Living in L.A., celebrity sightings are a normal part of life, and pretty much a pass? one at that. Many TV shows are filmed here, big awards shows take place here,
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It's one thing to operate outside the traditional gallery system, but what about operating just plain outside? Other Placesis a loose consortium of artists and cura
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Meow Meow took a bizarre, circuitous route to the stage when she made her grand L.A. debut early last year at the Theatre at Ace Hotel. Instead of merely walking th
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"And it's consolation prizes that's all that's keeping you alive," Iggy Pop once sang during a difficult phase in his life. The folks who've organiz
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Difficult times require different strategies for how to cope. Actor-director Amber Tamblyn's new book, Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Rev
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Given all the attention surrounding L.A. Philharmonic's 100th-anniversary season, a matinee concert at Disney Hall on Saturday afternoon, March 9, appeared to be a
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Everyone in the art world knows that the old systems of patronage and gallery representation aren't exactly the foundation of an artist's career these days. Between
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Our ongoing series of Q&As with some of the city's most intriguing artists. This week, we meet James Peter Henry, a prolific and passionate painter whose canvases a
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Todd Gray is one of those artists whose career, like his art, has taken many turns and had many phases, parts and twists. He is, of course, like every human, a refl
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In the classical-music world, ads for various performances often list just the last names of various composers to draw attention: Mozart, Stravinsky, Bartók, Schu
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Yuja Wang has often swept through town like a whirlwind, dazzling local audiences with her incandescent playing at various memorable performances over the past deca
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After the minimalist staging of L.A. Opera's introspective psychological drama The Loser, the local company returns to lavish sets, elaborate costumes and a lar
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