After Mapplethorpe nudes comes men’s clothing during the last 300+ years
by As a kind of counter-exhibit to the room after room of Mapplethorpe’s male nudes–which not all of which are suitable for publication, at least in …
Author: carollightwood
I moved to LA from San Francisco in 1974 and lived in various towns and neighborhoods around greater Los Angeles until 2019 when I moved to Tucson. Originally I was from Washington State.
Yellow hoses, Hawaiian feathers and the Rain Room at LACMA in Los Angeles
There are currently 4 1/2 exhibitions tied to the works of Robert Mapplethorpe around Los Angeles, including a huge one at LACMA (Los Angeles County …
Street corner art, a lavender house, pinwheels on a fence in South Pasadena
Whimsy seems to be taking over South Pasadena. I went there to shoot photographs of al fresco dining along Mission Street–and there are plenty of …
Stage 2 of Amgen Tour of California started at South Pasadena
This was the third time I’d been to the Tour of California cycling race and it was a much more modest event than the two …
Mothers’ Day piano music in Union Station and Zephyr Fromage Blanc Mousse for dessert
Here is what I did on Mothers Day: Caught the Gold Line Metro to Union Station where I was surprised and delighted to listen to …
Amazing glass garden sculptures at the Pasadena Showcase House 2016
The Pasadena Showcase House has been held annually for almost six decades. Year after year designers and decorators and crafts people have transformed large old …
Tiles showing movies and movie stars in the 7th Street Red Line Metro station
The 7th Street Metro station is where the Metro Red Line, Purple Line and Blue Line converge and it is filled with people rushing from …
Mapplethorpe, Japanese-American photographers and Happy Kitty in Little Tokyo Los Angeles
Beautiful images, not-suitable-for-kids subjects Last weekend I saw the Mapplethorpe exhibition at the Getty and most of the photographs were ones I had seen before …
Purple Jacaranda trees in bloom along Del Mar about a month early
Decades ago–say, back in the 1970s and 1980s–the Brazilian Jacaranda trees planted all over Los Angeles bloomed in early June. In recent years the trees …
A secret garden tucked away in Pasadena is filled with quiet places
Pasadena’s Arlington Garden came into being thanks to the efforts of two neighbors, Betty and Charles McKenney, who disliked looking out at an empty 3 acre …