Pizza or gun? Objects at the heart of police shootings
An art project examines the objects police mistook for guns, plus sexual misconduct and racial reckonings at key cultural institutions.
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An art project examines the objects police mistook for guns, plus sexual misconduct and racial reckonings at key cultural institutions.
A year after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, the questions that loom are thorny ones.
Print Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, as well as the paper’s unofficial northern Peruvian cumbia ambassador, here with the week’s essential culture news. Making the Latino central Chon Noriega has led UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center, an academic hub that was launched in the late 1960s, and that has been key to archiving Chicano historical documents, producing original scholarship and publications, and commissioning oral histories of important artists, activists and political figures. After 19 years, he is stepping down from that rol...
On Thursday, the CDC announced a relaxation of mask guidelines. What does that mean for the arts in L.A.?
Thuc Nhi Nguyen, and it’s Friday, April 30. Here’s the latest on what’s happening with the coronavirus, plus ways to spend your weekend and a look at some of the week’s best stories. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Not long ago, finding an open vaccine appointment was like winning the lottery — that is, if cashing in your winning ticket also took hundreds of...