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Even though the Prohibition era is surely behind us, speakeasies are still very much a part of popular culture—and for good reason. They make you feel like you hold the key (in some cases, literally) to something special. The modern iteration is a little bit different. There’s no *phew* law-breaking involved, and usually, you can...

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Sometimes a gray blip is just a gray blip. But sometimes—particularly if you’re paying close attention and even more so if you have binoculars on hand—it could be a California gnatcatcher, an endangered bird that dwells in the coastal sage scrub of Newport Beach’s Back Bay. In fact, Newport Beach is a playground for all...

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If we had to dub any time of year the “cooking season,” it would be fall. (It’s all because of you, Thanksgiving). Now that it’s almost time to dust off our white dumpling-shaped chefs’ hats, we can’t help but wonder what the real pros think about the season. Like, do chefs love pumpkins as much...

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Back when it was summer, we would try to steal every moment, every lunch hour, every coffee break we could in the sun sans the summer crowds. (Read: tourists, kiddos, the occasional daytripper). But now that school’s back on and high-season is sputtering to a close, we’re starting to really get a feel of what...

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With Newport Beach’s Wine and Food Festival just around the corner, our wine fever has reached its zenith. Because a delicious meal is great but paired with just the right glass of wine, it can be a million times better. Which is why we asked the folks behind our favorite restaurants to comb through their...

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Coordinating and executing a destination meeting or even a simple one-off event takes considerable effort and a dedicated team. Likewise, creating a destination experience requires the help and knowledge of local experts. Calling upon destination marketing organizations (DMO’s) or CVBs in the early stages of planning will help streamline the entire site selection and RFP...

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Nobody’s immune to the charms of fall. There are the obvious reasons—the weather, the pumpkin spice, the comfy knit sweaters. Not to mention, fall presents so many opportunities to go wild with zip ties, duct tape and orange-colored lights. But there’s also something else—a warm, fuzzy feeling we can’t quite put our fingers on. If...

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The Angels believe they can help newly acquired catcher Jonathan Lucroy improve both offensively and defensively.

The Angels have a new closer in Cody Allen and there isn't any manager in baseball who knows him better than Indians skipper Terry Francona.

Mike Trout and owner Arte Moreno met separately with the media on Monday, but neither would confirm that extension talks have begun between the Angels and Trout's agent, Craig Landis.

The Angels will be without left fielder Justin Upton early in Spring Training, as he's dealing with right knee patellar tendinitis but is expected to be ready for Opening Day, manager Brad Ausmus said on Monday.

The next five weeks will see lots of shuffling on Major League rosters. Here are the most intriguing positional battles on each of the 30 MLB clubs.

Angels first baseman Albert Pujols met with the media for the first time this spring on Sunday and said he's fully healthy after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in late August.

Shohei Ohtani is continuing to make progress in his rehab from Tommy John surgery. On Sunday, he said he is hopeful he'll be able to start hitting off a tee in the next week.

Who do the Angels have in the pipeline? Get scouting reports, video, stats, projected ETAs and more for the Halos' Top 30 Prospects on MLB Pipeline's Prospect Watch.

On this opening week of Spring Training, all 30 Major League teams have one thing in common: optimism. Here's an optimism cheat sheet for each of them.

The Angels added a veteran lefty reliever, as Dan Jennings officially signed a Minor League deal on Saturday and joined the club for workouts at the club's Spring Training complex. Jennings will earn $1 million, plus incentives, if he makes the club.

The Angels announced their Minor League coaching staffs on Saturday, including former Major League catcher Lou Marson being named the new manager of Triple-A Salt Lake and former big leaguer David Newhan as the new skipper at Double-A Birmingham.

After undergoing surgery in late June to repair a torn left labrum in his left shoulder that required nine anchors to be inserted to keep everything in place, Zack Cozart is healthy and looking for a bounce-back season with the Angels.

After Ohtani's nearly unprecedented two-way success during his American League Rookie of the Year campaign last year, more clubs are looking into the possibility of having players who can both pitch and play a position. Walsh fits that bill, as he has been a power-hitting first baseman and outfielder in the Minors, but he's made 10 pitching appearances over the past three seasons as well. The Angels are experimenting with him doing both this spring and this upcoming season.

Right-hander Matt Harvey sustained a glute strain while participating in agility drills on Wednesday and will be out for roughly a week and a half, Angels manager Brad Ausmus said Thursday.

The 2019 MLB season feels so close now. Spring Training has begun. Players are taking the field. So it's time to rank the best of the best.

Shohei Ohtani, who is aiming for a return in May as a designated hitter but won't pitch in 2019, isn't able to participate in the on-field workouts with his teammates, but has progressed to swinging the bat and working out indoors.

The 30 prospects below all are getting very long looks this spring with an eye toward breaking camp with the parent club. Even if they start the year in the Minors, they all should get the chance to contribute at some point in the very near future.

The first intensive museum survey of Edouard Manet's final years carries sweet surprises at the Getty.

The painter, now 80, has had a distinguished career. An L.A. show proves ready to make even more converts.

Osvaldo Golijov's 1996 "Oceana" proves prescient in an intoxicating Disney Hall concert conducted by Grant Gershon and featuring Luciana Souza.

Stephen Adly Guirgis's Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Between Riverside and Crazy' has its L.A. premiere at the Fountain Theatre in a production directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos.

At the L.A. gallery there-there, the boundaries of paint are pushed in works that evoke topographical maps and computer printouts gone awry.

How can "Baby Shark Live!" turn Pinkfong's viral hit into an 80-minute concert? With interactive dances, friendly puppets and a ton of visual stimuli.

Venturesome cellist Maya Beiser performs with dancer Wendy Whelan in a program choreographed by Lucinda Childs and composed by David Lang.

New museum shows in L.A. for Oct. 20-27 include "With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985" at MOCA

Dance performances in L.A. for Oct. 20-27 include Balanchine's "Jewels" with the Mariinsky Ballet plus "Sweet Sorrow — A Zombie Ballet"

Classical music performances in L.A. for Oct. 20-27 include the LA Phil's 100th birthday gala uniting conductors Gustavo Dudamel, Zubin Mehta and Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Make a trip this Labor Day weekend to LACMA and squeeze every last drop out of summer before it’s gone! Friday evening Jazz at LACMA presents Janis Mann, known as a singer for her style and improvisational skills, at 6 pm. Tour the galleries for our latest displays, including the work of 29 abstract artists […]

Somebody, a new messaging service developed by filmmaker, artist, and writer Miranda July, debuts today. The app is a new way to communicate: rather than connecting directly with another person, Somebody helps mediate interaction by introducing a third party to the mix. It works like this: when a message is sent from person A to person B […]

I remember visiting the Picasso Museum in Barcelona and being fascinated by one of Picasso’s school text books on display. I can’t remember the textbook’s subject because that part was irrelevant. My fascination lay in what had been drawn in the margins. I imagined a young Picasso bored by his teacher and distracted by a […]

Kimono for a Modern Age, currently on view in the Pavilion for Japanese Art, showcases how kimono designs evolved to integrate traditional and modern patterns with new chemical dyes and textile techniques during the first half of the 20th century. As a summer intern in LACMA’s Conservation Center, I had the privilege of walking through the […]

End your summer on a high note with free tours, live music, art workshops, and fun talks and courses at LACMA! On Friday, Jazz at LACMA brings us the spiritual jazz sounds of the Phil Ranelin Jazz Ensemble at 6 pm on the outdoor stage in front of Chris Burden’s Urban Light. In the galleries, […]

This June LACMA received a wonderful gift of over 500 posters from Marc Treib, professor emeritus of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to his notable career as a historian of architecture and landscape, Treib is an accomplished graphic designer whose work has been the subject of several exhibitions and international publications. […]

For better or worse, every family has a unique dynamic. It’s a vibe that can be difficult to describe and only sometimes is intentionally cultivated. But despite its predominately subliminal nature, a family’s dynamic exerts a strong force. As kids, we began to realize what differentiated our home only by comparing ours to others. As […]

In the last few weeks of summer take advantage of free art tours, live music, film screenings, and creative workshops at the museum! This Friday evening, Jazz at LACMA presents the high-energy sounds of jazz, hip-hop, pop, and world music by Katisse and his band at 6 pm. In neighboring Torrance, enjoy the LACMA9 Shorts […]

Few artists come along who blur the lines of the aesthetic paradigms of “fine art” or “folk art” and transcend both with a truthfulness and verve that allows us to see within the mythology. Sam Doyle is such an artist. He gives us more than mere images of vivid clarity, he opens an intimate world […]