Christmas in colorful Chinatown is a Los Angeles tradition
by In the melting pot that is Los Angeles two local holiday food traditions stand out. One is eating tamales during the Christmas season which obviously …
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Mission Inn Festival of Lights is wild for animatrontic elves and real parrots
“Too much is just about right” at the amazing, annual Festival of Lights at the Mission Inn in Riverside, about an hour or so east …
Luis Rodriguez, L.A. poet laureate, puts handprints in Vroman’s Walk of Fame
Rodriguez, the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate, author, bookstore owner, former gang member and community activist became the third author to be added to Vroman’s …
The rebirth of the Pasadena Playhouse District and an Art Walk too
The annual Art Walk in the Playhouse District was a typical local art show — but untypically located under the huge old ficus trees that …
“Resist” reads the sign at a Metro Gold Line station in Los Angeles
Shortly after Trump was inaugurated this huge RESIST sign went up on a fence across from a Metro station that is surrounded by angel sculptures …
The arts of CicLAvia and some bikes, too
The latest installment of the no-cars-on-streets bicycling event dubbed CicLAvia was held on L.A. streets stretching from Boyle Heights to Echo Park to Chinatown last …
Actor Anthony Quinn reborn on a building in downtown Los Angeles
Old actors don’t always fade away into oblivion. Some get repainted or moved to a new home. For over 30 years, the Victor Clothing company …
Neon art goes wild at Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles
After disembarking from my first ride in years down the tiny Angels Flight railway, I crossed the street to Grand Central Market and was blown …
Angels Flight railway finally reopens in downtown Los Angeles
Visitors to downtown Los Angeles can once again ride the steep narrow gauge railway named Angels Flight from Grand Central Market on Hill St. up …
Hockney at the Getty and some amazing furniture, too
(Originally published in 2017) The Getty Center decided to celebrate painter/photographer David Hockney’s 80th birthday with two galleries of his work. One contains self-portraits over …