The LAAA is having its annual Aurora Holiday Art Sale Saturday only 11/21.  There is a preview sale that includes complimentary champagne starting at 6pm that will cost you 25 bones.  Its free after 7PM but no free booze.   (Their flier does get bigger with a click for all the details you could ever ... Continue Reading

Ranga Shankara’s Kannada production, “Hakki Harutide Nodidira” will be performed at Ranga Shankara on Fri Nov 20th and Sat Nov 21st at 7:30 PM. As a tribute to one of India’s greatest playwrights, Vijay Tendulkar, who passed away in 2008, Ranga Shankara produced an adaptation of one his masterpieces, “Ashi Paakhare Yeti”, in Kannada. It is ... Continue Reading

Each November I look forward to my grandmother’s cooking, trying to not die on Black Friday (I work in retail) and seeing Happy Apple play not one, but two fabulous post-Thanksgiving shows.  It was becoming my own little holiday tradition. I learned recently that the jazz trio will not be playing this Thanksgiving weekend.  To make ... Continue Reading

There is no doubt that now is the time to support local independent businesses. Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Festival happens twice yearly and its happening this Sunday. You’ll find handmade goods from local vendors including: clothing, accessories, home goods, affordable art and more.  What festival would be complete with out good food and drink… and music! So ... Continue Reading

Last weekend I enjoyed the first weekend of Denver Art Week (#denverartweek). I went to the Zoo and watched the Elephants paint pictures!!! Yes – Paint Pictures!!  How cool is that??!! The handlers – brought the elephants into the main inside area, they went through some of the basic stuff – checking feet, teeth etc. It was ... Continue Reading

Image Reflection Uploaded on November 9, 2009 by conner.mccall SOTC has NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show and an interesting conversation about the light rail, Gentrification Via Light Rail. Minnpost has a must read with the judges talking – Small-fee case explodes: Minnesota justices direct judicial anger at Pawlenty and Legislature the most remarkable piece of ... Continue Reading

Seventeen art gallery’s and studios will be hosting the Inglewood Art Walk this weekend.   Courtesy the Parks and Recreation Department there will be free Trolley Tours taking you along the route.  The complete map of the route can be downloaded HERE. Among the participants are two of my favorite artists Ginger Van Hook (photography) and Luke ... Continue Reading

My boy is back after a week away shooting music and art in Vegas, and boy are his arms tired! Um…sorry. Yes. Anyway, CuriousJosh is here with your to-do list of this week’s weird and wonderful underground events. -Lucinda. Hello Los Angeles! I’m CuriousJosh, happily here on loan courtesy of LA Weekly. Read on for ... Continue Reading

According to Skylight Books, Gay LA is its bestselling GLBT title since 1996.  And, really, LA was pretty gay at some point.  To remind us about gay LA, Roots of Equality organized LAvender Los Angeles, a two-week long celebration and analysis of LGBT history and culture in our city.  The exhibit currently is open at ... Continue Reading

My work took me past Jeremy Swan’s Broken Art Tattoo shop on Hyperion today, to shoot some photos for our website. When I realized what a nice, cool guy he is, I decided I had to help however I could. You see, Friday is the day–that’s 24 hours, there–that Jeremy tattoos over 801 people. Well, that’s ... Continue Reading

Image hands of a princess- autumn day in the park Uploaded on November 8, 2009 by cichlee {novella} Amazing detail in tatoos. I love that even without much English, she understood I wanted a closeup of her hands. So beautiful to a midwest girl like me. I’ve lived abroad and had people talk at me in ... Continue Reading

Swasti Contemporary Gallery & Art Mantram Invites you all to an Photography Exhibition by American Artist David Davison and interactive session At Ista Hotel 1/1, Swami Vivekananda Road, Ulsoor, Bangalore- 560008 Proceedings of the Sale goes to HCG Foundation. Dr. Ajai Kumar & Mrs. Bhagya Ajaikumar Swasti gallery & HCG Foundation Contemporary Art Gallery, HCG Towers, # 8, Kalinga Rao Road, Sampangi Ram Nagar, Bangalore- 560 ... Continue Reading

MOCA is celebrating their collection of Post War art in Collection: Thirty Years of MOCA by offering free Museum admission November 15th through the 20th. The installation will showcase art work from over 200 artists with the years 1940 – 1980 displayed at MOCA Grand Avenue and 1980 to the present at The Geffen Contemporary gallery. On ... Continue Reading

I finally got over to the Hello Kitty celebration, Three Apples, that I told you about a few weeks ago. I really had a great time and recommend it for any fans. Even those of you who don’t care so much about the little cartoon cat, may want to check out the art exhibit featuring very creative, ... Continue Reading

I can’t believe I missed the opening of WK Interact’s new exhibition How To Blow Yourself Up. I had it on my calendar and then I simply forgot to look and missed it. I was really looking forward to this because while I’ve seen his works previously at earlier Subliminal Projects exhibitions I was tipped ... Continue Reading

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. Mayor RT Rybak declared today Suicide Commandos Day. ... Continue Reading

The inimitable Rachel Rosenthal has been an icon of performance art for decades, equal parts priestess, goddess, shaman and oracle. The gal’s been honored by the City of Los Angeles as “a Living Cultural Treasure of Los Angeles” and has recently been the subject of several monographs on her performance pieces and life. Not a ... Continue Reading

Looking for something cool and charitable to do tonight? Check out Powderhorn Empty Bowls. It starts at 11am and goes to 7pm Friday (today) only at Powderhorn Park. You get to pick out a handmade bowl (donated by local artists), make a free-will donation, enjoy homemade soup and leave with your bowl — now empty. It’s ... Continue Reading

Image Soirée au MIA upoaded by Minneapolis Institute of of Arts —– Check out their calendar of events I think this next item is really cool, Bob Collins and Mary Lucia have put their 5:15 segment online. I know with many folk Bob and Mary can inspire a love’em or hate’em situation, well you can put ... Continue Reading

On the occasion of Children’s day, Nov 14 -2009 Yours Truly Theatre Presents SIGNS a series of 5 short plays in complete the story style a Yt’angle initiative( Yours Truly angle for children) officially launching with this show. SHOW DETAILS Name of Play: Signs Duration: 2 hours Start Time: 10:00 am Date: November 14, 2009 Venue: ADA Ranga Mandira, JC Road, Bangalore Ticket – Rs ... Continue Reading

The San Jose Tech Museum is looking for yucky leftover Halloween candy. It can be traded for a yummy NESTLÉ CRUNCH fun-size bar, and 10% off admission through November 8. The collected candy is being transformed into a rocket ship sculpture. What fun! Whats new at The Tech ... Continue Reading

A: James Ellroy calls him “the visual deus ex machina of what has become the most over-scrutinized city on earth.” Q: Who is Ed Ruscha. Check out the Times Online for more on Ruscha and LA (and David Lynch!) ... Continue Reading

The 2009 World Fantasy Convention kicked off today at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose. This isn’t the kind of fantasy convention where you can dress up like a hobbit or chase your friends around with a styrofoam pole-axe. It’s more a gathering of industry insiders, like authors, artists, and publishers, getting together to ... Continue Reading

Lake Harriet Bandshell uploaded by cichlee {novella} Just the other day I was contemplating, much like the above image, about bringing on even more authors. Unlike the beautiful image above I wasn’t enjoying the serene beauty of our lakes, I was being tossed out of a car at 50mph for not paying a debt in a ... Continue Reading

David Sedaris visits Denver,  to  a packed house at the Buell. The stage was still set for Wicked, but he looked great under the giant dragon! I last saw him years before out in Southern California – so I didn’t feel the need to pay the big bucks to see up his nose! We were waaaay up in ... Continue Reading