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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Historic Jewish merry-go-rounds up for sale

By Julie G Fax

The Illions Supreme Carousel, which twirled riders for decades at the L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona, is one of the most elaborate wooden carousels carved at the beginning of the last century by Marcus Charles Illions and his group of Jewish immigrant craftsmen. If the current owner, a private collector, can't find a buyer for the carousel -- a city, museum or amusement park -- the historic specimen of Jewish Americana could end up broken apart or shipped to Dubai, where the amusement park industry is flourishing and the weak dollar makes American cast-offs a bargain.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Black sheep might join family’s political flock

By Brad A. Greenberg

Josh Lowenthal is the self-styled black sheep of his family. Not that he hasn't done well or made his parents proud. Lowenthal attended Cornell, lived in Israel and has made a bundle as both a telecom entrepreneur and the owner of a popular Long Beach nightclub.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Art: Goldfarb’s sleight of hand and eye at MOLAA

By Tom Freudenheim

"Walter Goldfarb: D+Lirium," on view at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach through May 18, should reassure viewers that our art-jaded world still provides the occasional joy of discovery. The mid-career view of this talented Brazilian artist is also his first solo exhibition in the U.S., and the work is much more interesting than the show's somewhat precious title suggests.