Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 10:12PM | Share Article 
This weekend MOCA opens a new exhibition called Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974. According to the museum, this is the first “…exhibition to deal broadly with Land art… [and] provides a comprehensive overview that reveals the complexity of the movement's social and political engagement with the historical conditions of its time.”
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 5:31PM | Share Article 
Three recent articles published by The Atlantic’s online site Cities: Place Matters provide differing perspectives on the future of greater Los Angeles. While the news is not all good, what’s clear is that some progress is being made to address the region’s looming environmental problems. Now, if only all the planning and good intentions can become a reality.
Cities: Place Matters, The Atlantic in Environment, Research Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 3:52PM | Share Article 
Throughout southern California concrete bridges span rivers, washes, and arroyos. While most are utilitarian structures that don’t add much beauty to the region’s urban landscape, some incorporate design elements that, to an observant eye, are appealing to look at when viewed from certain vantage points and at particular times of day.
Ted Dayton in Exhibition, Photography Friday, May 18, 2012 at 8:58AM | Share Article 
This weekend LA Commons is launching Trekking LA 2012, its annual summer series of walking tours. The first tour of the new season is called Angels Gate: A City Within A Park. It will explore Angel’s Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro and will be lead by Angela Romero.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 10:10AM | Share Article 
Last Thursday night I attended the opening of American Light: Paintings by John Tierney at the Paul Smith shop on Melrose. Unlike other art events I’ve experienced in the past, this one had a decidedly Hollywood / fashion industry vide. As the invitation only crowd browsed Paul Smith’s latest collection, waiters clad in all black served wine and British beer to the artist and his son Ben, Alan Aldridge, Josh Duhamel, Stacy Ferguson (aka Fergie), Ryan Philippe, Diana Aragon, Abbie Cornish and Mira Sorvino, among many others.
Fashion, Hollywood, John Tierney, Painting, Paul Smith in Art Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 11:23AM | Share Article 
This weekend twenty of southern California’s finest cultural institutions join together to honor their members. Show an active membership card from any of the participating museums and gain entry to all the others at no charge. What’s more, you’ll also receive significant savings in the museums’ gift shops.
Monday, May 7, 2012 at 3:51PM | Share Article 
Earlier this year I published a story about English painter John Tierney, who makes regular visits to southern California and has a particular fascination with the City of Los Angeles and the area in and around Joshua Tree National Park. After interviewing him for my article and spending time looking at his paintings online, I became an admirer of his work because of the way he uses vivid colors and deftly captures light and shadow in his urban and desert landscapes.
John Tierney, Painting, Paul Smith in Art Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 8:23PM | Share Article 
My family loves the REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival. The selection of shorts is always excellent, the audience’s energy and enthusiasm is infectious and the theater offers an intimate place to immerse yourself in wonderful stories from around the world.
I highly recommend you attend one or more screenings during the festival's two-weekend run. If the films are anything like the ones I've seen in the past, you won't be disappointed.
