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A holiday gift guide for that special traveler in your life
Los Angeles TimesYour face says it all: You are starting to panic. Don't. If you're shopping for a traveler, you might just find the answer to your gift-giving conundrum in these pages. Our team of travelers has tested items large and small, pricey and affordable, and...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Photography, Personal Service, Frank Lloyd Wright, Travel
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I yam what I yam -- but is it art?
One of the biggest problems in our politics is that people don't think for themselves. We let radio and television hosts, pundits and politicians tell us what to believe. And one of the biggest problems in our arts is that people don't enjoy for...
Tags: Yams, Fast Five (movie), Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass, Philosophy
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A 'Rite of Spring' that Nijinsky and Stravinsky would recognize
When the Joffrey Ballet debuted its reconstructed "The Rite of Spring" in Los Angeles in fall 1987, it received a seismic welcome — a 5.9 on the Richter scale, to be exact. The morning after "Rite's" opening at the Music Center, a major earthquake...
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Lillian Bassman dies at 94; renowned fashion photographer
"I didn't bring you to Paris to make art; I brought you here to do the buttons and bows," Harper's Bazaar editor Carmel Snow famously snapped at photographer Lillian Bassman during a fashion shoot for the magazine in the late 1940s.
But Bassman's fashion...Tags: Coney Island, Museums, Photography, Richard Avedon, Artists
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Ron Fletcher dies at 90; opened West Coast's first Pilates studio
Ron Fletcher, a former dancer and choreographer who helped popularize the Pilates exercise system when he opened the first West Coast studio in 1972, died Tuesday at his home in Stonewall, Texas. He was 90.
The cause was congestive heart failure, said...Tags: Candice Bergen, Mary Martin, Ali MacGraw, Celebrities, Barbra Streisand
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Performance review: 'O(h)' at the Actors Company Theatre
Culture MonsterCharlotte Stoudt reviews Liz Casebolt and Joel Smith's dance-theater hybrid, "O(h)," now at the Actors Company Theatre in West Hollywood... -
Dance review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Segerstrom
Culture MonsterJean Lenihan reviews Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Segerstrom Center. A dance review for the Los Angeles Times.... -
Lourdes Lopez to be new artistic director of Miami City Ballet
Culture MonsterThe imposing task of succeeding founder/artistic director Edward Villella at Miami City Ballet will go to Lourdes Lopez, the company announced Tuesday. Lopez, a former New York City Ballet principal dancer who was with that company from 1974 to 1996, is... -
PASSINGS: Dunn Lampton, Susan McLain
Dunn Lampton Lawyer prosecuted civil rights cold case Dunn Lampton, 60, a former U.S. attorney in Mississippi who prosecuted a high-profile cold case from the civil rights era, died Wednesday in Jackson, Miss. The cause of death was not immediately...Tags: College Basketball, Crime, Law and Justice, George W. Bush, Sports, College Sports
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Betty Ford dies at 93; former first lady
Former First Lady Betty Ford, who captivated the nation with her unabashed candor and forthright discussion of her personal battles with breast cancer, prescription drug addiction and alcoholism, has died. She was 93.
Ford died Friday at the Eisenhower...Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Gloria Steinem, History, Justice and Rights
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Monster Mash: Grammy nominations; museum eyes Occupy Wall Street
Culture MonsterThe Grammy Award nominations were announced late Wednesday, with categories including classical music, jazz and musical theater albums. The National Museum of American History is collecting memorabilia from the Occupy Wall Street protest.... -
Dancemaker Kyle Abraham makes it personal
Culture MonsterLike Martha Graham, his fellow native Pittsburgher, choreographer Kyle Abraham is serious. His full evening performance, "The Radio Show" is on view in Los Angeles at REDCAT Performance Space this coming weekend....
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