What is it about music stores that simultaneously make our heart swell like a crescendo, while soothing our souls? Perhaps it’s this heady combination: rows of glistening instruments, piles of sheet music, and the sounds of guitarists noodling out …
Art, History, and a Boat Trip!
Take a trip to Alcatraz and see @Large: Ai Weiwei
It’s a strange sight to behold an art installation that the artist will likely never see himself. Ai Weiwei’s site-specific installations at Alcatraz were conceived from his home in China …
Trapeze School on the Santa Monica Pier
What do you do with a group of multi-aged cousins from cold climates who are eager for sun and fun during a visit to sunny Los Angeles? Send them to trapeze school, of course! We took six cousins – ranging …
A Migration Sensation – “The best whale watching in 30 years!”
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Whale watching is in revival. The last two years have seen a sharp increase in whale sightings during the migration season and the excitement is palpable in the waters off Long Beach. As we set sail last week, an excited Captain told us, “It’s the best whale watching in 30 years.”
MOCA’s Sunday Studio: Warhol is the Subject on December 7
Art Exploration for All Ages
The idea of creating art in the environs of a major art museum might seem intimidating, but MOCA’s quarterly art workshop — Sunday Studio – has established a rhythm and relationship to the community that …
A Dog Called Human, Live Bees, & a Monkey in a Mask: Pierre Huyghe at LACMA
The first 25 years of Pierre Huyghe’s career are on view in a “retrospective” that, according to LACMA’s Associate Curator of Contemporary Art Jerrett Gregory, “looks to the future”. Much more is still expected from Huhghe, who LACMA’s Director Michael …
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya & The Common Sense Seal
Common Sense, our go-to resource to review all things media, just developed a new Common Sense Seal to highlight great movies for watching with the family. Not only are the films vetted by the Common Sense folks with their normal …
Getting to the Nutcracker this Weekend – a Local Story!
A friend of ours here in Los Angeles, Serene Dillman, has just finished a documentary about ballet students at the Los Angeles-based Marat Daukayev School of Ballet. Getting to the Nutcracker takes us behind the scenes of the annual production …
Sensational Samurai at LACMA On View until February 2015
A Must-See for Everyone Over the Holidays
The second you step into Samurai: Japanese Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, LACMA’s terrific new show, you feel the energy of the legendary warriors. Horses with fully armored samurai …
