Drought Watch: Save Water, Save Money
Nearly three months ago, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order outlining measures for combating what’s been called the worst drought in recorded California history. “I call on every city,...
View ArticleHow to Get Into L.A. Museums For Free
Some patrons seek to immerse themselves in history, culture, and beauty. Others come for the air conditioning. Either way, the dog days of summer are a good time to explore L.A.’s museums—without it...
View ArticleWyatt Cenac Takes Over The Getty After Dark with Selected Shorts
One of the coolest events on the literary calendar in L.A. is the annual Selected Shorts reading series produced by the New York Symphony Space at the Getty Center (which is subsequently released as a...
View Article10 Fun Things to do in L.A. This Weekend
ART: Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent She was the art world’s most famous nun before Sister Wendy. In the 1960s, Kent’s silk-screen prints elevated the humble medium by championing causes...
View ArticlePlaying the Scalco
Who was the Betty Crocker of postmedieval Europe? University of the Pacific professor and author Ken Albala has sought out the answer, and tonight he shares his findings when he talks about...
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MUSIC: Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins Lewis celebrates the tenth anniversary of Rabbit Fur Coat, the career-launching album she produced with L.A.’s Watson Twins. Portland-based troubadour M. Ward...
View ArticleMaking Sugar Sculpture
Food historian Ivan Day demonstrates how to craft the ornate artistic confections that were among the culinary indulgences of European aristocrats.View Original PostThe post Making Sugar Sculpture...
View ArticleLondon Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, and Kitaj
Modernism made it uncool for artists to produce anything but abstract, conceptual, or minimalist pieces, but these midcentury British painters created figurative works that were far from traditional....
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide to the Most Instagrammed Spots in L.A.
This piece originally appeared as part of our Be A Tourist in Your Own Town guide, in the December 2017 issue of Los Angeles magazine. If you see something cool and don’t Instagram it, did you even see...
View ArticleThose Amazing Photos of People Posing as Works of Art Are Becoming a Book
Back in March, when the pandemic still felt like a hiccup rather than a life sentence, newly housebound people killed time and entertained one another by photographing themselves (and their kids and...
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