Comics, once considered niche market fare, have now become the quintessence of cool. In fact, people who read comic books even land dates nowadays, according to graphic novelist Art Spiegelman. In “WORDLESS!,” a hybrid performance of slides, talk and jazz performance, Spiegelman and composer Phillip Johnston guide the audience through a tour of the significant […]
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Throwback Thursday: ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
It was the 1950s; a newer phenomenon called rock ‘n’ roll was sweeping the country, and television was starting to take its throne. It was inevitable: Video did indeed kill the radio star, and one show drove the dagger. Originally titled “Toast of the Town,” “The Ed Sullivan Show,” hosted by entertainment journalist Ed Sullivan, […]
LACMA director to speak at Design | Media Arts lecture series
If you’re an artist, you need a day job. That’s what Michael Govan attributed as his entrance into the museum world. The current director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was trained to be an artist and worked in graphic design and architecture for his college museum, the Williams College Museum of Art. […]
Theater Review: ‘En Garde Arts: Basetrack Live’
“En Garde Arts: Basetrack Live” Directed by Seth Bockley Royce Hall 4 Paws A single violin plays as an array of grandiose music builds alongside a montage of videos and images. In the foreground of this digital collage stands a man, upright and strong. It is his narration that will bring life to a series […]
‘Design in One’ documentary explores lives of Vignelli designer couple
Massimo Vignelli had always wanted to affect millions of people through design. From the sleek curves of the Ford Motor Company label to the bold loops of the Bloomingdale’s logo, the designs of the late Vignelli and his partner, Lella Vignelli, have certainly made their mark unto the millions who constantly see these symbols in […]
TFT offers new professional course ‘Producing Theater Now’
Theater producer Susan Dietz said she feeds on the adrenaline of the stage, the danger of not knowing what to expect. Because once the curtains rise, there’s no going back. Ever since seeing her first play, Dietz said she has been captivated by the presence of real people on a stage portraying stories in real […]
Clark Library holds last open house before restoration
When the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library was built in 1924, it began what would eventually be an abounding testament of California’s history. On Wednesday, the Clark Library will hold its fourth annual open house as well as a quarterly lecture on the library’s first head librarian, Robert E. Cowan, an esteemed bookman and a […]