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An aerial view captures a massive spiral design drawn onto sand. Beyond is a shoreline, slowly lapping at the coastline and erasing parts of the design. For scale, a man stands in the middle of the spiral, a mere speck in relationship to the greater artwork.
Jim Denevan's expansive, ephemeral art and farm-to-table dinners bring home the message of community.
A close-up photo of goat birria tacos on a paper plate. The birria taco is smothered in a orange-red sauce. The entire dish is topped with pickled red onions and green herbs, possibly cilantro or parsley.
As one of the oldest cities in Los Angeles, Compton is the true geographic epicenter of Los Angeles County, with community gems powered by its residents. Compton native and owner of Compton Health Bar, Dani Solorio, shares her favorite spots for food, agriculture and culture.
Two hands a centering clay on a potter's wheel.
Pottery is getting a reboot both in the Southland and mainstream media (just check out Seth Rogen's work and a few episodes of "The Great Pottery Throw Down). Here's why it matters in the age of endless video meetings and social media doomscrolling.
Various Jack Skellington heads are on propped up on black rods in a display at the Academy Museum. The face in the forefront holds a surprised expression.
So whether you're looking for some frightful fun, seeking to delve into some dreadful delusions or simply trying to tread on some unhallowed ground, here are 11 guides that'll send you on an journey through L.A.'s most memorably morbid and creatively creeptastic adventures — none of which are limited to just October.
An illustration of a street corner in Los Angeles with men and women hanging out. On the side, there is graffiti that says "Viva La Raza." The album title is "Ruben and the Jets."
The Chicano sound began when Mexican American youth were looking for new ways to express themselves and feeling a need to be seen. The struggle continues today. Learn how music has given generations of Mexican Americans a voice and a platform to express what it means to be Chicano.
Benedict Cumberbatch portraying Louis Wain holds a cat in his arms.
The true story of forgotten English artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch) who rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his extraordinary paintings of cats.
A view of a large domed structure overlooking a cityscape.
When longtime taco shack Yuca's first set up shop in Los Feliz in 1976, co-owner Dora Herrera quickly became part of the original group of business owners working to attract more interest in Los Feliz. Since then Herrera has fell in love with become an involved and integral member of the Los Feliz community. Here are the ten best ways to get to explore Los Feliz, according to Herrera.
Vintage cassette tapes all strewn in one pile.
In Los Angeles, compilations are windows into the Latinx music landscape, spanning rock, punk, disco and soul, genres and cultures that have often been marginalized or ignored in mainstream media.
The Doheny mansion, an red-orange brick building of French Chateauesque style architecture, mixed with Gothic, Moorish and California Mission elements stands among a grove of various trees. A paved pathway winds up to the mansion. Above the mansion is a bright blue sky.
Here are the ten best horror film locations in Los Angeles — including how to visit them, what you can see today and how they match up with their appearances on the spooky silver screen.
Martha Plimpton and Jason Isaacs face each other.
A Q&A will immediately follow the screening with writer/director Fran Kranz as well as the cast; Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton.
 Participants make zines at a zine-making pop-up at Patria Coffee in 2018.
The simple fact that anyone can make a zine, regardless of whether or not they know how to use InDesign or have the money for a large press run, opens up the medium to a bevy of voices.
A pile of zines, small independently-published work. Most of the zines have Halloween and goth-themed artwork.
When it comes to making zines, there are no fixed rules. These homemade magazines can be handwritten on notebook paper or typed into a computer layout. Three zinesters share tips, advice and inspiration for getting started.
A still from the short animated film "Wolf and Cub" depicts a Black father and son standing at the edge of a cliff, looking off to a vast desert landscape. In the middle of the desert landscape is a building. The son is piggy-backed on the father's shoulders and the father is holding some sort of staff.
The short animated film was the last script written by CalArts animator and writer Marvin Scott Bynoe before his sudden death March 2020. Over a year later, the unfinished project was completed by over 80 CalArts students and professors as a labor of love.
Olympia Auset of SÜPRMARKT| Still from "Broken Bread"
Learn more about the change makers working to fix broken food systems in their communities.
A collage of film stills showing an animated hotdog, two women in an embrace, an African American woman in blue by the window, a young girl and a old man looking outward.
Here are the top prize winners for "Fine Cut Festival of Films" in 2021.
A paved walkway stretches along a coastal cliff lined with white residential homes.
Here are the seven best ways to get to know the historic, literary and watery sides of Orange County's premier surfing and sailing destination — with plenty of breathtaking ocean views to boot.
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