Gehry on L.A

from the LA Times Gehry on L.A., art (and Gehry) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao,1997. Photo by ©David Heald, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York NOT THE MET: Gehry calls his Guggenheim Bilbao “an antidote to the Metropolitan Museum syndrome.” The book...

Insatiable Gone

from NBC Adult Star Marilyn Chambers Found Dead Updated 12:43 PM PDT, Mon, Apr 13, 2009 Related Topics: Marilyn Chambers | Pornography Famed adult film star Marilyn Chambers was found dead in her home in the Canyon Country area, authorities said Monday, and an autopsy...

“Señora, you’ve earned a spot in heaven.”

from the Los Angeles Times HECTOR TOBAR: Outpost of literature feeds the body and the mind   Stefano Paltera, For The Times Sandra Romero of Mama’s Hot Tamales offered space to Librería Hispanoamérica in hopes that they can help one another survive the economic...

The Art Of The Wait

from the LA Times Waiting tables is an art: 4 veteran L.A. servers who know Seasoned pros take a craftsmanlike approach to their jobs at landmark L.A. restaurants. By Betty Hallock5:01 PM PDT, March 17, 2009 Good waiters — no, they haven’t disappeared, no...

Negrohead Mountain Renamed

from The LA Times A heightened profile for one of L.A.’s black pioneers Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times L.A. County officials are recommending that Negrohead Mountain be named Ballard Mountain, in honor of John Ballard, a pioneering black settler in Agoura.  ...

Art Collection On Uptick

from the LA Times The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens ACQUISITION: U.S. artist Reginald Marsh’s “ Red Buttons” (1936) is among works picked up by the Huntington. ART   L.A. museums’ collections grow despite poor economy...