"Illuminating the Chandelier" was a Zoom-specific live performance inspired by Clarice Lispector's novel "The Chandelier," about a woman living in isolation.
Though remote learning circumstances have greatly disrupted Thornton’s performance-based curriculums, “Live! From Somewhere” offers students an outlet to continue their creative processes.
Take a virtual journey to Brazil to experience samba's jolts of joyful color, thrilling rhythms and communal celebration with Viver Brazil's signature family program, "Celebrating Samba."
Though Horace Tapscott died in 1999, his legacy of music and focus on community burn brighter than ever because of the rising popularity of contemporary jazz artists like Kamasi Washington.
A long history of arts and activism at The Paramount Ballroom precedes the work of the Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory. Historically, it has been a source of arts and culture in a neighborhood marked by demographic change and fight against displacement.
Gospel music is a form of music born out of intertwining events in religion, politics, history and culture in the African American experience. See a few of its milestones.
Along with cities such as Chicago and Detroit, Los Angeles has influenced gospel music for decades, but its contributions to gospel are frequently overlooked. Now, that appears to be changing.
It may not get top billing, but the jazz scene in Los Angeles is unexpectedly rich. An ongoing L.A. residency for young jazz artists is ensuring that it stays that way.
"Don't Believe the Hype: L.A. Asian Americans in Hip Hop" examines the genre as a tool for “resistance, refuge and reinvention” to represent everything from breakdancing and graffiti to DJs and MCs.