This week we return to an old Writ Large Press stomping ground — DTLA. Of course, downtown Los Angeles is the site of many of our past events and experiments — #90X90LA, DTLABODEGA, Grand Park BookFest. Peter Woods is curating, producing & hosting Race, Politics & Poetics this Thursday night (12/8) at The Los Angeles …
Between the lingering Covid-19 pandemic, unresolved political turmoil and months of social unrest, it’s safe to say that 2020 and the first part of 2021 has not been one of the most uplifting chapters in American history. It was in this spirit of feeling the collective malaise that neon artist Tory DiPietro dreamed up her …
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A crisp morning in Downtown Los Angeles. February chills with sunny skies invaded my senses as we walked toward The Gerry Building. The building with rounded corners and curves on Los Angeles Street. Guarded with security on the outside and a checklist to let you through its glass doors. LA’s house of fashion since 1946. …
The Roots and Wings Project returns to DTLA, joining forces with the California Arts Council to Present LUMINOUS STREETS, an immersive theatrical tour of DTLA centering on women’s survival and pursuit of justice. Leading female writers developed new works that speak to the fight for basic human rights, exploring the ways women are treated when …
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In the mid 1970s, when I started my career as a photo-journalist, I was inspired by Annie Leibovitz because she was a young woman my age photographing for Rolling Stone magazine, which was cool. I continued to follow her work through the years, I bought her 1983 book, with Meryl Streep on the cover and an …
Alexander Calder was one of the most important American artists of the first half of the 20th Century. A third generation American sculptor, his oeuvre came to fruition in Paris where he lived and worked from 1927 – 1938. There, he had developed a reputation as an unconventional sculptor / humorist. It can be said …
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A tap master in Hollywood, folkloric from a female view in Cahuenga Pass, participatory dance in West L.A., a modern dance legend in Costa Mesa, a delightfully mixed up dance festival returns in Santa Monica and more this week in SoCal dance. 5. Lenny gets another birthday tribute Two new works debut at Summer Premieres …
The Wooster Group’s A PINK CHAIR (In Place of a Fake Antique) runs April 5-15 at REDCAT, 631 W. Second St, downtown: Tue.-Sat., 8:30 p.m.; Sun, 3 p.m. Information at REDCAT. The search for a father, and the progenitor of assembled, avant-garde theatre, fuses in a masterful performance piece by The Wooster Group, playing at Los …
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On workdays I eat burritos at a café in Downtown Los Angeles. The staff knows my lunch routine: combo with a diet coke, add one sugar cookie. They also know my jale . . . I’m the customer who works for “the city” and “inspects buildings in South Central L.A.”. I like their succinct characterization …
Bringing together artists, booksellers and fine art enthusiasts in historic Chinatown, Los Angeles, the A.G. Geiger Book Fair is a unique event that is free and open to the public. Modeled on the art book fairs presented by Printed Matter in New York and Los Angeles, The A.G. Geiger Book Fair is regionally focused and …
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Adding to the galaxy of new art museums and galleries in the Los Angeles Arts District and DTLA, on Friday evening September 8, ICA LA (Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles) opened its stunning new 12,700 square foot facility at 1717 East 7th Street in the LA’s Arts District. Designed by wHY under the direction …
A flashmob at Venice Beach, Brazilian dance in Hollywood, hip hop in Santa Monica, a classic ballet film goes live action downtown, Icarus’ sister takes a fall in Echo Park and more So Cal dance this busy week. 5. Mind meets body Now an annual event, SOMAfest assembles dancers and other movement artists committed to …
A SoCal/France collaboration launches dancing hordes downtown, Mexico’s eclectic heritage explored in Hollywood, a cutting edge dance festival returns to downtown, bellydance goes 21st Century in Hollywood and more SoCal dance this week. 4. Bellydance tells tales With a promise to reimagine Middle Eastern dance for the 21st century, choreographer Jillina Carlano and her Bellydance Evolution consider Scheherazade’s tales …
The Magic of Mentoring Teen street photographer, Summer Carlis, created her first book with guidance from prize-winning community arts advocate, Susan Hayden. I’m delighted to share their story. — Alexis Rhone Fancher, Cultural Weekly poetry editor, creator of The Poets Eye Summer Carlis: “I got into photography a few years ago when I received my …
I learned about 90×90 at the 2014 Seattle AWP Conference. It was at a panel featuring editors from Kaya, Tia Chucha, Les Figues, Siglio, and, of course, Writ Large Press. AWP, for the uninitiated, is a conference that happens once a year in which thousands of writers and publishers descend upon a city to talk …
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