Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Artists from inside the concentration camps

By Tom Tugend

The Nazis gassed and murdered 1 million prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex, but they could not kill the human urge to. . .

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Observant life in progress

by Iris Mann, Contributing Writer

Barbara Heller likes to refer to herself as a “growing Jew.” The actress/singer has created a biographical show, “Finding Barb,” that traces. . .

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

‘Woven Words’ Celebrates Lutoslawski

by Evan Henerson, Contributing Writer

Music historians will remember Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) as one of the greatest symphonists of the 20th century. The Los Angeles Philharmonic. . .

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

See the far away before it’s gone away

By Tom Teicholz

When we visit sites of early civilization — Athens, Rome, Jerusalem, Angkor Wat, Pompeii, Machu Picchu or Petra — ancient wisdom seems like. . .

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Film Fest celebrates Sephardim

by Evan Henerson, Contributing Writer

For its 11th festival, the Los Angeles Sephardic Jewish Film Festival (LASJFF) needed an honoree for its gala, which takes place Nov. 11 at Paramount. . .

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Films of the Holocaust and non-Jews

By Tom Tugend

Two documentary films, each touching the Holocaust era and celebrating the courage and devotion of non-Jews, are screening in Los Angeles. The first. . .

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Artist Daniel J. Martinez provokes religion, politics to incite insight

by Jonathan Maseng, Contributing Writer

Daniel Joseph Martinez has a question, or, rather, he wants you to have one. Well-known as one of the art world’s favorite provocateurs, the Los. . .

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Technique, sensitivity the keys to pianist Bronfman’s success

By Rick Schultz

When Yefim Bronfman performs Brahms' Second Piano Concerto with conductor Lionel Bringuier and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl on. . .

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Global repertoire inspires international ensemble at iPalpiti Festival

By Rick Schultz

Among the pleasures of the summer music season is the annual iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates, now in its 15th year. iPalpiti (the name. . .

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Getty Museum to return Nazi-looted painting

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return a 17th-century Dutch painting looted by the Nazis to the heir of the Jewish art dealer. Jewish art dealer. . .

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Piecing together daily life in Terezin

by Iris Mann

Erich Lichtblau-Leskly is relatively unknown, but the power of his art — created while he was an inmate of the concentration camp known as the. . .

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

C’est magnifique: Manuscript exhibition vividly illuminates the art of Medieval France

By Anita K. Kantrowitz

The development of manuscript illumination is perhaps one of the lesser-known chapters in the history of French art, largely overshadowed by the. . .

Saturday, June 5, 2010

NICHOLAS STOLLER/GET HIM TO THE GREEK

By Naomi Pfefferman

Writer-director Nicholas Stoller regards British comedian Russell Brand as an honorary member of the “Jew-Tang Clan,” the creative posse led by. . .

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

David Arquette: The Females of My Life

By Naomi Pfefferman

At the Geffen Playhouse recently, David Arquette twisted off his gold wedding ring to reveal the inscription he shares with his wife, Courtney Cox:. . .

Monday, February 1, 2010

Cohen, Previn receive lifetime Grammys

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Musician and poet Leonard Cohen was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Grammy Awards.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Arts in L.A. Quarterly Calendar: Cultural events through Feb. 2009

By Dikla Kadosh and Lilly Fowler

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

LACMA plans pioneering post-war German art show

By Tom Freudenheim

Discomfort with German art might seem like a problem that's particular to the Jewish community. It's another part of the "I would never set foot in. . .

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Premier theater complex blossoms on West Side

By Tom Teicholz

"Without people like the Broads,we wouldn't have commissioned work of Mozart and Bach and Beethoven and so many of the great painters. How they use. . .

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Producer David Heyman and the lives of outsiders, from ‘Potter’ to ‘Pajamas’

By Naomi Pfefferman

The story is told from the perspective of 8-year-old Bruno (Asa Butterfield), who is chagrined when his father (David Thewlis, who plays Remus Lupin. . .

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Women plot revenge against a sexist ‘70s boss in ‘9 to 5: The Musical’ (what a way to make a livin’)

By Shoshana Lewin Fischer

"It seems that in a musical you would get to know people less -- I actually think you get to know them more" -- Patricia Resnick, writer of "9 to 5"

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Arts in L.A. Quarterly Calendar: Cultural events through November 2008

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Photo exhibition reveals challenges, dreams of teen immigrants

By Anita K. Kantrowitz

"In my country, it was always war. I saw people dying. I saw people without arms, eyes, hands -- without heads," Mustafa said. "We finally got away,. . .

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Joan Hyler’s condition stabilizes

By Danielle Berrin

Hollywood talent manager Joan Hyler’s critical condition has stabilized, three days after she was struck by a car on the Pacific Coast Highway and. . .

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

JDub throws off the label and opts for change

By George Robinson

JDub was never supposed to be just a record label, and as JDub records celebrates its fifth anniversary with a free concert on July 27 downtown at. . .