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...
by | Mar 1, 2011 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The Washington Post John Hughes and the art his movies inspired By Jen Chaney Yesterday was a day of great significance for anyone who ever admired Andie Walsh, reviled Steff and wanted to hang out at Traxx. Feb. 28, 2011 marked the 25th anniversary of the...
by | Feb 11, 2011 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The LA Times Bookstore of the week: Small World Books in Venice Mary Goodfader moved her bookstore to the Venice Boardwalk in 1976 after seven years in Marina del Rey. When she and her husband Robert found the space that now holds Small World Books and the...