Customized cars, trucks and lots of memories at the Pasadena Police Car Show
by In Burbank… A few days ago the social media group, Krispy Creme Tuesdays, held a flash mob car show — well, they tried to hold …
Category: Art in Los Angeles
Earthday, animation expo, and arts–just another fun weekend in beautiful downtown Burbank
As I wrote some time ago, the pure arts festivals in and around Los Angeles are having a hard time of it in recent years. …
Moderne/Art Deco buildings in downtown L.A. are now mostly living spaces for the rich and movie stars
In the go-go years of the 1920s and early 1930s Art Moderne (or as it is also known, Art Deco) became the architecture of choice …
See the Rent Collection Courtyard that came from China’s Cultural Revolution!
It is only 5 blocks from my home, but I rarely ever go to the Pacific Asia Museum (PAM). With the Chinese Lunar New Year …
Too much amazing art–Hansen’s paintings of Monterey Fisherman, Jim Morphesis, and Lars Jan installation
I came out of the new exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) thinking: ‘I’ve got to take a class in California art.’ …
Underground Hollywood: stars on the walls, stars on the sidewalks and tourists by the thousands
Most Angelenos avoid Hollywood Blvd. It used to be a run down slum with a lot of tile stars embedded in the sidewalks. Most of …
Author Lisa See puts her hands in cement at Vroman’s new Authors Walk of Fame in Pasadena
In celebration of its 120th anniversary the management at Vroman’s bookstore decided to create a new Authors Walk of Fame, similar to the one in …
Cycling in CicLAvia? See the amazing East L.A. Civic Center.
Until about three years ago I had always thought of East L.A. as an area of small, drab houses and a fair amount of crime. …
See Native Tongva people’s roles at the San Gabriel Mission near Los Angeles
On July 11, 2020 a fire severely damaged the San Gabriel Mission church. The roof was totally destroyed and much of the interior, too. Years …
Farewell to the art fair! They’re vanishing across Los Angeles but I found one in Toluca Lake
10, 15, and 20 years ago there were annual art fairs in neighborhoods across Southern California. Fine artists and accomplished craftspeople–potters, glass artists, painters, sculptors–would …