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When Cain Carias walked into the Bob Baker Theater, he had never seen a puppet show. Now his puppets are well known throughout East L.A.

I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and it’s the weekend — which means it’s time for the week’s essential culture news.

Print President Biden promised to bring “human dignity” to the U.S. immigration system. But his administration’s continued use of a Trump-era policy has cast doubt on that stated goal. Back in March 2020, Trump invoked Title 42, an obscure public health statute from 1944 that allows the president to deny entry into the United States to foreign nationals who might spread a communicable disease. The start of the COVID-19 pandemic gave Trump an excuse to shut down the border and have immigr...

first NFT by Foos Gone Wild, titled “ NFT FOO,” is among the earliest wave by Chicano-bred creators charging into the metaverse of artistic NFTs. “It feels amazing, man, kind of showing the youth the new hustle,” says King Foo, a pseudonym for the nameless impresario who created the Foos Gone Wild brand in Los Angeles in 2018. Think of him as a cholo Banksy. “I’m all about cutting-edge stuff and trying to stay ahead of the curve.” King Foo, the pseudonymous impresario behind Foos...