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10 April 2012

Pasadena Museum of California Art’s “L.A. Raw” closes May 20. So go.

Rico-Lebrun

Concerns L.A. RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy, a Pacific Standard Time show which closes May 20, 2012. [...]

14 March 2012

Claire Falkenstein book talk at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

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A gallery show and book talk concerning the prolific California artist Claire Falkenstein. [...]

5 March 2012

“L.A. RAW” film night

A film night in tandem with a much-lauded show of Pacific Standard Time. [...]

24 February 2012

Meeting Art Laboe, L.A.’s pioneering rock ‘n roll deejay

Art Laboe interviews Ricky Nelson at Scrivners Drive-In 1957-480

A highlight of viewing “Trouble in Paradise” Music in Los Angeles 1945-1975″ was meeting the amazing legendary L.A. deejay, Art Laboe. [...]

3 February 2012

Santa Barbara bound

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A new show of old stuff opens at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on Feb 4. [...]

17 January 2012

Amiri Baraka visits Los Angeles, raps about art

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Notes from the visit of Amiri Baraka to the Hammer Museum on the occasion of the closing of “Now Dig This,” curated by his daughter, Dr. Kellie Jones. [...]

12 January 2012

Spend a sexy evening at an Eagle Rock motel …

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The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound transforms Eagle Rock’s Welcome Inn into a venue for live performances creating a six-hour event featuring experimental music originating in Southern California from 1949 to 1977. [...]

17 December 2011

Julius Shulman’s 1936 shot of Griffith Observatory — and beyond

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An extraordinary photography of the (then) brand-new Griffith Park Observatory taken by the late Julius Shulman captures the burgeoning megalopolis with the photographer’s characteristic rapture. [...]

29 November 2011

Experimental films by Topanga Canyon creatives @ Los Angeles Filmforum

George Herms, Topanaga Canyon, 1965, Photograph by Wallace Berman-

Concerns screenings of experimental films made by california creatives living in topanga canyon in the 1960s on the fringes of los angeles. curated by l.a. filmforum. [...]

26 November 2011

WeeGee shoots “Newark with palm trees” — Los Angeles

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Concerns the recently opened, “Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles” now on at MOCA. [...]