by | May 22, 2011 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The New York Times Notes of a Screenwriter, Mad as Hell United Artists The screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky(1923-1981) won an Academy Award for his jeremiad “Network” (1976), starring Faye Dunaway. By DAVE ITZKOFF LAMENTING the lack of “satirical clarity” in the...
by | May 13, 2011 | Literary News, Los Angeles
from The LA Times The opening celebration for ‘The Rattling Wall’ Maybe all readings should let the bar open before getting underway. Whether it was helped by the wine and beer or not, Wednesday night’s kickoff of the new literary journal “The...
by | May 3, 2011 | Literary News, Los Angeles
from Blogging Los Angeles The Rattling Wall: New LA-based Literary Journal May 3, 2011 at 11:34 am in Books, LA I’m not one of those Angelinos who will claim that our literary culture rivals that of New York (sorry people, it just doesn’t–we can still love LA and...
by | Mar 27, 2011 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The Los Angeles Times L.A. THEN AND NOW Southern California’s great citrus had its crate advertising For decades, citrus growers labeled their wooden crates with colorful brand names and images, letting consumers know that the oranges, lemons and grapefruit...
by | Mar 21, 2011 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The NY Times Asked & Answered Asked & Answered | OHWOW By STEFFIE NELSON photo by Curtis Buchanan – From left: Al Moran and Aaron Bondaroff. Downtown is a state of mind for the art impresarios Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran, whether they’re selling...
by | Mar 16, 2011 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The LA Times Graffiti artist’s past is tagging behind him Cristian Gheorghiu scrawled ragged images and his nickname, ‘Smear,’ on L.A.’s lampposts, walls and riverbeds. Now that his gallery career is taking off, an injunction is...
