Arts & Culture

Around the July Art Walk: The Business of Art

By Ed Fuentes — July 12, 2008
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psa opening

The July Downtown Art Walk saw continued growth, with more people on the streets of the Historic Core. While there's no official count, the crowds were estimated to be the largest ever for Downtown Art Walk. Councilman José Huizar explored Gallery Row after welcoming Phyllis Stein Art to his district and to Downtown. The champion for the Bringing Back Broadway...


Art Walk Preview for July, 2008

By Ed Fuentes — July 09, 2008
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Lamp

The Downtown Art Walk is upon us once again. It's July, and the walk will be a summer affair that brings the event its longest day of the year, by one minute. Sunset on June 12 was at 8:06pm and the July 10th sunset will be at 8:07pm. It will be 72 degrees when the sun fades away and dip to 69 degrees at 11pm. For those new to Downtown, Main Street is the split...


Free Shows Mark the Summer of 2008

By Ed Fuentes — July 08, 2008
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Concert Goers

Chuck Grub, 80, and his girlfriend of fifteen years, Trinidad Ventura (who proudly states she is 100) are regulars at Pershing Square's Summer Lunchtime series. "It's every Tuesday and Thursday, ya know," said Grub, a retired Technicolor cameraman. Last Thursday, he caught my eye with the way his hand bounced to the beat coming from the Undercover Girls, an...


Chinatown's Central Plaza Swings Into the Night

By Ed Fuentes — June 30, 2008
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Big Band

With a big band playing hits from the 40s, scheduled after the traditional Dragon, The 70th Anniversary Celebration of "New Chinatown" had the substance of history and tradition, along with a nod to L.A.s noir era Visitors, dignitaries, Downtown locals and Chinatown residents filled Central Plaza to watch restored neon be lit, dance to swing music, wear 40s...


In Chinatown, What's Old is New Again

By Ed Fuentes — June 24, 2008
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Old Chinatown

It's an original mixed-use development, with ground floor retail, upstairs offices for business and levels of high density residential space. It was built around pedestrians, creating a neighborhood while allowing plenty of vehicular access down a major thoroughfare. It contains public art that responds to cultural ideologies without ignoring the environment...


Everyone Becomes a Local on MONA's Neon Cruise

By Ed Fuentes — June 16, 2008
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the megaphone

For those who want to call themselves an Angeleno, it should be mandatory that they take the Museum of Neon Art's Neon Cruise. It's an appreciation tour of the city that uses neon lights as way-finders. While ducking tree branches, Eric Lynxwiler peppers the trip with a local perspective of the city's architecture and history. He's stationed top, front and...


Downtown Art Walk Wins Urban Planning Award

By Ed Fuentes and Eric Richardson — June 16, 2008
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Teeth

The Downtown Art Walk is receiving a Planning Award from the Los Angeles Section of the American Planning Association. The award, to be conferred tomorrow at a ceremony held at SCI-Arc, is in the category of Grassroots Initiative.


A Ride Around the June Art Walk

By Ed Fuentes — June 13, 2008
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the poet

There was excitement in the air at the June Downtown Art Walk. New sponsors, new gallery spaces, a new bus, and many in the crowd were from beyond the 110. But there were some bumps in the row that kept it from being a perfect night.


More Eyes on "Words"

By Ed Fuentes — June 12, 2008

the playwright

After rehearsals and a weekend of previews, A Thousand Words opens on Friday, June 13th. The Los Angeles Times also took a look at the series of plays that, according to Padua Artistic Director Guy Zimmerman, is an homage to a creative collaborative spirit of the Arts District. It may also preview of what will fill an art space that will be on the ground...


Art Walk Preview for June, 2008

By Ed Fuentes — June 10, 2008
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the gallery director

On Thursday, June 12th, the Downtown Art Walk brings new faces in old spaces, a new shuttle to get you around, and new ideas that expands Gallery Row. It all comes with a new Downtown Art Walk logo that debuts this month. Here's your guide to what not to miss at the June, 2008, Downtown Art Walk.