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Beverly Hills’ new Rolex Boutique Gearys
Thomas Blumenthal, who grew up in Hancock Park and is the third generation to run the family business — Gearys Beverly Hills, the luxury home goods store — opened his latest venture last month: Rolex Boutique Gearys on Rodeo Drive. Blumenthal initially opened a small Rolex store in Beverly Hills in 2004. But, five years […]
Cinema and music merge in ‘Lightscape’ at Marciano
A large-scale, multi-screen installation by artist Doug Aitken is accompanied by music by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a new exhibit at the Marciano Art Foundation (MAF). The exhibition, Lightscape, features cinematic images of Southern California and the American West in the MAF’s giant Theater Gallery on the first […]
TVC Project expected at City Council this month
The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote as early as the first week of this month on the TVC 2050 Project proposed at the historic CBS Television City property at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. The upcoming vote would be the final step in a five-year entitlement and approval process. It follows the […]
Strides made in housing homeless, mayor says
•Bass marks her first two years in office On her first day as mayor, Karen Bass declared the city’s homeless crisis a state of emergency, and she and her team got to work. As part of her two-year anniversary report to the city last month, she talked about the results of those efforts. To date, […]
TVC project heads to PLUM Dec. 3
The massive TVC project proposed at the former CBS studio site at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue will go before the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee of the Los Angeles City Council at a public hearing on Tues., Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. The PLUM hearing is among the final steps before the […]
Encounter with Ice Age past, gift shop for crafts, global view
New programming at local museums promises encounters with Los Angeles’ past, from an Ice Age animal to the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple-turned-Marciano Art Foundation. Holiday gift shopping and exhibits on animation and works by Black artists are also featured this month. Ice Age Encounters returns Wed., Dec. 4, to the La Brea Tar Pits in […]