Hopscotch—a mobile opera—channels the influence of Julio Cortázar
The Industry, a Los Angeles-based experimental opera company led by Yuval Sharon, will close its latest project, Hopscotch, on November 22nd. Hopscotch follows on the heels of Sharon’s similarly ambitious and similarly… Read more »
Why was Ray Bradbury’s home demolished? An interview with architect Thom Mayne
When news broke earlier this week that the Los Angeles home where Ray Bradbury lived for fifty years, the dominant reactions were frustration and grief. Responses on Twitter to a… Read more »
Hackers made an LA traffic sign say “READ A FUCKING BOOK”
Hacking! It’s the word of the moment. It happened to Sony. Australian torso Chris Hemsworth is playing a hacker in a new movie, Blackhat, which comes out this Friday. And yet,… Read more »
Los Angeles Public Library branches provide free citizenship resources
Los Angeles is a city of 3,800,000 residents with more than 700,000 permanent residents who are eligible for citizenship. Many of these permanent residents don’t where to begin the process… Read more »
Los Angeles’s oldest bookstore closing after more than a century in business
Not every struggling bookstore, unfortunately, can find a savior to bring it back to life like the Kingston Bookery. Today we bring you sadder news, of Williams’ Book Store in… Read more »
Literary L.A.: 72 suburbs in search of an author
The L.A. Times just unveiled an interactive map of literary L.A., just in case you happen to be there for the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Or, if you’re not, you… Read more »