Los Angeles arts events this weekend are Wabanaki basketry, flamenco
Sure, many of us have had Christmas covers on repeat lately, but I’ve also been playing the soundtrack and score of the still-brilliant 1994 movie…
Merriam-Webster announces ‘polarisation’ as 2024 word of the year | Arts and Culture News
Polarisation, a word that describes the division of two sharply distinct opposites, is the Merriam-Webster dictionary’s word of the year. “Polarisation means division, but it’s…
Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens five years after devastating blaze | Arts and Culture News
Notre-Dame Cathedral, situated on an island in the River Seine in Paris, France, is reopening this weekend after more than five years of intense reconstruction…
Give the gift of homemade arts and crafts this holiday season
It’s December and the holidays are in full swing — as is the relentless consumerism, which always fills me with unease. The way I’m expected…
‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost | Arts and Culture
Dzan, Mexico – Surrounded by dense jungle and beneath intertwining canopies of towering trees, Luis May Ku, 49, trudges ahead through shoulder-height bushes searching for…
A first look at the fully restored Notre Dame Cathedral | Arts and Culture
NewsFeedFrench President Emmanuel Macron got an early look at the interior of the fully restored Notre Dame de Paris, five years after a massive fire…
Restored Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris unveiled after 2019 fire | Arts and Culture News
President Macron inspects the results of the 700-million-euro restoration, including the 19th-century Gothic spire returned to its former glory.Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has offered the…
Rain and protest dampen Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade in New York | Arts and Culture News
Pelting rain dampened the 98th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in the United States, as it cut across New York City on Thursday. But for…
Natural History Museum news; plus L.A. arts and culture this week
Exposition Park got a boost last week when the Natural History Museum opened its new 75,000-square-foot welcome center. NHM Commons, the new glass-walled entrance and…
How India’s Chennai mints world-beating chess champions, one move at a time | Arts and Culture
Chennai, India — Giant banners of a smiling teen beamed down on hundreds of students gathered at the school campus of Velammal Nexus to receive…
‘Little Women Ballet’ and more Los Angeles arts events this weekend
Happy “Wicked” week, Essential Arts readers! The film adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical arrives in theaters this weekend. I’m staff writer Ashley Lee, who’s…
‘Waiting for Godot,’ ‘Star Wars’ in concert, Usher and more LA arts
The crowd was jubilant on the opening night of “Waiting for Godot” at the Geffen Playhouse last Thursday. Starring Aasif Mandvi and Rainn Wilson, Samuel…
Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic – UFC 309: MMA heavyweight championship fight | Mixed Martial Arts News
Jon Jones has cemented his position as arguably the greatest mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter of all time by pulling off a stunning knockout of…
A day in the life of a New Delhi roadside barber | Arts and Culture
Rajesh Kumar moved to Delhi from Bihar in 1999 at the age of 18 to help his father run a barber’s stall on the roadside…
‘Kiss Me, Kate’ screenings and more L.A. arts events this weekend
This weekend’s Essential Arts events are all about big screens and bold ideas. I’m staff writer Ashley Lee, here with my colleague Jessica Gelt to…
Frank Auerbach, British-German painter, dies at 93 | Arts and Culture News
Auerbach came to England in 1939 as a child refugee after fleeing from Nazi Germany.Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany to Britain as a…
Video: AI robot’s painting sells for $1M at auction | Arts and Culture
NewsFeedA painting produced by an AI-powered humanoid robot called Ai-Da has sold for more than $1 million at a Sotheby’s auction. The portrait is of…
Why the 2028 L.A. Olympic arts festival should look to Salzburg
The well-run 1984 Olympics transformed Los Angeles. Not through the Games, which thrillingly came and went, but through the Olympic Arts Festival, which taught us…
South Africa’s Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse on art’s role in resistance | Music
Decades after the fall of apartheid, the echoes of South Africa’s cultural resistance still ring out, inspiring new generations. During the struggle, artists like Sipho…
Brandon Moreno beats Amir Albazi by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night | Mixed Martial Arts News
Mexico’s former champion Moreno scored 49-46, 50-45, 50-45 against Iraq’s Albazi, who was on a six-fight winning streak.Brandon Moreno used his crisp boxing to snap…