Native Intelligence archive
for November 2015

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Reich's revenge, Giselle's tears, Ahab's obsession and an ocean's murmur

de-keersmaeker.jpg Into the future and back to the past with some recent dance and opera.

Tales of the Redwood, for decades the LA Times' bar

redwood-house-menu.jpg DTLA's Redwood had a Times phone extension -- the Red Line -- and when it was adjacent to the newspaper, a tunnel for reporters to get to the bar quicker.

Car Pool DeVille

LAO_Doo Dah_carpool.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a weekly feature of LA Observed.

Mature postmodern metropolis seeks long-term relationship

Hopscotch300B.jpg Los Angeles is like an aging intellectual hipster whose love of the ineffable fragmentary nature of the decentered urban experience has gotten old.

Autonomous Vehicle Showcase

LAO_Garcetti_autonomous_vehicle.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears on Thursdays at LA Observed.

Art of Ishiuchi Miyako may be what you yearn for

isiuchi-miyako-iris.jpg The Japanese photographer's work is on view at the Getty.

Ovations and upward mobility for LA theater

ovation-awards.jpg After this week's Ovation Awards, I am suggesting - and hoping - that more producers, writers and actors start thinking about larger theater venues.

ACLU Awards

LAO_Tom Morello copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears on Thursdays at LA Observed.
gabe-kapler-grab.jpg Ten years ago, Phil Wallace suggested that Andrew Friedman hire Joe Maddon as manager in Tampa Bay. He has a recommendation for the Dodgers.

My personal climate change

walk along Cat Creek4 toward Cahuilla Hills 11-7-15 - Copy.JPG Even if it's time to make a change, Ellen Alperstein writes, it's still hard to say goodbye.

What 'Trumbo' doesn't tell us

HollywoodTenprotest.jpg Another view of the new movie that dramatizes the Hollywood blacklist era. "The larger story," writes Joel Bellman, "is much more complex and interesting."

My kind of superhero movies

bombach-scarpelli.jpg "Frame by Frame," a documentary about journalists in Afghanistan, and "Spotlight" -- about the Boston reporters who uncovered the Catholic priest sex scandal -- both open today.

Tyrus Wong 105 years old

LAO_Tyrus105.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears every Thursday at LA Observed.

'Trumbo' tells a great story and demands to be seen

trumbo-mirren-cranston.jpg It also contains one of the funniest lines in the movies this year. I won't spoil it for you.

From "Smogtown" to a model for the world?

Peyri Herrera.jpg LA is seen worldwide as a winner in the fight against air pollution. But to really become a model, LA may need to relearn its own history
KCET control room
kcet-rehearsal-control.jpgA peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
whitts-wood-yard.jpgElon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
bcam-stairs.jpgThe Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
hockney-arrives-lacma.jpgThe artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
mountain-lion-family-martinez.jpgFrom Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
The power of 'pluribus' plays
Allegiance-9-(1).jpgDon Shirley on theater in LA
Macy's winds down
mannequin-graveyard-macys.jpgThe store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
westwood-sky-lao.jpgWestwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
la-luz-del-mundo.jpg Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
loves-bbq-valley-relics.jpg Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
melissa-barak-cost-iris.jpg Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Engine Co. 17
engine-co-17-side.jpg Inside the long-closed Arts District fire station on Santa Fe Avenue.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
wilshire-grand-lobby-wall.jpg Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
barnsdall-park-trees.jpg Under the trees.
Inside Hollyhock House
hollyhock-columns.jpgPhoto taking was allowed for one weekend. So we did.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
el-milagro-market.jpgProductos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
June 6, 1968
rfk-hearse-wide-lapl.jpgThe body of Robert F. Kennedy leaves Good Samaritan hospital. More pics
Streetscape: DTLA
spring-street-bike-lane.jpgSpring Street bike lane.
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
santa-susana-palm-weeds.jpgOak trees, sandstone ridges and fan palms? Ugh. More
Streetscape: West LA
405-at-smblvd.jpg405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
grman1.jpgThe hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
arcana-books.jpgIn the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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