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San Francisco announces Coit Tower overhaul fund
SAN FRANCISCO — Amid a vigorous citizen campaign to raise awareness about the decay of San Francisco's Coit Tower and its Depression-era murals, city officials have announced a comprehensive effort to overhaul the historic landmark.
Mayor Ed Lee...Tags: Politics, Building Material, Arts, Arts and Culture, Elections
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Quick Takes: Viola Davis back at alma mater
Viola Davis addressed graduating seniors Thursday at the high school in the struggling Rhode Island city where she grew up, urging them to treasure "hard times and joyous moments" and telling them that the "privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."...Tags: Auction Service, Concerts, Arts, Satellite and Cable Service, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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Keith Haring, a pioneer of street art, gets a Google Doodle
The Google Doodle of the day is dedicated to street artist and activist Keith Haring in honor of what would have been his 54th birthday. The search engine’s logo has morphed into Haring’s signature bold lines, vivid colors and active...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Artists, Arts
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Review: 'History of Space Photography' is out of this world
A cultural moment is passing. The space shuttle Discovery, strapped to the back of a Boeing 747, was recently ferried with great fanfare to its new home at a branch of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Virginia. The California Science...
Tags: Cape Canaveral, Concerts, Artists, Space Programs, Boeing Co.
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Artist Juan Gris is the latest Google Doodle art star [video]
Culture MonsterGoogle Doodle honors Cubist painter and sculptor Juan Gris... -
Michael Heizer's rock: Levitating the masses
Culture MonsterChristopher Knight looks at why the journey of a 340-ton boulder planned for a LACMA sculpture by Michael Heizer captured the public imagination.... -
Artist Elizabeth Catlett remembered; dead at 96 in Mexico
World NowElizabeth Catlett, a U.S.-born artist who directly confronted the injustices faced by African Americans and celebrated black identity and culture through her work, has died in her longtime home in Mexico.... -
Hard times for a tower and its murals
The frescoes encapsulate Depression-era California: Scenes depicting idyllic farm and factory life roll out beside those of grueling economic hardship. Urban shoppers browse for toys. A small boy witnesses a mugging.
No one disputes their historical...Tags: Arts, Artists, Arts, Artists, Rockefeller Center
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John Lennon, killed 31 years ago today
Nation NowJohn Lennon: 31 years ago, he was gunned down outside the Dakota in Manhattan. He's remembered fondly by the Los Angeles Times' iconic pop music critic, Robert Hilburn.... -
Google Doodle celebrates the work of Diego Rivera
Culture MonsterGoogle celebrated the work of artist and social activist Diego Rivera Thursday morning with a doodle of a mural replicating Diego’s distinct aesthetic, capturing his many depictions of industrialism and every day life in Mexico.... -
Virginia Tech shootings: Student paper covers it from the inside
Nation NowVirginia Tech shooting: A scrappy campus newspaper -- Collegiate Times -- is covering the school shooting from the inside with live (and lively) updates.... -
Virginia Tech shooting: 2007 massacre led to changes nationwide
Nation NowAfter the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, colleges and universities around the country improved their emergency notification systems and worked to speed up the reaction time of campus police to a potential shooter on campus....
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