The Chicano Moratorium was a 'catalytic moment' for L.A. art
Through murals, theater, photography and music, the Chicano Moratorium shaped a generation of Chicano artists, and influencing artists to this day.
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Through murals, theater, photography and music, the Chicano Moratorium shaped a generation of Chicano artists, and influencing artists to this day.
Carrie Fisher, the inspiring author and actress, beautifully encompassed all of the character traits of Princess Leia Organa in her daily life. When casting the part, George Lucas was looking for a resilient, cheeky warrior, rather than a âdamsel in distress.â Far from your stereotypical princess, Fisher filled Leiaâs shoes quite perfectly. With these qualities, itâs only fitting that the Princess had a revolutionary hairdo to complete her ensemble. Appearing in Star Wars: A New Hopeâ¢Â back in 1977, Princess Leiaâs buns only made one movie appearance throughou...
25.04.21 | Alex Sievers Released on April 16th, 1996, ‘Evil Empire’ was the second piece in a three-act political rock puzzle for Rage Against The Machine. It’s a great album, but imperfect: the over-reliance on repetition for its musical impact, to allow the message of any given song to cut through properly, does make matters extremely routine. In a world of the almighty algorithms amplifying everything, where once something does well its presence spreads like an inescapable tendril, it’s no surprise ‘Bulls On Parade’ is still so overbearingly omnipresent today. (Every second dol...
January 11, 2021 296 Today is Tuesday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2021. There are 353 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 12, 2000, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Illinois v. Wardlow, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer. On this date: In 1773, the first public museum in America was organized in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1828, the United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits defining the boundary between the two countries to be the same as the one established by an 1819 treaty between the ...