Arts & Entertainment

Who is replacing Gustavo Dudamel? LA Phil names next music director after much speculation

Daniel Harding, currently with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Italy, will take over for Dudamel next year.

Feature: The stars of ‘Tuner’ talk about striking the perfect chord on screen

Larry Mantle speaks with the stars of the new film Tuner, about a piano repair apprentice who suffers a unique hearing condition that makes him extra sensitive to sound.

Two male presenting people, one elderly and one younger wearing headphones both with light skintones, stand outside the entrance to a house

FilmWeek: ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ ‘I Love Boosters,’ ‘Passenger’ and more!

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire, Lael Loewenstein and Maureen Lee Lenker review this weekend’s latest movie releases.

A small green alien with long ears holds its arm to its forehead, on the right a larger humanoid boots and legs are seen

Searching for LA’s best bakeries? The host of ‘The Great American Baking Show’ shares her top picks

Actor/comedian Casey Wilson also explains how strict the time constraints for the baking challenges really are, and why she says the series is kind of like The Truman Show.

A younger brunette white woman and man stand on either side of a wooden baking table, covered with pots, bowls and paper. Next to the woman is an older white woman and man, looking off screen at an unseen person.

How a music showcase in South LA is fighting pay-to-play culture

The Rehearsal gives emerging artists a platform, without breaking the bank.

Six people are standing in the center of room with a backdrop that reads The Rehearsal. A woman is in the center holding a microphone and singing. To her right there two men holding a saxophone and a guitar. To her left are two other performers. The crowd is pictured in front of the band.

How the artist behind the ‘Parasite’ painting brought his whimsical world to Highland Park

Best known for creating the eerie child's painting in Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” visual artist ZiBeZi brings his vibrant, boundary-free style to Chef Debbie Lee’s Yi-Cha.