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A Conversation with the Creators of 'A Transparent Musical'
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Sit down with 'A Transparent Musical' creators Joey Soloway, Faith Soloway and MJ Kaufman.
Lauren Lee McCarthy: Rethinking NFTs Through Art
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Lauren Lee McCarthy re-imagines human relationships amid the rise of NFTs.
Bryonn Bain performs "Lyrics From Lockdown" at the Skirball Cultural Center
Bryonn Bain is a lawyer, professor and multidisciplinary artist who uses his creative projects to call attention to justice reform. His most recent book, "Rebel Speak: A Justice Movement Mixtape," features the voices of high-profile artists and activists alongside those of formerly incarcerated men and women.
Muxxxe, who is adorned in a sparkling white dress, curled wig and bedazzled jewelry, stands on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Next to them is a Hollywood Walk of Fame star recreation strapped onto a dolly. And to their right is a red carpet. They rest one hand on the dolly and wave with the other.
As a trans artist, Muxxxe opts to be faceless as a way to create endless possibilities for who they could be instead of adhering to gender binaries.
An illustrated logo that says "Ozz Steaks & Seafood"
If you remember Ozz Supper Club — popularly known as Ozz — in Buena Park, California, you remember a magical time of budding queerness and mutual bonding at the gay club near Knotts.
Two people close together with red colored lights halo-ing them
The cultural impact of Mustache Mondays, a weekly event held at nightclubs throughout downtown, continues to reverberate through the worlds of fashion, photography, performance art, visual art, music and choreography in Los Angeles and beyond.
Pride Month
Mustache Mondays
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An LGBTQ nightclub event in L.A. called “Mustache Mondays” was an incubator for today’s exciting artists.
"Hopscotch," LA Opera
Megan Steigerwald Ille explores opera performances outside of the conventional stage, which allows audiences to consider public space differently. It is a process of imagination that can be both pedestrian and radical.
Children and their parents from Compton’s McKinley K-8 School of Integrated Arts smile at the camera while doing arts and crafts activities.
Reimagining and reinvesting in public education is critical for any society to move forward. Three schools in Los Angeles County show how arts education can be transformative to a young mind.
A light shines on blue cloth outlining a shadow puppet and a shining on a leaf-like object. The performance is part of at "Firefly Nights," an in-person COVID-safe experience that falls within the "Rio Reveals" series.
"Sleep No More" theater director Mikhael Tara Garver unearths the L.A. River's 8-mile deep stories and histories in an ongoing work of experimental theater called "Rio Reveals."
Marigold surrounding a black and white photo at an ofrenda at Grand Park for Día de los Muertos in 2020 | Rafael Cardenas
“I think that, for us, is the biggest challenge, like, how do you convey what can be a really powerful and beautiful experience for people through these virtual channels?” explains Self Help Graphics Executive Director Betty Avila.
Empty red velvet chairs | Felix Mooneeram / Unsplash
From personalized poetry readings to guided ritual-making, theater is able to collapse physical space and create intensely personal experiences.
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