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MOCA's 'Art in the Streets' gets the big picture wrong
Is graffiti the most influential art movement since Pop burst on the scene in 1962?
That's the head-turning claim made by "Art in the Streets," a controversial exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The show has been drawing the ire of social...Tags: Entertainment, Arts, Television, Bronx (New York City), Tom Wolfe
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Cookbook Watch: 'The Meatball Shop Cookbook'
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The Reading Life: Gordon Matta-Clark's 'Conical Intersect'
Jacket CopyWhat was he up to? That's the question at the center of any consideration of Gordon Matta-Clark, an architecture student-turned-installation artist who died of cancer in 1978, when he was just 35. Matta-Clark doesn't have the name recognition of... -
'Boardwalk Empire' is back, with Kelly Macdonald at the forefront
Show Tracker“Boardwalk Empire” -- with its shady backroom politics, gangster showdowns and whorehouse rendezvous -- returns to HBO for its second season this Sunday. We met up with Macdonald at Gemma Restaurant on Manhattan’s Lower East Side... -
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Live review: KROQ's Weenie Roast stays true to itself and its acts
Pop & HissKROQ-FM (106.7) isn't known for curveballs in its well-cemented playlist of angsty '90s survivors and modern takes on SoCal punk. Even at Weenie Roast, its annual summer-heralding showcase of the station's mainstays and scrappier newcomers, a "surprise"... -
Summer reading: Fiction, poetry
Busy Monsters William Giraldi W.W. Norton: $24.95 When a mediocre writer's bride-to-be leaves him to search for a legendary giant squid, he treks across the continent seeking counsel from nefarious creatures on how to win back her affections. (August)...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Science and Technology, World War II (1939-1945), Bernard Madoff, Princeton University
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John Harris Burt dies at 91; former rector at Pasadena's All Saints Episcopal Church
John Harris Burt, a retired bishop who advanced a tradition of social activism at Pasadena’s All Saints Episcopal Church with his bold support of the civil rights movement when he was rector in the 1960s, died Oct. 20 at his home on Lake Superior...Tags: Sammy Davis Jr., Minority Groups, World War II (1939-1945), Joan Baez, Colleges and Universities
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Jonathan Kellerman, a shrink-wrapped success
Special to the Los Angeles TimesPerverted plutocrats, a Hollywood madam with a narcissism problem, prostitutes with attitude, indulgent rich kids — Jonathan Kellerman's latest novel has so many unpleasant characters it would be wearying to read if the plot didn't move like a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Medical Specialization, Psychology, Ethics
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Daniel Bell dies at 91; sociologist wrote about 'post-industrial' society
Associated PressDaniel Bell, a leading sociologist of the past half-century who wrote groundbreaking books about the demise of revolutionary politics and about the economy and lifestyle of what he helped label a "post-industrial" society, has died. He was 91. Bell...Tags: University of Chicago, Newspaper and Magazine, Harvard University, Social Sciences, Culture
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A prizewinning book of photo postcards
Jacket CopySometimes it takes a small press to make a truly interesting book. Yeti Books, with the help of Verse Chorus Press in Portland, Ore., is behind "Folk Photography: The American Real-Photo Postcard 1905-1930." OK, it's a pretty dry title. What...... -
Theater review: 'Welcome to Arroyo's' at the Old Globe
Culture MonsterMore party than play, Kristoffer Diazâs âWelcome to Arroyoâsâ is a sweet, loose-limbed shout out to Manhattanâs Lower East Side, now at the Old Globe. With a Greek chorus of DJs who âmixâ the play right in front of us,......
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