For much of its history, comedy stages have been occupied by men — mostly white, straight men. Artemis, a student- run arts collective at USC, is trying to change that with “77 Cents,” a comedy show featuring women, non-binary folks and feminists. ...
Asking what a city “is” can be futile, when trying to be accurate. Ask me what New York City is and immediately I’ll tell you: men in suits walk out of the subw...
Los Angeles artist Lezley Saar recently joined forces with Kamil Oshundara and Maurice Harris to commemorate the end of her avant-garde show, Salon des Refusés:...
In the backyard of a Hollywood bungalow sits a garage that’s been converted into a studio. Inside, a revised definition of queer art is tested by way of needle and thread. Beside the workstation sits a vintage triple-cassette boombox that plays mixtapes containing everything from Bat for Lashes to Enya to Animal Collective. Thoughtfully laid out along the opposite side of the raised rectangular table is a makeup wipe bearing the remnants of a drag queen’s face – pink, glitter lipstick and shimmering bronzer – next to a single, claw-like rhinestone-studded press-on nail. Both are love tokens once given to Los Angeles artist Aubrey Longley-Cook courtesy of two Atlanta drag queens, Brigitte Bidet and Biqtch Puddin’, both of whom have made this house their transient home over the past month....
Jenny Lewis has dropped her trail mix. She’s standing in front of me at the Whole Foods 365 in Silver Lake, wearing a wide-brimmed rodeo hat, bell bottoms, and a rusty red-colored suede jacket with arm fringe that runs all the way down to her thigh. I cannot see her face, but I am well aware that it is indeed Jenny Lewis....
Meet T-Bone, age 70, and Ed, age 51 with his son, Alex, who is 15. They run remote control trucks every weekend at a small track in San Fernando Valley. When it...
Rainey Qualley is many things: Andie MacDowell’s oldest daughter, part time actress-slash-model, an admitted introvert. She’s even dabbled in directing this year, alongside her younger sister, Margaret (whom you may know from The Leftovers or the Sundance darling, Novitiate) on the music video for her song, “Rendezvous”. But on this mid-December Tuesday evening, she’s Rainsford, a genre-bending siren about to take the stage for her first public performance....
Sue Jin Kim is an accomplished, but little known, Korean American singer-songwriter. She performs mostly at Tuesday Night Project. Her emotional, passionate songs (mostly about love) can be heard on YouTube and SoundCloud. Kim recently spoke with Annenberg Media's Yijin "Catherine" Wang about her struggles as an Asian American....
On the floor of the California desert, just inches away from a small pool of water, a nude Laura Aguilar reclines on her side. Her breasts are almost stacked one on top of the other—crevassed between her chin and large belly....
