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A look at the arts and culture that emerged from the 1970 Chicano Moratorium, with the death of journalist Ruben Salazar as a touchstone. Plus, Frank Gehry’s plans for Grand Avenue as a vital arts polis.
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At full strength, Post & Beam is an essential Southern California experience, a special night out where people dress up yet feel at ease and, as they walk out the door: happy.
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All the week’s essential arts stories, including LACMA approaching the point of no return on its Peter Zumthor building even as the project’s critics call for rethinking the plan.
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L.A’s Museum of Contemporary Art faces a unionization drive. Influential architect Ray Kappe dies. And more essential arts stories from a busy week.
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The main galleries are now closed. Costs have gone up. But fundraising for LACMA’s new building is at a standstill. Christopher Knight does the numbers. Also: Solange is at the Getty, Andy Garcia is electrifying the Geffen Playhouse and Wadada Leo Smith is spreading the musical gospel of Ankhrasmation.
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The complicated and painful history behind the real-life events depicted in the HBO series ‘Watchmen’ was almost erased from history.
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Carolina Miranda is taking a well-deserved break from the newsletter beat today.
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While Carolina Miranda recovers from her just-ended LA Times Expedition to Japan — and the rest of us recover from too many “Game of Thrones” finale gripe sessions — I’ll be your guide to the week’s essential arts stories.
