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Things to do in SoCal: Santa Monica Pier events, Venice Art Auction and more

Here are some events happening around town that are worth checking out.

El Segundo14 hours ago

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Author Julie Averbach holds the Simply Nutty granola bars from Trader Joe's, which incorporates an image from the late 1800s. (Spectrum News)

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Trader Joe’s as a lesson in art history? Yes, says author of new book

Julie Averbach new book shines a light on the art featured on some of the grocery chain's products.

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New York City4 days ago

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The Plaza Theatre. (Spectrum News/Tara Lynn Wagner)

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Palm Spring's historic Plaza Theatre to reopen in December after major restoration

Roughly 70% of the $27 million restoration project is being raised by private donors, with another $8 million still needed.

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Palm Springs5 days ago

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Fine arts gallery starts new beginning after Palisades Fire

The Bruce Lurie Gallery, one of the only fine arts galleries in Pacific Palisades, was one of the many businesses destroyed in the Palisades Fire.

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Los Angeles1 week ago

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A view of the Hotel Figueroa's art gallery.

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Hotel Figueroa celebrates feminist roots through art

The Hotel Figueroa was founded in 1926 by a group of women from a local YWCA and became a safe haven for women.

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Los Angeles2 weeks ago

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Altadena artist who lost home in fire is trying to capture 'beauty from ashes'

Keni Arts has been painting Altadena street scenes for 40 years.

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Altadena2 weeks ago

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(Photo courtesy of Tectonic Theater Project)

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Play inspired by Nazi-era photo album brings history into focus

“Here There Are Blueberries” is playing at the Wallis in Beverly Hills through March 30.

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Beverly Hills3 weeks ago

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UCLA students, staff and local musicians honor 1st woman to compose opera

March is International Women's Month, and a group of UCLA students, staff and local professionals are paying homage to the past.

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UCLA3 weeks ago

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Betty LaMarr looks at photographs at the Central Library. (Spectrum News/Kristopher Gee)

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'Alta' social impact art project creates human atlas of LA

Photographer Marcus Lyon created 100 portraits of extraordinary individuals creating positive change across Los Angeles County.

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Los Angeles1 month ago

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Tales of Trancestors. (Photo courtesy of Celebration Theatre)

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Theaters sue National Endowment for the Arts over new 'gender ideology' restrictions on grant program

Suit claims guidelines violate First and Fifth Amendment.

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Los Angeles1 month ago

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Tyler Eschendal in his multimedia project,

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The National Endowment for the Arts shifts funding priorities

The NEA changes funding application guidelines in response to the Trump administration's executive orders scrapping DEI initiatives.

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Los Angeles1 month ago

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Artist Sam Falls looking at one of his artworks.

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Arts community galvanizes for post-fire recovery

This year's Frieze LA art fair included a focus on rebuilding the arts community following devastating wildfires.

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Los Angeles1 month ago

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Altadena arts community vows to rebuild, looks to the future

The community reflects on Eaton fire losses and imagines what the future will look like after rebuilding.

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Los Angeles1 month ago

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'The Camp' revisits Japanese-American internment history

Created and performed by descendants of camp survivors, the new opera about an American family wrongfully imprisoned in 1942.

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Los Angeles1 month ago

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Grassroots efforts aim to help arts community amid fire recovery

The group exhibition "Out of the Ashes" at the Bergamot Station Art Center directly benefits artists affected by the fires.

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Los Angeles1 month ago

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Artist Victor Quiñonez poses next to his I.C.E Scream artwork displayed at Frieze Los Angeles. (Spectrum News/Kristopher Gee)

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Frieze LA Impact Prize honors artist whose work celebrates immigrant, Indigenous cultures

Frieze, in partnership with The Center for Art and Advocacy, awards the Frieze Impact Prize to an artist who has made a profound social impact.

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Los Angeles1 month ago

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After 6 of their members lost their homes, Palisades Symphony to hold benefit concert for musicians impacted by fires

The concert will be held Sunday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Westwood United Methodist Church.

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Westwood2 months ago

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'Four Women in Red' highlights the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women

"Four Women in Red" runs at Victory Theatre Center in Burbank through March 23.

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Burbank2 months ago

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From L to R: Tonantzin Carmelo and Julie Bowen in

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With new farce, Larissa FastHorse makes history as 1st Native American playwright at the Mark Taper Forum

"Fake It Until You Make It" runs through March 9.

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Downtown Los Angeles2 months ago

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Artistic Director for the Los Angeles Ballet Thordal Christensen, left, works with dancers during a rehearsal prior to their Season 10 Gala at the Skirball Cultural Center on Saturday, March 12, 2016, in Los Angeles. Proceeds from the event will serve communities throughout Los Angeles County through world-class performance and arts outreach programs. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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After closure due to Palisades Fire, Skirball Cultural Center reopens

After closing its doors due to the Palisades Fire, the Skirball Cultural Center is scheduled to reopen Sunday with a free event.

Los Angeles2 months ago

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With Palisades Fire nearly contained, Getty Center reopens but Villa remains closed for foreseeable future

Staff members detail quick response as fire reached the Villa earlier this month.

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Los Angeles2 months ago

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A view of Doug Aitken's art installation

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Doug Aitken's 'Psychic Debris Field' creates ecological narrative

Aitken's multimedia installation is both an extension and departure from his earlier "Lightscape" project.

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Los Angeles2 months ago

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LA artist sketches memories for fire victims

Asher Bingham has spent the past two weeks sketching homes destroyed by the recent Southern California wildfires.

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Los Angeles2 months ago

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A group of people in conversation at an art gallery in DTLA.

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Fundraising campaign helping artists and art workers rebuild

In response to artists impacted by wildfires, the Grief and Hope campaign is raising money for LA's arts community.

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Los Angeles2 months ago

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Artists reflect on war in Ukraine at Glendale Central Library

Group exhibition considers and reflects on Ukraine’s recent history and its emergence as a post-Soviet nation while grappling with invasion and war.

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Los Angeles3 months ago

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Wisconsin's Marissa Bode dives into 'Wicked,' disability representation and finding herself

The road from Mazomanie to Munchkinland has changed her life for good.

Wisconsin3 months ago

HOUSING

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Community-based organization steps in to preserve affordable housing

How LA Más is working to keep tenants rooted in neighborhoods facing gentrification.

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East Los Angeles3 months ago

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(JANM) A rendering of Japanese American National Museum pavilion renovation.

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Japanese American National Museum embarks on renovation

In 2025, the Japanese American National Museum embarks on a renovation of its Pavilion and an ambitious reimagining of its core exhibition.

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Los Angeles3 months ago

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Fellowships help pass the baton to more diverse collection of conductors

League of American Orchestras, fewer than 25% of conductors, assistant conductors and music directors identify as female.

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Los Angeles3 months ago

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Reforestation project inspired by artist Joseph Beuys

The Broad's "Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature" coincides with the major reforestation initiative, "Social Forest: Oaks of Tovaangar."

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Los Angeles3 months ago

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Urban Voices celebrate the holidays and healing with music

Founded in 2014, the Urban Voices Project spotlights Skid Row talent affected by homelessness.

Los Angeles3 months ago

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Direct from Broadway, Sutton Foster returns to Ahmanson in 'Once Upon a Mattress'

The musical also stars Michael Urie and Ana Gasteyer.

Downtown Los Angeles3 months ago

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Group of female musicians looks to shatter the brass ceiling

She Can Play Brass will perform their concert "Brass for the Holidays" on Dec. 16 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Glendale.

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Walnut3 months ago

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Celebrating inclusion through music: Rex & Friends take center stage

A program empowering musicians with autism, blindness and other disabilities prepares for its heartwarming holiday performance.

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Los Angeles4 months ago

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Hollywood holiday tradition continues with annual performance of 'A Christmas Carol'

First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood recently turned 100-years-old

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Hollywood4 months ago

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will make her Broadway debut on Saturday

Jackson is set to make her Broadway debut in the musical comedy “& Juliet” on Saturday.

New York City4 months ago

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Artists honor Virgin of Guadalupe with new exhibit

The Virgin of Guadalupe holds a special place in the hearts of many Catholics, especially in Mexico and the Americas.

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Los Angeles4 months ago

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West Coast singers celebrate 42nd year of music making

The chorus has a mission to foster understanding, healing and cooperation throughout the greater Los Angeles area through music.

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Los Angeles4 months ago

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Victorian-era seaweed scrapbook inspires new art show

"Found Adrift" was inspired by a scrapbook of seaweed samples from an anonymous woman from the 1800s.

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San Diego4 months ago

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Views of Planet City brings together five artists in an exploration of Liam Young’s Planet City.

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A showcase of PST art exhibitions across SoCal

We explore what happens in a Spectrum News special, when "Art and Science Collide: PST Art.”

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El Segundo4 months ago

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Live bees, urban farming and sea level rise on display in Hammer Museum's 'Breath(e)'

"Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice" runs through Jan. 5.

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Westwood4 months ago

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Exhibit at Craft Contemporary experiments with climate conscious construction design

"Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design" runs through Jan. 5, 2025.

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Los Angeles4 months ago

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UCLA hosts PST Art Science Fiction Film Series

Part of PST Art: Art and Science Collide, "Science Fiction Against the Margins" looks at alternative international sci-fi cinema.

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Los Angeles4 months ago

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Grant Gershon conducts musicians at Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Doug Aitken's multimedia 'Lightscape' creates modern mythologies

Part of the Getty's PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative, "Lightscape" combines film, music and live performance.

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Los Angeles4 months ago

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Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong

Justin Sun peeled off the duct tape and enjoyed the banana in a press conference held in one of the city's priciest hotels.

Hong Kong4 months ago

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Leaving an imprint: Artist uses rusty ladder to highlight issues at southern border

Tanya Aguíñiga's art is on display at UCLA's Fowler Museum.

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Los Angeles4 months ago

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Photo credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Feds announce seizure of 3,000 fake Gibson guitars

The seizure of more than 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars is the largest seizure on record of fake musical instruments, authorities said.

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Carson4 months ago

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Stage adaptation of 'Life and Times of Michael K' comes to the Wallis

Based on the novel by J.M. Coetzee, Lara Foot's adaptation of "Life and Times of Michael K" utilizes both human performers and puppets.

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Los Angeles4 months ago

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A group of people looking at artwork inside a gallery.

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'Sinks: Places We Call Home' exhibition highlights land contamination issues

Self Help Graphics & Art presents works by Maru García and Beatriz Jaramillo at the Luckman Gallery.

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Los Angeles4 months ago

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(Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Lakers)

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Lakers supporting diverse art with 'In the Paint' program

This season, the team picked 10 local artists will receive a $10,000 grant.

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Los Angeles4 months ago