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for February 2014

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Ed Fuentes previews Last Remaining Seats for 2014

last-remaining-seats-laco-2012.jpg Is there anyone else you would rather introduce the year's film schedule with some dress and dining options? We didn't think so.

Jamzilla

LAO__Jamzilla copy.jpg Gary observes paving of the new northbound carpool lane on the San Diego Freeway.

A bedazzling "Billy Budd" and Dudamel does Tchaikovsky. And more

Gustavo-Dudamel-dp-story.jpg Donna Perlmutter puts out the call to LA Opera and the Philharmonic -- in rare events both. As for Benjamin Millepied's dance project at the Ace Hotel, it "registered weakly if at all."
tartuffe-shirley.jpg Don Shirley takes in five local plays, from the savagely funny "Tartuffe" at A Noise Within to a Long Beach production of "The Music Man" and a Civil War-era Passover seder.

Green Me Up, JJ: To LEED or not to LEED

logo150.jpg Or you can make your headquarters an OMG Platinum building--and follow in the footsteps of such leading eco-conscious companies as BP, Exxon, BASF (the world's largest chemical company), McDonald's, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America.

I guess we have to pay attention to the Lakers now

wilt-si-cover.jpg The Olympics are over. Baseball is still a ways off But when Ron Rapoport covered sports for the LA Times, the paper didn't bother going on road trips with the Lakers.

Sports editor Bill Dwyre remembers Bill Thomas

Dwyre was the newly installed sports editor of the Los Angeles Times when he felt he should ask the boss if it was OK to send Jim Murray to cover the British Open. The answer told him all he needed to know about the LAT then.

City and river without end

MacAdams and Snyder.jpg The talk was billed as "L.A. Stories: Gary Snyder." And it brought a crowd to the LA Public Library late Friday afternoon to hear the grand old man of the Beat generation. But the real showstopper was our own Lewis MacAdams, the poet laureate of the LA River.

Catherine Machado: LA ice queen talks Olympics

gaby-machado-dd.jpg Chado is the doyenne of the Southern California skating scene. She started taking lessons at age 7 at the Ice Palace in Westwood, then at the legendary Polar Palace in Hollywood. She became the first Latina to represent the U.S. at the Winter Olympics. (In Sochi, she loved Italian Carolina Kostner.) Since 1969, Chado has taught at the Culver Ice Arena.

Sports Beat - February 21, 2014

Phil Wallace comments on the demise of Chivas USA, the Lakers at the trade deadline, and the Dodgers and Angels in spring training.

Take My Picture Gary Leonard: William Mitchell

LAO-william-mitchell.jpg William Mitchell was an artist and illustrator and a familiar figure in Downtown Los Angeles and the Arts District.

Fake terrorism, serious intent

fake wound application 2-14.JPG The last thing you want in your town is terrorism, so the first thing you want is to be prepared.

Sex and basketball -- and why Durang's Tony is wrong

vanya-and-sonia-shirley.jpg Sex, basketball and cheerleaders: Two productions that opened over the weekend share these topics. Plus: Nyet on 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.'

Oh, to live in Eric Garcetti's LA

OxyGarcettiHawthorne.jpg The mayor and LA Times architecture and urban design critic Christopher Hawthorne shared their visions for LA in a conversation at Occidental College. It was a valentine to a city that could win our hearts in time.

Animal Rx at Children's Hospital

CHLA patient Bianca Cortez watches SD Zoo Kids channel4.JPG A new zoo TV channel at Children's Hospital LA is part of the healing process.

A red and white and traffic all over valentine

3rd & Vermont Feb. 14 2014.JPG Ferrari in love on a warm Valentine's Day.

Bob Baker

LAO__BobBaker90 copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears on Thursdays at LA Observed.

Ry Cooder at The Echo

ry-cooder-echo-iris.jpg Ry Cooder was at The Echo last night, backing for Juliette Commagere (his daughter-in-law) on the slide guitar. The show was a free event.

Climate urbanism

c40 cities.jpg Cities are where it's at for action on climate change. LA's sustainability czar just got back from a global summit of cities in Johannesburg. And an Obama task force is coming to LA this week. The message from cities? "Get out of the way." And, oh, yeah, "send money, please."

'Above the Fold' in Pasadena, drugs on stage, two musicals

piazza8-shirley.jpg These are the first LA Observed reviews by Don Shirley, the former theater columnist and reporter for LA Stage Times, the Los Angeles Times, CityBeat and KCRW. His reviews will appear here regularly.

Lisker Chronicles: Bruce Lisker waits for justice

lisker-in-hottub.jpg Bruce Lisker has spent much of his life waiting. At 17, accused of murdering his mother, he waited for his trial to begin. Now after 26 years in prison, he is building a married life and still waiting.
giselle-actII.jpg Donna Perlmutter on some recent dance and music performances in Los Angeles.

Jumbo, the doctor will see you now

Animal Care Center, feeding Dixie and Ken1 1-24-14.JPG For a zoological veterinarian, the range of patients spans aardvarks to zebras.

Honoring LA's innovative cancer researchers

city-of-hope-beckman.jpg STOP CANCER supports innovative cancer researchers who are on the brink of better treatment, if not a cure.

John Rabe

LAO__JohnRabe copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs on Thursdays at LA Observed.

The team is colder than the frozen broadcast

Midway through the first quarter, Time Warner Cable's Super Bowl broadcast went black. As if that's a bad thing.
Emily Green.jpg Mayor Eric Garcetti makes what arguably could be his most important hire to date. And Emily Green shows us two front yards that demonstrate the choices facing LA in the face of a historic drought.
KCET control room
kcet-rehearsal-control.jpgA peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
whitts-wood-yard.jpgElon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
bcam-stairs.jpgThe Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
hockney-arrives-lacma.jpgThe artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
mountain-lion-family-martinez.jpgFrom Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
The power of 'pluribus' plays
Allegiance-9-(1).jpgDon Shirley on theater in LA
Macy's winds down
mannequin-graveyard-macys.jpgThe store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
westwood-sky-lao.jpgWestwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
la-luz-del-mundo.jpg Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
loves-bbq-valley-relics.jpg Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
melissa-barak-cost-iris.jpg Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Engine Co. 17
engine-co-17-side.jpg Inside the long-closed Arts District fire station on Santa Fe Avenue.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
wilshire-grand-lobby-wall.jpg Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
barnsdall-park-trees.jpg Under the trees.
Inside Hollyhock House
hollyhock-columns.jpgPhoto taking was allowed for one weekend. So we did.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
el-milagro-market.jpgProductos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
June 6, 1968
rfk-hearse-wide-lapl.jpgThe body of Robert F. Kennedy leaves Good Samaritan hospital. More pics
Streetscape: DTLA
spring-street-bike-lane.jpgSpring Street bike lane.
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
santa-susana-palm-weeds.jpgOak trees, sandstone ridges and fan palms? Ugh. More
Streetscape: West LA
405-at-smblvd.jpg405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
grman1.jpgThe hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
arcana-books.jpgIn the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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