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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: John Galliano, Robert Frank, Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Coney Island
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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... -
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: Dyan Cannon, Cher, Madison Square Garden, Ali MacGraw, Heart Failure
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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.... -
PST, A to Z: 'Alternative Projections' at L.A. Filmforum
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...... -
Kyle Abraham's 'Radio Show' is an homage to his dad, hometown
!["It's about the loss of the voice of the people. It's about my father's memory, and my relationship with him. And listening to WAMO [a black radio station in Pittsburgh] growing up." Contemporary choreographer Kyle Abraham is articulating the highly personal content he's woven into his award-winning, full-evening work, "The Radio Show." His troupe of silken urban movers, Abraham.In.Motion, will perform the work at REDCAT this weekend in his California debut.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65378047-15202315.gif)
"It's about the loss of the voice of the people. It's about my father's memory, and my relationship with him. And listening to WAMO [a black radio station in Pittsburgh] growing up." Contemporary choreographer Kyle Abraham is articulating the highly...Tags: Minority Groups, Merce Cunningham, Eadweard Muybridge, Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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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.... -
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: Crime, Law and Justice, Addiction, Richard Nixon, Behavioral Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics
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Miguel Gutierrez, finding a path outside the mainstream
Culture MonsterNew York-born choreographer Miguel Gutierrez on the pros and cons of New York.... -
Google doodle: An interactive Alexander Calder mobile
Culture MonsterToday's Google homepage celebrates the Alexander Calder's113th birthday by using a mobile in place of the company logo.... -
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 Sports, Crime, Law and Justice, Obituaries, Basketball, Lawyers
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Anne Bogart and SITI experiment with Euripides at Getty Villa
Culture MonsterAnne Bogart and SITI Company will premiere a new adaptation of Euripides' "The Trojan Women" at the Getty Villa's outdoor amphitheater. Director Bogart says the play from 415 B.C., which envisions the devastation of Troy by conquering Greeks, has...
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