Food lovers who always order dessert: Voting is now open for Food and Wine's The People's Best New Pastry Chef competition, and two Los Angeles up-and-coming sweets stars are in the running for the Best of the West region. more ›

This weekend, Edward James Olmos promotes Latin American activist cinema with LACMA's Contested Visions series. The Cinefamily hosts unhinged sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison & crazy creeper Crawlspace. USC previews horror for free! And more! more ›

LACMA held a special press preview for Chris Burden's kinetic sculpture Metropolis II earlier today, and we eagerly headed to the museum to witness the highly anticipated unveiling. Imagine 1,100 miniature cars racing through a network of roadways and buildings. It's loud, it's mesmerizing and it'll incite rush hour flashbacks for any Los Angeles driver. more ›

What's going on lately in the L.A food scene? Chew on this: How to score a new drink for a buck from CBTL today, a long-standing Italian restaurant is calling it quits, Son of A Gun now serving lunch, and more. more ›

The rock was scheduled to be moved from a rock quarry outside Riverside to LACMA in August. It missed that deadline, then a few more and now there isn't even a deadline — just a promise from LACMA officials that they'll let the eager masses know when it's finally going to happen. more ›

We've been trying to catch as many of the Pacific Standard Time exhibitions as our schedule and gas budget will allow. Our most recent drop-in was at LACMA, where three distinctive installations (all still on view for another few weeks) each stopped us in our tracks in a total of less than two hours. more ›

Things are pretty quiet in LA this week and next, but you can check out the last Sundays Live of the year at the LACMA, tonight at 6 PM. more ›

This Saturday, LACMA will present the RODARTE: Fra Angelico Collection, a 10-gown installation that will be displayed alongside classic artwork from the Italian Renaissance. Rodarte designers, sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, have drawn inspiration from Italian painter Fra Angelico among others for their Spring/Summer 2012 couture designs, using their signature dressmaking techniques, sculptural details and a soft fresco color palette to round out the refined collection. more ›

"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!" Want to hear those words spoken in person, at long last? Head over to LACMA tomorrow night where director Jason Reitman will lead a cast in a table reading of the script of "The Princess Bride." more ›

If you have a chance to go by the engineering building on the campus of UCSD, you will find a replica of a Rhode Island cottage balanced precariously on the edge of the 7-story building. It's not an engineering project gone awry, but the latest installation of artist Do Ho Suh's project "Fallen Star." more ›

Though he is immortal in the annals of macabre film, 2011 marks the centennial anniversary of legendary Vincent Price's birth. Born May 27, 1911, Price at 100 is being honored this weekend at LACMA as the museum also bids farewell to the Tim Burton exhibit. more ›

While the change of seasons might not be as noticeable here as in other cities, Angelenos can still feel the onset of autumn. Whether it's the darker skies or the shorter days, fall has officially arrived—and with it, a surge in all things literary. Here's a roundup of local lit news and happenings because even in L.A., autumn is a great time to cozy up with a good book (we just don't need the extra down comforter, thanks). more ›

For his latest exhibit at LACMA, artist Michael Heizer is practically moving mountains. Preparations have been underway for years to help Heizer move a massive 340-ton, two-story rock from a quarry outside Riverside to LACMA where it will be suspended above the heads of visitors, as if floating. The piece is called "Levitated Mass" and LACMA says that it's one of the biggest pieces of earth moved since ancient times. more ›

In the city built in part by the film biz, it's surprising we don't have a definitive film museum. Now, the pairing of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) means we are on the way to getting a movie museum. more ›

There are few more delightful offers than one that involves you getting to eat a whole bunch of pie. After getting a behind the scenes look at the 1st and 2nd Annual KCRW "Good Food" Pie Contests, it took about four seconds for me to say "yes" when I was asked to be a judge this year. more ›

The 3rd Annual KCRW Pie Contest is happening at LACMA, adjacent to Ray's & Stark Bar, whose mixologist, Michel Dozois, has come up with a "Pie Cocktail" to pair with the event. more ›

Pie lovers, your day is coming: Sunday, September 18th is the 3rd Annual KCRW "Good Food" Pie Contest, and this year the event will take place at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Home cooks and pros will be submitting their entries in five categories for tasting and judging by a panel of local chefs and food writers (yours truly humbly included). more ›

Like sand through the hourglass, another 24-hour screening of artist Christian Marclay's The Clock is set to wind up beginning Thursday, July 28 at 5:00 p.m. and ending Friday July 29 exactly 24 hours later in LACMA's Bing Theater. The piece, a "melding of video and reality," uses hundreds of sampled clips sourced from the far reaches of genre, culture and era. more ›

We caught up with Bettina Korek, founder of ForYourArt this week to discuss the current state of the L.A. scene and what we have to look forward to this fall. more ›

The Tim Burton Retrospective is drawing crowds to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and savvy attendees will be sure to time their visit with room for a drink and some eats at Ray's and Stark Bar, the patio-style bar and restaurant that have recently opened up at the venue. more ›

LACMA will host their major annual event, Muse ArtWalk, this Saturday, featuring free general admission to LACMA and more than 20 participating museums/galleries along Miracle Mile. From 11 am to 8 pm, guests can check out live painting, performance art, dance, film, and interactive activities for all ages throughout LACMA’s campus. more ›