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Madcap Motel is not a real motel. The living video game was to open just before the pandemic. Now Paige Solomon hopes Californians are ready to dream.
The L.A. filmmaker’s installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art plays off a French tradition by injecting symbols of Black culture.
Architects submitted proposals for ways in which L.A. can densify. The four winners reveal a smart use of land that speaks to the types of L.A. designs that already exist
Tears of joy and plenty of masked smiles could be found at the Hollywood Bowl as it gave its first concert after 18 months of pandemic closures.
With a wrenching tribute to “all the beautiful souls” killed by COVID-19, the L.A. Phil performs a stirring free concert for frontline workers.
The Hollywood Bowl buzzed back to life Saturday with joy, optimism and a tinge of nervousness at a reopening concert celebrating frontline workers.
Timeline of a comeback: historic cancellation of an entire season, painful layoffs, transformation into a recording studio, a whirlwind race to reopen.
A news article that pointed out actors’ pandemic weight gain spurred a conversation about sizeism throughout the musical theater scene.
Have you noticed? Every weekend, caravans of lowriders and custom cars are cruising and hopping in a resurgent ritual. Van Nuys Boulevard is one of the city’s oldest sites of this resilient SoCal obsession.
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A landmark in hibernation, a surprise from the governor, tears and hugs: Behind the scenes of the whirlwind push to bring music back to the Bowl.
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What do new mask guidelines mean for the arts in L.A.? Times writers reached out to local institutions.
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Skirball Cultural Center reopens with Ai Weiwei portraits of political dissidents, and the L.A. Phil streams its return to the Hollywood Bowl.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art is restructuring. Who will be running the show? The L.A. museum with a penchant for drama lifts the curtain on a new act.
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Casting a straight actor in landmark gay role isn’t a misstep. It’s a recognition of shared struggle.
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The Hollywood Bowl has announced its 2021 season lineup after an unprecedented 18 months dark due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what’s on tap for summer fun seekers.
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What ticket buyer wants to spend unnecessary time in a crowded lobby or cramped restroom? Even more important: the broken spell of storytelling onstage.
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Vaccinated people will get 85% of the tickets for the Bowl’s 2021 season, which includes Christina Aguilera, Yo-Yo Ma and “Black Panther” live.
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L.A. Opera moves its outdoor “Oedipus Rex” into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, making it the first major L.A. arts group to stage an indoor show.
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Eli Broad envisioned Grand Avenue as DTLA’s Champs-Élysées. Instead it may be a memorial to an urbanism of big gestures that is passing into history.
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Nonfungible tokens are a dressed-up species of bookkeeping. But what art needs is less auditing and more ecstasy.
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Paul Pescador explores gender identity at Tyler Park Presents. Plus, live theater, stolen treasures and how our pandemic year shaped the work of Maya Lin
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Pop-up art for Mental Health Awareness Month, a star-studded reading of “The Normal Heart,” John Cleese, Sofia Coppola and so much more.
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Streaming through Center Theatre Group and Oregon Shakespeare Festival, “Black Feminist Video Game” explores our relationship with digital media.
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Haven’t made Mother’s Day plans? Don’t have reservations? We have ideas.
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This week’s FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 could help spur herd immunity efforts, but local health officials are now looking to Labor Day before achieving that goal.
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Trader Joe’s, Walmart and other chains must continue to follow L.A. County mask rules despite new CDC guidelines. L.A. rules are expected to end June 15 when California moves to a full reopening of the economy.
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Helping people overcome vaccine hesitancy will get us back to normal faster. Here’s how to have a productive conversation that can lead to changing someone’s mind.
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Coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic and health news.
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Kenny Mayne is calling it an ESPN career this month after 27 years. The longtime “SportsCenter” anchor is going out as unpredictable as ever.
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Corruption at DMV offices in Torrance and Lincoln Park has been laid bare in new federal bribery cases.
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Trader Joe’s, Walmart and other chains must continue to follow L.A. County mask rules despite new CDC guidelines. L.A. rules are expected to end June 15 when California moves to a full reopening of the economy.
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Natalia Bryant accepted Kobe Bryant’s Hall of Fame jacket Friday. Then, with mother Vanessa Bryant’s blessing, she flew back to L.A. the next day for senior prom.
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No, video games probably won’t melt your kid’s mind. How to stop worrying and love the screen.
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For many parents, the high point of the weekend involved something they’d eagerly anticipated for months: getting their older children vaccinated.
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