The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has all sorts of new stuff in the new Dinosaur Hall. I used to love the dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History in New York as a kid, so I’m very excited to check out this new exhibit. Their Tyrannosaurus Rex was incredible. I assume […]
One of the things I love about Los Angeles is that people take weirdo art seriously here. Tim Burton has a major exhibit running all summer at LACMA, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. I don’t always feel good about some of the themes in his movie work, but I always adore his aesthetic […]
Flavorwire ran a gallery today of portraits John Jonas Gruen shot of his artist peers over the past five decades. Apparently, East Coast artists of his generation spent a lot of time at the beach. Somehow there can be a West Coast notion that the beach is for the superficial and well-adjusted, but that is […]
Politico reports that yesterday the Arizona state legislature has passed a bill making it a felony to “intentionally or knowingly creating a human-animal hybrid.” Well, phew, because I was definitely afraid, with all the military contractors out there, that, instead of working on lucrative mining and fiberoptics, mad scientists were diligently slaving away trying to […]
The Kelburn Castle and Estate fully opens to the public on Easter and maintains regular hours from Easter until November second. Although Kelburn Castle has many historical and architectural features of interest, the aspect people tend to find most notable is the graffiti-covered portion. A couple of years ago, it was determined that parts of […]