Flickr Shot by My Life As A Haint The Los Angeles County Museum of Art or, as I affectionately call it, um, “LACMA,” is turning 40 this year. And the best part is that WE get prezzies: a late-night party as well as four days of free admission to the museum from March 30 to…
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Tranquil and Marvelous: Opening Day at the Getty Villa
At the last minute, I was able to score some tickets for the Getty Villa on opening day but was really reluctant to go anticipating opening weekend crowds, parking lot hassles and crowded exhibits. Yet, it was an ahh-fest from the moment we drove up the driveway off PCH to when we left the museum…
The Getty Villa Reopens: So That's What $275 Million Looks Like
Every time I drive down PCH I pass by that beautiful Romanesque villa perched atop a cliff overlooking the Pacific. When I first moved to L.A. I had only known it as my dream home, but soon after I learned it was actually the Getty museum. And just when I was getting around to visiting…
A Blue Field of Dreams: The Blue Phase of Not a Cornfield
If you light it up, they will come. I keep hearing about this living sculpture in the middle of L.A.: a cornfield located on a 32-acre stretch of land north of Chinatown and south of Lincoln Heights. L.A. artist Lauren Bon created Not a Cornfield to “challenge notions of urban public space and inspire community…
LACMA Chalk-In: An Artistic Kiss-Off for a Doomed Building
A great way to have your work displayed at LACMA. Like building sand castles before the tide comes in, the LACMA Chalk-In presents you with an urban version: chalk-in your pastel “Birth of Venus” on the roof of a parking lot that’s scheduled to be demolished in days, with your community as well as artists…
Hangar 1018: Max Blacklight Art Show
Event: Saturday, November 19th from 6:30pm-2am Not really the type of artwork that’s there…but to give you an idea. I saw this on Upcoming.org but since it didn’t have that much info, I just glanced over it. Blogging.la fortunately has more details and it sounds like a cool, artsy-fartsy time. Who doesn’t love blacklights? Your…
Get Off the 405 and Go to the Getty: New Monthly Art/Music Series
Sick of spending a majority of your Friday night getting to where you’re going? How about stopping off at the Getty instead? If you enjoyed the Getty’s Summer Sessions, you’ll love its new monthly series, Fridays Off the 405, which suggests you trade your Friday evening on the 405 for one filled with free live…
L.A. Panorama Project: Why Nobody Walks in L.A.
I can see for miles and miles: Not from the exhibit but, rather, an equally cool site of panoramic shots. The thing that bugged me about New Year’s 2000 in L.A. was there was no Times Square, no central area for Angelenos to converge on to celebrate the millenium together. The New Year’s TV specials…
Do They Know It's Halloween?: Benefit Song by Beck, David Cross, Arcade Fire and Others
This is awesome. The North American Halloween Prevention Initiative (Beck, The Arcade Fire, David Cross, etc.) has come out with a single called “Do They Know It’s Halloween?” Both a trick and a treat, this satire — as well as a charity-benefit song — will donate all the proceeds from its sales to UNICEF. You…
So Fully Awesome: A John Hughes Tribute Play at the King King
Bender: Sporto, do you get along with your parents? Andrew: Well, if I say yes I’m an idiot, right? Bender: You’re an idiot anyway. But if you say you get along with your parents, well then you’re a liar, too. –From The Breakfast Club If you can recite every line of Weird Science word for…
