L.A.’s underground art scene comes alive in new video game, ‘Blippo+’
More than 100 artists, musicians, comedians, actors and performers from L.A.’s thriving, multifaceted underground art scene are featured in a new experimental video game named…
Gustavo Dudamel returns to the Hollywood Bowl; Gamble House adds art
When looking at a majestic residence like the 1908 Gamble House — a Craftsman crown jewel of Pasadena — its easy to romanticize the lives…
Smithsonian fights to keep Discovery: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
The Smithsonian Institution has faced pressure from President Trump since March when he issued his “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order, which…
Performer launches Gaza flag protest on Royal Opera House stage
Cast member unfurls Palestinian flag at Royal Opera HouseA cast member at the Royal Opera House has unfurled a Palestinian flag on stage during the…
Why artists loved Cole’s French Dip: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Artists are formed by the spaces they spend time in — and in the case of countless Los Angeles artists, writers and musicians, that place…
Venezuelan orchestra cancels Hollywood Bowl shows
In early July, the Los Angeles Philharmonic quietly canceled all four Hollywood Bowl performances featuring Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The…
Trump and the arts, so far: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
It’s July 4, and the country is gearing up to celebrate 249 years of independence from British rule with fireworks, beer and hot dogs. The…
Ceramicist Michael Frimkiss: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Ceramicist Michael Frimkiss — who was born to a Jewish family in Boyle Heights in 1937 — died on Feb. 28 at 88, leaving a…
Black artists in Altadena: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in its final month of debris removal in Altadena. It has already cleared thousands of properties destroyed in…
UC Irvine in talks to take over OCMA: L.A. arts and culture this week
UC Irvine and Orange County Museum of Art have signed a nonbinding letter of intent, which, if approved by the University of California Board of…
Downtown L.A.’s arts scene grapples with curfews and cancellations
Center Theatre Group temporarily canceled “Hamlet” at Mark Taper Forum; the Los Angeles Philharmonic scuttled the final night of its Seoul Festival at Walt Disney…
Downtown L.A. curfew update: Exemptions for L.A. Opera, the Taper
Los Angeles city officials on Thursday carved out a curfew exemption for ticket holders of indoor events and performing arts venues downtown including the Music…
Mapping Altadena’s heritage: L.A. arts and culture this week
The Getty announced a $420,000 grant to the L.A. Conservancy for a cultural asset mapping project that will help track, chronicle and maintain Altadena’s cultural,…
MOCA gala honors Frank Gehry, others, raises $3.1 million
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles threw a glitzy bash at the institution’s Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo Saturday, raising $3.1 million and honoring…
LA Opera names Venezuelan conductor Domingo Hindoyan as music director
When Domingo Hindoyan, the Venezuelan chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, made his debut with L.A. Opera last November with “Roméo et Juliette,” Times…
The Broad to open the largest-ever Robert Therrien show: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
The sculptor Robert Therrien had a deep connection with the Broad museum. He was among the first L.A. artists that founders Eli and Edythe Broad…
Getty Villa sets reopening date after Palisades fire closure
The Getty Villa Museum will reopen to the public on a limited basis beginning June 27 after a nearly six-month closure forced by the devastating…
Memorialize the Movement preserves George Floyd protest murals
This Memorial Day weekend marks the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. Floyd’s murder under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer sparked a protest…
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother ‘overwhelmed’ by Tonality choral tribute
Ahmaud Arbery. His name is just one that we’ve come to associate with senseless racial violence in America. On the afternoon of Feb. 23, 2020,…
Pasadena Playhouse offers childcare for ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’
I was unreasonably elated to discover that the Pasadena Playhouse is test-driving a program that offers Saturday childcare during the May 24 matinee of “A…