Life Portraits by Jack Simons I first encountered Édouard Manet while in the army. A friend spread prints of his paintings across a bunk to show me. I had somehow mixed up Manet in my mind with the ever-present Claude Monet — and who could avoid Monet in this modern world? — Christmas cards, public […]
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Epic Saturday by Andrew Collins I’m not a huge fan of the “favorite movie” designation. It’s kind of like calling someone your “best friend.” But if you pointed a gun at my head and told me to make a list of my top films, I’d have to start with The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Growing […]
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“Starry Night” by L. Angelenos by Lena Rivera Andrea Bogdan’s studio window perches right above 5th and Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. Cars rush past, people on the corner scream and laugh, and a siren wails out; this music swirls up to her ears and pushes her deeper into the vibrant and imaginative piece […]
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Theaters I Have Known by J. Hamilton In 1931 my father saw Frankenstein at the Seminole theater in Seminole, Oklahoma. Four years later, he watched Bride of Frankenstein at the same location. The Seminole passed for a “theater palace” in that small town, but Main Street had two other theaters as well: the Rialto, and […]
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Neon Wonderland by Lena Rivera As the sun set on Saturday night, September 22, Pershing Square transformed into a hub of light and energy. Music thumped, and the colorful excitement lured people, by the hundreds, from nearby sidewalks. Overhead, lasers flashed through thick smoke, turning it from green to purple then blue. Children swung sparkling […]
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