For more than three decades, Disneyland’s nighttime show “Fantasmic!” has lighted up the Anaheim park’s Rivers of America. A story about our dreams and nightmares centered heavily on Disney’s animated …
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24 superb things to do around L.A. to kick off the summer of 2024
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSip wine at Barnsdall Art Park. Catch a movie at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Paddle a swan boat in Echo Park Lake. See free Shakespeare in Griffith Park. And more ideas …
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Catherine Opie on why chairs make all the difference in her art
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThis story is part of Image’s May issue, Homemaking, about home and the many ways we choose to make it. Catherine Opie is excited to talk about her “big-bottom girl …
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Where’s LA prom? Nightclubs, studio lots, museums and not the gym
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn the mid-2010s, celebrities such as Khloe Kardashian, Rihanna and Floyd Mayweather Jr. socialized at Lure Nightclub in Hollywood, drawing TMZ photographers and star-obsessed onlookers to the venue’s curb. Inside …
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An empty L.A. lot transforms into a lush water-wise flower farm
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesKathleen Ferguson grabbed a pair of pruning shears from a mailbox nailed to a garden bed and leaned down to cut bunches of Orlaya grandiflora on the flower-filled hillside. “This …
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Rick Owens’ Gemini house keys are the stylish house keys you’ve been looking for
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones(Beth Hoeckel, featuring “Silver Gemini keychain” by Rick Owens) This story is part of Image’s May issue, Homemaking, about home and the many ways we choose to make it. In …
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What you need to know before growing weed outdoors in L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIf you’ve ever considered growing your own pot plant at home in Southern California but found the whole tents-and-timers-in-a-closet thing impossibly confusing or prohibitively intimidating (or both), the good news …
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What a naturalist’s survey of Los Angeles wildlife reveals
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBook Review Unnatural Habitat: The Native and Exotic Wildlife of Los Angeles By Craig StanfordHeyday: 264 pages, $24If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a …
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The magical California state park that doesn’t allow visitors
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSUTTER BUTTES, Calif. — About 60 miles north of Sacramento, the Sutter Buttes rise starkly from the floor of the Central Valley, the remnants of a volcano active more than …
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Donato Martinez reads his poetry at the Libros Lincoln Heights bookshop. On a Saturday evening in late April, the door of the Libros Lincoln Heights is propped open. Inside, 18 …