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Welcome to the weekend. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and I am baaaaaaack. Thanks to my colleagues for holding down the newsletter fort while I spent two weeks in a pandemic resort of my own making, which consisted of generally not moving while reading novels, watching movies and dipping into the wide selection of liquor options that now come in adorable little cans. I’m The Juergen Teller internet hoo-ha My kid could do that. A version of that age-old debate cropped up on social media last week when W Magazine unveiled its annual �...

Greetings, I’m Charles McNulty, your friendly neighborhood theater critic, pinch-hitting for my colleague (and Times arts desk all-star) Carolina A. Miranda, who’s taking a well-deserved vacation. Before I run out of baseball metaphors, allow me to fill you in on the arts stories that have gripped our attention in the last week. A moment of silence The nation reached a mournful milestone on Monday, surpassing 500,000 known coronavirus-related deaths. President Biden held a moment of silence for the dead, ordered flags to be flown at half-staff and, speaking as a man intimately acquain...

“The Sea Around Us,” by Rachel Carson “The Forests of California,” by Obi Kaufmann “Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future,” by Elizabeth Kolbert, is up next on her reading list. Please tell us: What other environment and nature books do you recommend? What’s next This moment in photos: Francine Orr’s photos capture L.A. with compassion, beauty and a keen eye for humanity under duress. The latest example: This heartbreaking story from Orr and reporter Joe Mozingo shows life and death decisions for two families. Join Orr on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Pacific time, when she discuss...

Welcome to impeachment week, in which we grow increasingly concerned about the fate of our fragile republic — but also the aesthetics of Sen. Ted Cruz’s haircut. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, here with your weekly dose of culture news — and hamburger dispatches: Artistic legacies Shortly after abandoning her religious vows in 1968, Corita Kent produced a series of 29 prints called “Heroes and Sheroes” that honored political and civil rights figures she admired. The prints mark a moment of departure, when Kent is increasingly...

Amina Khan, and it’s Wednesday, Dec. 23. This newsletter will be taking the rest of the week off for the holidays, so here’s the latest on the pandemic, plus some of the week’s best stories to take you through the long weekend. 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. As coronavirus cases continue to spread like wildfire across the state, millions of Californians have be...