Native Intelligence: April 2012 archive

Only in LA: Toughest joint in town?

Steve Harvey | April 24, 2012 9:34 PM

Steve Harvey's slightly bent observations on the city around us. This time: must be a good burger in the Grand Central Market, the bias against actors never fully goes away, and at home with two right feet. Plus much more.

Admiring LA's Center for the Study of Political Graphics *

Iris Schneider | April 23, 2012 12:24 PM

Carol Wells began collecting political posters on a 1981 trip to Nicaragua. She has amassed an impressive collection of works that chronicle labor and political movements filtered through the prism of art and activism. "Posters are a very efficient and powerful way of teaching history," she says.

Labor of laboratory love

Ellen Alperstein | April 21, 2012 9:37 PM

The L.A. County Natural History Museum looks forward to opening its public field site in time for the museum's centennial celebration next year. Here's an early glimpse inside the 3½ acres of fauna-hosting flora reclaimed from a parking lot in Exposition Park.

Record Store Day 2012 at Amoeba Hollywood

Editor | April 21, 2012 8:39 PM

Scenes from Saturday's release of dozens of new vinyl recordings at the Amoeba Music store on Sunset Boulevard.

Baryshnikov returns to the Broad (plus Benjamin Millepied downtown)

Donna Perlmutter | April 19, 2012 1:12 PM

There's no mistaking Misha: the ever-chic haircut, the stern expression peering out from a face that now has added lines and deep crevices, the allure of an icon.

The Stendahl connection

Adrienne Crew | April 16, 2012 3:52 PM

Now that I've read April Dammann's book, "The Exhibitionist: Earl Stendahl, Art Dealer as Impresario," I'm discovering that the late art dealer still influences our city's artistic evolution. There's an open house at the historic Stendahl Gallery in Hollywood on Sunday, April 22nd.

Remembering Herb Ritts

Barbara Isenberg | April 14, 2012 4:42 PM

Walking through the J. Paul Getty Museum's new exhibition of Herb Ritts images, I kept thinking back 20 years to when I wrote a profile of Ritts for the Los Angeles Times. I was writing about the photography market, and there were few bigger players locally.

April is my favorite month to stay in LA

Cari Beauchamp | April 11, 2012 5:46 PM

You never have to look too far to find lots of things to do in Los Angeles, but April is the one month of the year I make sure I stay in town because so much comes to us. April is for films and books.

Native Intelligence archivefor April 2012

Native Intelligence archive
for April 2012