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Cyrcle. Collective Tries to Find the Middle-Ground
The collective Cyrcle.'s new show, "Organized Chaos!," showcases its hexagonal and rectangular works that riff on the bee ethos.
Guerrilla Gowns: Orange County's Ghostly Performance Art
A new feminist movement is happening in Orange County. Guerrilla Gowns is a performance series created and enacted by The Nine, an all-women young artist collective based in Santa Ana.
Eternal Retirement Home for Artists To Be Built On Salton Sea Property: WTF, LOLZ
The Eternal Telethon is an online, artist-run telethon whose goal is to raise funds to build a convalescent home for retired artists located at the Salton Sea.
An Artist for President: An Interview with Susanna Bixby Dakin
Working at the nexus of feminism and performance art, Susanna Bixby Dakin ran independently for the presidency of the United States in 1984 during a year-long, durational piece called An Artist for President.
Tanya Aguiñiga installation
Craft Happening: Tanya Aguiñiga Vs. the Beverly Hills Police
Tijuana-born, L.A.-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga is known for her furniture that is covered with felt. For her "performance crafting" collaboration with Artbound, she trades place with her objects, and invites a group of workers to cover her from head-t...
Mass Movement: Trolley Dances in Riverside
Trolley Dances, a multi-site, site-specific performance event will debut in Riverside October 20, under the direction of choreographer Julie Satow Freeman.
A Conversation On Sound With Isis' Aaron Turner, William Fowler Collins, Artist Steve Roden, and Curator Robert Crouch
At the recent performance of A Slow Unraveling, the nature of sound and music was given a stress test as musicians and artists pushed the artform to its limits, and beyond.
JumpBrush Dance Festival Forges Connections in San Luis Obispo
JumpBrush: Pacific Coast Dance Convergence, which runs Aug. 8 through 11 at the Performing Arts Center in San Luis Obispo, seeks to make the Central Coast a dance destination.
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Bob Baker: The Man Behind the Puppets
An L.A. historic cultural monument, The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is considered hallowed grounds by many, consecrated as a place to honor and celebrate the art of puppetry by its namesake Bob Baker.
Site-Specific Work To-Go
Feedback is a traveling site-specific performance project by the Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre.
Making a Scene: John M. White and Performance in Ventura
Iconoclast John M. White, a venerated fixture of the L.A. art scene since the 1960s, has four different exhibitions featured in the Pacific Standard Time Initiative. Tracy Hudak examines the artist and his career.
Laura O'Brien
From Miss Piggy to "Chrissie:" The Many Characters of Laurie O'Brien
Laurie O'Brien's acting career took a detour into mental health and humanitarianism in the 1970s. Her new one woman show, "I Am Chrissie", draws directly from her experience conducting theatrical workshops in Denver mental institutions.
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