Obituaries
Jacob Lawrence, whose colorful paintings chronicled the history of black America with subtle emotion and evocative simplicity, died Friday of lung cancer at his home in Seattle.
June 10, 2000
Movies
Robert Townsend, the acclaimed director of such films as 1987’s “Hollywood Shuffle” and 1991’s “The Five Heartbeats,” got his start in the biz as a teenager with a one-line role in the 1975 African American teen dramedy “Cooley High.”
July 6, 2019
“The Annihilators” (citywide) is a clumsy, dangerously simple-minded law-and-order revenge fantasy.
Jan. 6, 1986
Entertainment & Arts
In the courtyard of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, they do not hesitate to approach painter Jacob Lawrence.
July 4, 1993
Lawrence Shubert Lawrence Jr., 76, who once presided over the Shubert Theater Enterprises chain of Broadway playhouses.
July 28, 1992
July 26, 1992
Travel & Experiences
* Jacob Lawrence is a name from my childhood (obituary, June 10).
June 19, 2000
Though limited by cuts in funds, the effort will take artists such as Jacob Lawrence beyond the big cultural centers.
April 22, 2005
Of the two series of narrative paintings by Jacob Lawrence now being shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the second is the most powerful and revealing.
June 14, 1993