Articles in the “arts” category

John Horn helps you figure it out.

Some of Garcetti's supporters are REALLY excited. And they're putting that excitement in song.

Maybe they introduced you to music or dance or theater or crayons. We want to hear your story.

They're breaking L.A.'s history -- and what may be the current status quo -- of young straight cisgender stand-up.

It's the merriest place on Earth.

From theme parks, zoos and gardens to boat parades, Candy Cane Lanes and shopping malls, here's where to get lit.

It's time to press pause and give thanks, yes, even for this crazy beautiful world. Here are ways to give back, get some yuks or find some fun.

During Dana Gioia's tenure, he made it a point to visit every one of California's 58 counties.

She does work for the U.N. and is active in her community. Find out what a different kind of queen looks like.

Superstar writer Grant Morrison acknowledges that having a cop as a hero -- even one from outer space -- has a different meaning right now.

It's not even Thanksgiving but the holiday season is here with Christmas movies, twinkly lights and tons of craft markets. Plus, plenty of non-seasonal fun.

They were put up in the dark of night, calling out everyone from Harvey Weinstein to Quentin Tarantino.

Spider-Man. The Hulk. The X-Men. Without Stan Lee, none of them exist.

Free parks for vets, etymology for word nerds and French dips and crack pie for foodies.

Will the show go on? Should it? Cal Lutheran theater professor Brett Elliott is torn.

Explore the art and architecture of SoCal neighborhoods from Inglewood to Pasadena. Get your fix at a coffee confab. Honor the military veterans in your life.

He did lengthy movement coaching sessions, put on prosthetic teeth and hair, and spent endless hours watching video.

The media didn't always cover politics the way it does now. Hugh Jackman plays defamed politician Gary Hart in "The Front Runner."

Music fills the fall air, the Cinerama Dome celebrates its 55th birthday and there's lots of food talk.

Donut County creator Ben Esposito developed the game based on what he saw living in Highland Park.

Disconnect from the dystopia of the real world with a soak, a scrub and a lot of sweat.

We wept. We cursed the heavens. We regrouped.

"You would take me for granted if I was open regular hours."

This is Los Angeles Football Club's inaugural season in Major League Soccer and they wound up taking third place in the Western conference.

Some fans are holding on as hard as Peter Quill held onto that Walkman -- they bought a billboard near Disneyland.

Choose from a bunch of off-the-beaten path happenings, fall art events and Día de los Muertos celebrations. Plus, the holiday marketplace season has begun.

Last month's L.A. Film Festival will be the last one.

"Ooh! Stranger Things! And it's part of... Halloween Horror Nights? Uh oh."

This is for the Halloween homebodies. May it help pass the awkward silences between strangers demanding candy.

Celebrate life and honor those who have passed at these Day of the Dead celebrations.

Remember busy signals? Get ready to hear them a looooot.

Forget the basic jack-o'-lantern. Look for fighting spaceships, ET on his flying bike, animated moon discoveries and Cookie Monster.

The non-linear opera is sung entirely in the ancient language of Sanskrit.

Everyone's getting into the Halloween spirit. What's even scarier? The midterm election. KPCC in Person discusses what's on the ballot at the state, local and national levels.

Creator and showrunner Michael Schur told us about the lessons being learned in the writers room.

TL;DR You probably can't. But you can make it less painful.

In fact, they don't go far enough.

It starts with a simple question: What are you?

The Dodgers' head groundskeeper explains why the best field is the one players and fans don't have to think about.

Tons of Halloween happenings! Plus, a celebration of mountain lion P-22, a Filipino food fest and David Bowie songs in Portuguese.

How do you track down who started a chant in Boston more than 35 years ago?

If possibly paranormal lamps are your thing, better act fast.

They're finalists in NBC's short film festival.

Here's a list to get you started. Let us know if there are any standout bars you think we should include!

"Boys becoming men. Men becoming wolves."

Rattle your bones at the grooviest Halloween parties in Los Angeles!

"Making movies for me has always been like punching underwater, or trying to communicate in Spain when I only took two years of Spanish in high school."

Halloween season is in full force and plenty of events to prime you for the big day.

They thought Donald Trump's election was a national emergency. Now they're trying to fight back and get voters engaged.

Fake Theme Park lovingly takes down Disney, Universal, and all the rest -- and now it's a book.

Peter Dinklage and Sacha Gervasi worked on a movie about 'Fantasy Island's' Hervé Villechaize for more than 14 years. Now it's on HBO.

He doesn't just write for Veronica Mars -- he was also a legendary basketball player.

Fall festivals featuring food, fun, families, fantastical art and Lebron James fill the weekend agenda.

Never forget.

The Queen of Funk is taking over Pasadena this New Year's Day.

Alexander Elliott Miller wanted to take pieces of L.A.'s history and turn them into sound.

Can upstart URadio capitalize on shifting demographics to unseat behemoth KAZN?

In an alternate world, comics of all races, genders and orientations would get the adulation they deserve. "Everything Is Fine!" is making that universe a reality -- right now.

Don't let the FOMO you got from missing Hamilton happen again.

"Dear Evan Hansen" arrives in L.A. while film lovers have lots of cool and creepy picks, including a cocktail series to go with "Inception."

Watts residents have joined forces with the Collaborative Arts Bloc in creating a play that sheds light on police brutality and gun violence in predominantly black communities

For secular folk interested in the community benefits of religion, Secret City offers Sunday worship of the arts and all things creative.

Have you ever listened really intently to someone playing acoustic emotional punk rock while letting your eyes well up? Then you might be the target audience for Emo Nite Day.

"I would never have made this piece today. I was just so excited about America back then," the artist said about his Obama-era musical installation.

"First Man" is about the failures and sacrifices behind one of the world's most famous success stories.

VR video games aren't all the medium has to offer.

This weekend, there's a festival for everyone. Female filmmakers, indie gamers, beer drinkers, ukulele players, oyster eaters, comedy lovers and David Lynch fans.

The dodginess of the movie's geography is its own work of art.

He was recruited from South Central to play football for Beverly Hills, and he eventually made it to the NFL. Now his story's a CW teen drama.

Wicked Lit's 2018 one-act plays are streamlining to give more guests a frightening theatrical experience.

L.A. throws its first celebration for Indigenous Peoples Day and you've got your pick of mezcal dinners, cult movie celebrations and comedy.

Forty women were invited to submit concepts that would showcase Los Angeles's diversity, and it was narrowed down to these seven -- five solo directors and one team.

For lovers of festivals, there's a seafood fest, a mole fest, an inflatable run-fest, two comedy festivals, a Greek fest, an Oktoberfest and a medieval feast (close enough).

"Life Cycle," Ai Weiwei's new work on display now at the Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles, was shipped out of China just days before Chinese authorities razed Ai's studio without warning.

Here's where you CAN learn more about the Supreme Court's Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Los Angeles.

Kavanaugh's a woman and his accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's a man in this gender-swapped production.

They're going mobile before moving to a new permanent location.

What happens when an all-female society meets toxic masculinity?

Sarah Jones' futuristic show at the L.A. LGBT Center wants to start an empowering conversation about sexuality and sex work.

There's a major pairing of tacos and vodka for National Taco Day. Plus, the Halloween season is in full swing.

We've got maps, photos, and everything else you need to know about both the real and slightly fictionalized locations from the show.

Holofcener also wishes she didn't have to release her latest on Netflix -- but mainstream studios don't want to do movies like hers.

Performers, street closures, maps! Here's everything you need to know about Celebrate L.A., happening this Sunday.

A major Ai Weiei show, a massive CicLAvia, an exhibition of sandwich art, several Oktoberfests, a queer literary fest and Halloween haunts.

How Fox's old Wurlitzer was brought back to life.

It's true, we promise.

Climber Alex Honnold is the first person to ever scale the face of Yosemite's El Capitan without ropes. "Free Solo" documents it.

He thinks art is definitely in the eye of the beholder -- or, in the case of selfies, behind them.

Yes, the fall TV season is still a thing. Check out five shows shining a light on pieces of L.A. life.

After a 15-year absence from acting, Wiseau returns to the screen playing a quirky mortician. Could he play any other kind?

California soul, a confab of bicyclists, music by Childish Gambino, a pizza pop-up and stories about sisterhood under a harvest moon.

The L.A. Film Festival has had trouble getting movie execs to care.

Stan Lai's first English-language play delivers an immersive time-travel experience.

She graduated from USC with a degree in biology but went into acting and comedy instead.

Goonies never say die -- and now a new generation of gender-swapped, race-swapped actors are taking on that challenge for a live reading.

Filled with fall festivals and fun stuff to do in the fresh air, this weekend features the Frogtown Art Walk, a Moon Festival, a craft fair and Tarfest.

"Seventy-Six Cities," which has spent decades in relative obscurity, has ties to an evangelical organization that saw itself on the front lines of an ideological war.

From dinner parties set among carnivorous plants to a twisted cabaret that changes based on your choices, these haunts will transport you to grittier, gothier worlds.

The Sartorialist brought street-style fashion photography to the masses. Now it's at the Getty.

How do you ensure that your red carpet walk gets covered? Get the photo service's name printed on your bag.