stages in two shows brimming with imagination: a "Magic Flute" that breaks the antique Mozartian mold and Matthew Bourne's hip "Sleeping Beauty" powered by a testosteronic high.
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Humor comes to our downtown stages in two shows brimming with imagination: a "Magic Flute" that breaks the antique Mozartian mold and Matthew Bourne's hip "Sleeping Beauty" powered by a testosteronic high.
Don Shirley at LA Stage Times has the toll: Capsule theater reviews will drop from the current seven or eight per week to about two, and commentaries by Steven Leigh Morris will appear every other week, instead of weekly.
Using recycled objects like buttons, tin cans, wire, yardsticks, pencils, soda can pop tops, teddy bear eyes and rosaries, Clare Graham has created an environment that is a jaw-dropping homage to creativity, imagination and perseverance.
An illustrious opening of a Beverly Hills performing arts complex, the Annenberg Wallis. A nod to cultural icon Martha Graham. Also to Giuseppe Verdi, with his delectable last opera, "Falstaff."
This painting of a freeway made in 1966 by the artist Vija Celmins is "a prime example of a California-based artist making work that engages the state’s famous highway system," writes arts journalist Tyler Green. He shows 25 examples.
Joseph Gatto is the longtime art teacher at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts who was found shot and killed in his Silver Lake home last week. Gatto was the father of state Assemblyman Mike Gatto.
The goal for Walt Disney Concert Hall was to shake the dust off classical music and architecture and engage the contemporary world and popular culture, they agree.
The innovative opera staged inside Union Station continues this weekend. The whole is so much more than the sum of its parts, writes Iris Schneider.
The county-owned Bob Hope Patriotic Hall on Figueroa Street a bit south of downtown has been getting a makeover.
Danny Tedesco says he needs $250,000 to pay the music licensing costs of his film on the legendary Hollywood session musicians.
"Last week I promised Lou to get him out of the hospital and come home to Springs. And we made it!"
LA writer and political blogger Mickey Kaus was the instigator of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground performing in 1968 at a student assembly. He recalls the day.
Donna Perlmutter's dance report from the landmark "Einstein on the Beach," or Frank Zappa's finally-mounted "200 Motels," Nederlands Danse Theater and Body Traffic.
Last night at the Leica Gallery, the red carpet and velvet ropes were in place as photography royalty bumped up against the art wannabes. When Matthew McConaughey came through the door, the paparazzi could relax.
Filmed at Venice High School in the summer of 1998, the music video that added sex to the image of 16-year-old teeny bopper Britney Spears changed everything forever. Kinda.
A review of big new books by Sebastiao Salgado, Steve McCurry and Elliott Erwitt.
Disney Hall celebrated its 10th anniversary without so much as one official standing on stage to bestow thanks to long lists of benefactors or indulge in blandishments and platitudes.
UCLA Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin announced at her annual Saturday night gala that the the Westwood galleries will switch to free admission in February. Hammer donors Erika Glazer and Brenda Potter are making the change possible.
After starting in Chicago, Don Cornelius migrated "Soul Train" to Los Angeles and national syndication. This clip with the theme from "Shaft" is from Oct. 1971.
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
Invisible Cities
Union Station patrons get to watch (without sound) the Invisible Cities opera. Photo by Iris Schneider.
Photojournalism by masters
Iris Schneider reviews big new books by Sebastiao Salgado, Steve McCurry and Elliot Erwitt. Native Intelligence
Disney Hall birthday party
Disney Hall's 10th birthday celebration was wholly a tribute to Frank Gehry, says Donna Perlmutter. The main revelry, though, came with the music. Native Intelligence
Station to Station
Iris Schneider attended the traveling art show Station to Station at Union Station. Her photos in Native Intelligence.
Dancing together
Dancers Melissa Barak and Danielle Agami collaborate on an upcoming show. They give LAO a sneak peek.
Inside the Broad
Iris Schneider takes a look around inside the construction site on Grand Avenue where Eli Broad intends to display his art. Story and photos
Last seen at Hollywood Bowl
Donna Perlmutter on Diavolo and the musicians who stole the show. LA Observed Arts
Tiler Peck
The rising ballet dancer we spent time with last year gets into Vanity Fair with her now-fiance, Robert Fairchild. Read
Mick Farren, 69
The lead singer of The Deviants and writer for the late LA Reader and CityBeat LA collapsed while performing in London. More
'Chinatown' in Union Station
"Chinatown" screened in the old ticketing hall at Union Station for the closing night of the Downtown Film Festival. See bigger
Adunni Nefretiti
The Nigerian music and dance troupe stops in the Eastside studio of artist J. Michael Walker. Native Intelligence
Helmut Newton observed
Iris Schneider reviews the Helmut Newton exhibition at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Native Intelligence | Newton's decades-long relationship with Los Angeles, Hollywood and the Chateau Marmont. Judy Graeme
Santa Monica Civic
Landmark auditorium goes dark for now. But they will never forget the T.A.M.I. Show and James Brown. Video inside
South Pasadena pool
Catherine Opie selected this image of the South Pasadena Recreation Center for her exhibition in the stunning online sampling of photos from the Huntington's newly on display Southern California Edison collection.
Newport '69 at Devonshire Downs
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Selected arts and culture links
Cultural institutions
American YouthSymphony
Art Center
Autry National Center
Broad Arts Foundation
CalArts
California African
American Museum
California Philharmonic
California String
Quartet
Center for Land Use
Interpretation
Center Theatre Group
Cerritos Center for
Performing Arts
Collage Dance Theatre
Craft and Folk Art Museum
Ford Theatres
Fowler Museum
Griffith Observatory
Hollywood Bowl
Huntington Library
Getty Center
GRAMMY Museum
Italian Cultural Inst.
Japanese American
National Museum
LACMA
Long Beach MOA
L.A. Ballet
L.A. Chamber Orchestra
L.A. Children's Chorus
L.A. Master Chorale
L.A. Opera
L.A. Philharmonic
Municipal Art Gallery
MOCA
Mus. of Jurassic Technology
Museum of Latin
American Art
Music Center
Natural History Museum
Norton Simon Museum
OC Perf. Arts Center
Otis College
Pacific-Asia Museum
Pasadena Museum of
Calif. Art
REDCAT
Santa Monica MOA
Santa Monica Symphony
Skirball Cultural Center
UCLA Hammer Mus.
UCLA Live
USC Fisher Mus.
USC Thornton School
Watts Towers Center
Weisman Museum
West Coast Jewish
Theatre
Zipper Concert Hall
Calendars and events
ArtSlant LACulture Mob
Experience L.A.
Flavorpill L.A.
L.A. Art Openings
LA Brain Terrain
Out West Arts
UCLA Happenings
USC Arts and Events
Media and blogs
Richard AnkromArts for L.A.
Arts Journal
ArtsMeme
Artworkslive
Marshall Astor
Blur + Sharpen
Michael Buitron
Gregg Chadwick
City of the Angels
Coagula
Concerning Art
Erin Cosgrove
CultureGrrl
Culture Monster
Curatorialist
Da Camera Society
Diavolo
Downtown Art Walk
Gustavo Dudamel
Ensemble Green
Carol Es
Fine Arts L.A.
Frenchy but Chic
Dennis Hollingsworth
I call it Oranges
International Review
of Music
Jacaranda
KUSC blog
L.A. Art Girls
LACMA on Fire
LACMA Unframed
LA Contemporary
Dance
L.A. in Bloom
LA Mano Press
L.A. Modern Auctions
LA Stage
LA Stage Alliance
Machine Project
Man One World
Mayer Rus
Modern Art Notes
Monday Evening
Concerts
NoHo Arts District
Northeast LA Arts
Robert Olsen
Positive Ape Index
Recycle LACMA
Rembrandt in SoCal
Ruskin Art Club
Sundays Live
at LACMA
The Judson Studios
THE Magazine
The O.C. Art Blog
Rubén Ortiz Torres
Try Harder
Violinist.com
Zero Degrees Art
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