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Tag Archives: Los Angeles
Books and Music
I continue to be amazed by the creativity of book artists. Two wizards of the genre, Peter and Donna Thomas, recently completed a pair of wonderful accordion books with fascinating musical connections. The first is an accordion-style artist’s book, commissioned … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Museums, Music, USA
Tagged Book Artists, Los Angeles, Los Lobos, Tejano, Texas
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Will the museum deserve an Oscar
Film lovers won’t be able to visit in-person until the doors open to the public on September 30, 2021, but new the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures programming will soon be available online. The pre-opening program includes a screening of … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Architecture, Art, Film, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged California, Cinema, Los Angeles
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On the Road
The iconic artist Ed Ruscha has long been inspired by urban America – its cars, billboards, gas stations and low-slung houses all strung out in a seemingly endless sprawl. The short film below combines images from the Getty Research Institutes’s … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged Ed Ruscha, Jack Kerouac, Los Angeles
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A clown can get away with murder
The always on-point street art collective INDECLINE recently completed a stealthy appropriation of an advertising billboard in Los Angeles to continue their attack on the ongoing shitshow in the White House. The clever work manages to reference 1970s serial killer … Continue reading
When is a book art?
H/t to Bonnie Kuster Butler for this post. When is a book art ? A current exhibition at LA’s Getty Research Institute explores the many ways in which artists create objects that straddle the worlds of books and art. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged artists' books, Book Artists, California, Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Bookstore Tourism: The Last Bookstore
I know that I’ve posted stories about this amazing bookstore in downtown Los Angeles over the years, but TBTP reader Christine P. sent a link for the wonderful little video of the bibliophile’s nirvana so I thought that I’d share. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Tourism, USA
Tagged Bookselling, California, Los Angeles
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Mind Your Metro Manners
The Los Angeles subway system thought it was a novel idea to use a Sailor Moon-inspired anime-like character named Super Kind Girl to star in a new series of PSA videos encouraging good public transportation manners. Each of the bilingual … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Asia, Film, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Anime, California, Los Angeles, Metro, Subway
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Libros Schmibros: Great Name, Great Concept
Libros Schmibros is a community-based, not-for-profit bookstore/lending library located in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles. Run mainly by its dedicated founder and a team of volunteers, the project champions the pleasure of reading and its power to change lives. … Continue reading
California Dreaming
Pop art icon Ed Ruscha has been documenting California culture for more than 60 years. The short film “Ed Ruscha : Buildings and Words” was recently commissioned by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art to celebrate the artist’s aesthetic. … Continue reading
Lost In Place
Getting lost in a new city isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, sometimes it’s the way that we discover the true spirit of a place. Lost iN is a marvelous series of locally curated travel guides that invites readers to “surrender … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Hotels, Maps, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Vienna
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