Native Intelligence archive
for March 2016

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Headworks Underground Reservoir Project

LAO_Drip copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs on Thursdays.

For John Simmons, it all started in the '60s

simmons-Alijendro Santiago (Oaa=xaca MX. 2014).jpg Cinematographer John Simmons first turned his eye on the black community in Chicago. His exhibit is in Koreatown until April 10.

Shaolin Festival

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

Mapplethorpe was many things, but not a voyeur

robtmapp-lacma-self.jpg Unprecedented dual exhibits of Robert Mapplethorpe's photography are now at the Getty and LACMA.

4 suggestions for the new LA Rams

rams-unis-gold.jpg Phil Wallace says the Rams should appear on HBO's "Hard Knocks," among other ideas to help reintroduce their brand to Los Angeles.

City of irreconcilable dreams

dream-cities-cover-320.jpg A new history of urban ideas offers a cautionary tale about the dreams that have shaped LA and the big new ideas we hope might shape the city of the future.

Wilshire Grand topping out

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

Hummers hatch

mom and baby hummers3 3-12-16 - Copy.JPG The avian neonatal unit is full.

Local heroes: Salonen and Dudamel

dudamel-dp.jpg What they do for Disney and for world music.

Cartoonist Doug Davis

LAO_Doug.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs on Thursdays at LA Observed.

Superbugs? Toilet to tap is safer than surfing*

Hyperion-Treatment-Plant.jpg I'm happy whenever infrastructure gets on the front page. But here's what really keeps a scientist up at night.

Fowl play, a dark lady in Hollywood and Romeo & Juliet

romeo-and-juliet2-noise-within.jpg No, a new novel's "LA Observer" is not a thinly veiled reference to LA Observed. It's a thinly veiled reference to the LA Weekly.

A Hollywood scholar's appreciation of the LAT's Susan King

classic-hollywood-grab.jpg King's weekly Classic Hollywood column, ending today, put the spotlight on films, people and books that otherwise would go unnoticed and unheralded.

Your special election tissue, uh, issue

sh-hollywoodpark.jpg Steve Harvey's occasional column of amusing observations.

Sunset Blvd.

LAO_BroadBanner.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs on Thursdays at LA Observed.
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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