Ray Bradbury poses with his new book at a Golden Globe luncheon Jan 9, 2009, in Los Angeles. (Credit: Getty Images) (CBS/AP) Ray Bradbury, the writer best known for his dystopian novel “Fahrenheit 451,” died Tuesday night in Los Angeles.…
Daily Archives: June 6, 2012
Bike gunman shoots father, toddler in Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – A sign on the fence in front of his family’s Hickory Street home reads Angel Mauro Cortez Nava, lists his date of birth and death, displays photos of him as a newborn and on a rocking…
The big gallery of E3′s big banners
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The Electronic Entertainment Expo isn’t just a place for publishers and developers to show off their newest games and technology to journalists and peers; it’s also an opportunity for them to litter the gigantic Los Angeles Convention Center with enormous banners that shill…
Pop Artist Sean D’Anconia Selected By Disney To Showcase Work At "WonderGround …
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LOS ANGELES, June 5, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Sean D’Anconia has been commissioned by Disney to debut his eye-popping, cult-cinematic take on Mickey Mouse, “MOUSETOWN,” at the grand opening of WonderGround Gallery on June 9th at the Downtown Disney® District…
Artist pays homage to LA’s unseen workers
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Their faces are vague, the color of coffee beans, but before Ramiro Gomez heads out with pliers and wire to install them, he gives each one a name. There was Guillermina, named for his Aunt Guille, a housekeeper at a…
A dirge for treasured arts programs that LA schools plan to cut
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Music teacher Brian Higa was mopping his floor Tuesday morning in a Belmont High School classroom lined with two glittering walls of shiny trophies, a couple of them nearly as tall as his students. “The blue and red ones are…
PST, A to Z: ‘Carefree California: Cliff May’ and ‘Catherine Opie’
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Pacific Standard Time will explore the origins of the Los Angeles art world through museum exhibitions throughout Southern California over the next six months. Times art reviewer Sharon Mizota has set the goal of seeing all of them. This is…
Los Angeles Kings Coach Darryl Sutter and the fine art of Zen
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Just a slice of awesome zen at Wednesday’s morning skate, filling the air with anticipation at Staples Center before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Kings and the Devils. The Kings lead the best-of-seven series, three games…
Surfing the LA River: Street art hits urban waterway
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Who needs high surf — or even water? Joining the other guerrilla art installations that have popped up in downtown L.A., one papier-mache surfer floated in the middle of the L.A. River between 4th and 6th streets onArticle source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/street-art-surfing-los-angeles-river.html
Paul Krugman as prophet?: Economic suffering is not a virtue
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Job seekers gather May 31, 2012, for employment opportunities at the 11th annual Skid Row Career Fair at the Los Angeles Mission in Los Angeles. U.S. employers created 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment…
