Top 10 Things to Do With Family – Unplug and Recharge this Thanksgiving

 

Cornell Turkey Basket Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday because it's about Family and Food.  It's a relatively non-material holiday (except for those steep airfares…) so you won't be hearing much about Black Friday deals here!

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1. Get To LACMA – The Number …

11.26.13

Calder and Abstraction at LACMA

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Believe it or not, there has not been a retrospective of Alexander Calder’s work in LA, ever.  Which is one reason LACMA’s new show, Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic is such a treat. The curators chose to focus …

11.22.13

An Extreme Soccer Mom Makes the Case for High School Sports

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I am approaching the end of my tenure as a bonafide “soccer mom.”  True confession: I was actually an extreme soccer mom who spent up to three evenings a week driving my son to a practice field 40 miles from …

11.17.13

Dreams of Flight in The Wind Rises

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The Wind Rises, nominated for Best Animated Feature this year, is purportedly Hayao Miyazaki’s last film and this historical romance is as satisfying as any feature film in the adult marketplace. The celebrated Japanese director buries a nugget of wisdom …

11.10.13

Arts ReStore LA: Westwood – A Retail Pop-Up in November

The Hammer Museum’s Arts ReStore LA initiative enters its second weekend, and we recommend clearing a few weekend hours between now and November 24 to explore this unusual, inventive art project. Best of all — it’s all accessible on foot. …

11.8.13