D.J. Waldie
D. J. Waldie is the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir" and "Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles," among other books about the social history of Southern California. He is a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times.
Jim Hodges weaves together memory and tenderness at the UCLA Hammer Museum from the discarded materials of everyday life.
This is the last in a series of observations on the place of nature in the city and the place of the city in nature during the centennial year of John Muir (1838-1914).
Larry's Sultan's retrospective at LACMA is a deeply felt meditation on the possibilities that can be found in an ordinary place. Sultan shows things awful and tender happen there.
In exchange for Californian's former exuberance, we get a kale prescription.
There is a cast of mind that sees the numinous in things and makes one a connoisseur of what's at hand.
Today, when a mirror is held up to Nature, we see our own reflection. Is that image benign or demonic?
Thom Andersen's legendary, 170-minute documentary "Los Angeles Plays Itself" is finally available.
Huell Howser was a smart businessman. He made money and he raised money for public TV. He was famous. He was satirized on "The Simpsons." He was driven by his work.
I grew into KCET, starting with evenings sitting with my mother watching "The French Chef" for its unaffected slapstick and its love of making people happy with a well made meal, and later with series like "American Playhouse," "Masterpiece Theater," "...