Arts in L.A Calendar

Published on September 14, 2006

"The California Modernist Portrait"; "Vaudeville Extravaganza!"; "Five Days of Freedom: Photographs From the 1956 Hungarian Revolution"; Lucinda Williams and Miller Williams; and other events to see during September

7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on June 22, 2006

This week in Los Angeles: REDCAT's International Children's Film Festival; Iris Chang Memorial Essay Contest; "Elements" exhibit at the Finegood Gallery; "Enrico Donati: One of Each" at galerie yoramgil; Summer Sunset Services from Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue.

7Days in the Arts

By Melanie Herschorn
Published on June 15, 2006

This week in Los Angeles: Jeffrey Sweet's play "The Value of Names"; "Death of a Salesman" at Pacific Resident Theater; Toby Caplan-Stonefield's new CD, "The Spiritual Flute"; Dan Thorne's new art exhibit, "Tzva'im Mavrikim -- Bright Colors"; Los Angeles Premiere of Sam Shepard's "The God of Hell"; Mitch Albom's comedic play "And The Winner Is..."; Rock musical "Prime."

Learn to Remember

By Julie G Fax
Published on April 28, 2005

Skip Aldrich signals a student to turn down the lights and flips on the projector. An image of a gaunt concentration camp inmate hunched over a workbench evokes a collective gasp from the 10th-grade world history class at John C. Fremont High School in South Los Angeles.

Luck of the Exiles

By Tom Teicholz
Published on April 7, 2005

Spring is upon us. My allergies have been acting up for weeks. So it seems the right time to talk about cross-pollination, a subject that it is at the heart of important new exhibits in Los Angeles and New York.

Kershaw Museum Plans Ethiopian Show

By Journal Report
Published on July 1, 2004

"A lot of people went to Israel when the country was new and bought Yemenite art, but they didn't tell you it was Yemenite," said the museum's director and founder, Norma Kershaw. "Ancient or modern, whatever people have" would be welcomed.

Bush Names Friend to Museum Council

By Tom Tugend
Published on April 24, 2003

Century City lawyer Donald Etra has been appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council by President Bush, a close friend since their undergraduate days at Yale.

Solace in SoCal

By Denise Berger
Published on February 27, 2003

It may seem an auspicious time to bring Israeli artists over to America, as Israel has been in a virtual state of war since the beginning of the second intifada, and America is on the brink of war as well; but in a way, the timing could not have been better to discover what role museums play amid chaos.

‘Chai’ Time to Celebrate

By Ruth Weisberg
Published on January 30, 2003

In Lita Albuquerque's serene "Particle Memory," a constellation of gold disks swirls in an intense blue void. In Peter Shire's cheekily futuristic "Torso Teapot," a tiny central pot sprouts gangly limbs.

The Art of the Matter

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on October 3, 2002

When artist Ted Meyer was first diagnosed with Gaucher disease, a lipid-storage disorder that is the most common genetic disease affecting Jews of Eastern European descent, he used his artistic talents to express his pain.

The Art of the Matter

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on September 26, 2002

When artist Ted Meyer was first diagnosed with Gaucher disease, a lipid-storage disorder that is the most common genetic disease affecting Jews of Eastern European descent, he used his artistic talents to express his pain.

7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 23, 2002

The band is called JEW and blatant Jew pride is reason enough for a shout-out. But these guys also have a show tonight.

An Early Face Lift

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on September 2, 1999

On the north side of the Skirball Cultural Center, two dozen construction workers shout to each other over the roar of the 405 Freeway.