Tag: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
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 […]
Family festival at ‘Collide’
• PST ART to come to LACMA, La Brea Tar Pits Explore the intersection between art and science at several programs offered this and the next several months in what is among the largest art events in the world, PST ART: Art + Science Collide. LACMA A two-channel film and sculptural installation, “American Artist: The […]
Art, music and more at Tarfest June 15
A live music and art festival returns to Pan Pacific Park, 7600 Beverly Blvd., on Sat., June 15, from 2 to 8 p.m. The 21st annual free Tarfest — “A Day in the Park” — celebrates the city’s cultural diversity. The headliner, Jamaican artist Blvk H3ro (pronounced Black Hero), will perform modern reggae, blending dancehall […]
Academy Museum pays homage to city’s filmmaker founders
Learn about the early days of filmmaking in Los Angeles at the new exhibit, “Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital,” opening Sun., May 19, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. It is the museum’s first permanent exhibition since it opened in 2021. Told in English and Spanish, the origin story […]
Miracle Mile is a place to live, work, and play
By John Welborne For more than 100 years, the Miracle Mile and surrounding areas have been in the heart of Los Angeles. Primarily residential neighborhoods, the Mile vicinity includes several Historic Preservation Overlay Zones plus the largest multifamily residential complex west of the Mississippi (Park La Brea). The spine of the community, Wilshire Boulevard, has […]
‘Oscar Night;’ exhibits on Museum Row; Free-For-All March 23
See art from around the world, crafts made by local artists, Ice Age animals come to life and Oscar-winning movies — all at the world-class museums on the Miracle Mile Here is a sampling of what’s being offered: What better way to celebrate Hollywood’s biggest night (Sun., March 10) than at the Academy Museum of […]