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Johannes Heesters dies at 108; Dutch-born entertainer performed in Nazi Germany
Johannes Heesters, a Dutch-born entertainer who made his name performing in Adolf Hitler's Germany and was dogged later in his long career by controversy over his Nazi-era past, has died. He was 108.
Heesters died Dec. 24 at a hospital in Starnberg,...Tags: Music, Germany, Berlin (Germany), Theater, Entertainment Events
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Helen Frankenthaler dies at 83; abstract painter
Helen Frankenthaler, a New York artist whose bursts of color achieved by pouring thinned paint onto canvas from coffee cans helped point art in fresh directions after the initial post-World War II explosion of Abstract Expressionism, has died. She was 83....Tags: Clement Greenberg, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kenneth Noland, Darien (Fairfield, Connecticut), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Critic's Notebook: Patti Smith's 'Woolgathering'
Los Angeles Times Book CriticOne thing I've always admired about Patti Smith is her refusal to be characterized. Rocker, poet, artist, mother: She seems to inhabit each of these roles almost effortlessly, moving among them as if the only difference was in our heads. And why not?...Tags: Gravy, Artists, Robert Mapplethorpe, Arts and Culture, Sam Shepard
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Bob Hare dies at 80; owner of Hermosa Beach coffeehouse that drew Beat artists
When Bob Hare opened his Hermosa Beach coffeehouse in 1958, he called it the Insomniac because it was open until 3 a.m.
He brewed his coffee in a 300-pound dry-cleaning boiler and served it to such high-profile members of the Beat Generation as Allen...Tags: Music, Blues (genre), Coffee, Entertainment Events, Fine Artists
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Adventures on Tintin's home turf in Brussels
Special to the Los Angeles TimesDirector Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" starts innocently enough — with Tintin, it always does — at a flea market, where the dauntless boy reporter finds an old model boat. But blistering barnacles! — as his buddy Capt....Tags: Newspapers, The Adventures of Tintin (movie), Fine Artists, Leukemia, Cartoons
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Mr. Brainwash is back with another mega-show in L.A.
Culture MonsterMr. Brainwash, real name Thierry Guetta, is back this week with a new mega art show in Los Angeles. The artist was featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop."... -
Art review: Zackary Drucker, Amos Mac at Luis de Jesus Gallery
Culture MonsterChristopher Knight reviews Zackary Drucker and Amos Mac at Luis de Jesus Gallery.... -
Common has got it all going on
Pop & HissThe rapper, actor and writer has a new album that's a return to his roots with 'The Dreamer/The Believer.'... -
PST, A to Z: ‘Artistic Evolution,’ ‘The Experimental Impulse’
Culture MonsterPacific Standard Time reviews: “Artistic Evolution” at the Natural History Museum and “The Experimental Impulse” at REDCAT.... -
Art review: John Divola at LAXART
Culture MonsterChristopher Knight reviews John Divola's 1973-75 "Vandalism Series" photographs at LAXART... -
Reading L.A.: Admirers of Los Angeles, warts and all
Culture MonsterChristopher Hawthorne's "Reading L.A." series considers books by Richard Longstreth, John Chase and William Alexander McClung.... -
PST, A to Z: ’46 N. Los Robles’ at Pacific Asia, ‘Proof’ at Norton Simon
Culture MonsterPacific Standard Time will explore the origins of the Los Angeles art world through museum exhibitions throughout Southern California over the next six months. Times art reviewer Sharon Mizota has set the goal of seeing all of them. This is......
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