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M. Ward Is Always Good

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 04.12.2012

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It's only a matter of time before M. Ward gets parodied on SNL's favorite new recurring sketch "Bein' Quirky With Zooey Deschanel." But until then, he...

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PHOTOS: 'Only In LA' Funniest Tweets

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.10.2012

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What is so dang "LA" that you would only see it here? A Saturday night Botox party? Acupuncture for cats? Angelenos have been blasting the Twitters...

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If I Died Young...

Abigail Spencer | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Michelle Williams, Joey King, The Wood Brothers, Craft Service, Mila Kunis, James Franco, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Chocolate, Zach Braff, Gratefulness, Yancy Spencer III, Kcrw, Lady GaGa, Grammys, Rachel Weiss, Los Angeles News
Abigail Spencer

I eat chocolate just about every day. Okay, every day. I love nothing more than a good rich dark chocolate. It exhilarates. It satisfies. My father loved chocolate. I got my stomach for sweets from him.

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OohLaLA Festival Charms Again

Nicole Garton | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: French Touch, France in Los Angeles, Tv on the Radio, French Music, El-Rey-Theater, Hugh Coltman, Red Hot Chili Peppers, OohLaLA Festival, Tinariwen, Chateau Marmont, Kcrw, Nouvelle Vague, Los Angeles, Birdy Nam Nam, Hindi Zahra, Sylvain Taillet, DJ Cam, Tuareg, Goldenvoice, Jean-Charles De Castelbajac, Universal Music Group, Etienne De Crecy, Frenchy Community, Feadz, Los Angeles News
Nicole Garton

The OohLaLA Festival sashayed onto the scene for a third installment of its French musical showcase. The festival featured a diverse lineup of contemporary talent, each exuding a certain je ne sais quoi.

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Weekend Recommendations -- July 28-31

Girl at a Bar | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: La Around Town, Best of La, Los Angeles, Getty Museum, Hollywood Bowl, Hammer Museum, Kcrw, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Lacma, Wine, Los Angeles News
Girl at a Bar

Always wanted to do some self-inspired Irish step-dancing in the middle of Culver City? Now is your chance. Celtic band Molly's Revenge with vocalist Christa Burch provide the music for this week of the Culver City Music Festival.

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7 Cultural Radio Shows You Should Be Listening To

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Podcasts, Video, Kcrw the Treatment, Mike and Tom Eat Snacks, Kcrw, Fresh Air, Kexp Music That Matters, Npr, Radio Shows, Kcrw Morning Becomes Eclectic, Radio, The Guardian Everyday Moments, Kexp, Cultural Radio Shows, This American Life, On Our Radar, Culture News

New media has done a lot for us, but has it made us happier? According to a new study, radio makes Britons happier than TV and the web, and we're thin...

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Traveling for Art and Eating Well

Edward Goldman | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: The Clock, Christian Marclay, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lacma, Moma, Momo, Belgium, Restaurant Georges, The Netherlands, Neue Gallery, Bruges, Kcrw, Ray's and Stark Bar, France, Paris, England, London, Den Dyver, Edward Goldman, Artists, Art, National Art Gallery, Barcelona, Museum of Modern Art, Pompidou Centre, Amsterdam, Spain, Art Talk, Alkimia, Travel News
Edward Goldman

Would you agree that there is some charming and yummy connection between good art and good food? Many world-class museums are not only trying to impress visitors with great art but also eager to impress their taste buds.

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Keep The Farmer's Markets Open While The 405 Is Closed

Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Good Food Blog, Host a Farmer, Kcrw, Santa-Monica-Farmers-Market, City of Santa Monica, 405 Closure, Farmers Markets, Carmageddon, Los Angeles News

"All markets open rain or shine year-round," states the City of Santa Monica Farmer's Market- but will all the markets remain open during the upcoming...

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Elvis Mitchell Enlisted To Head LACMA's Film Program

latimes.com | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Elvis Mitchell, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lacma Film Program, Museums, Michael Goven, The Treatment, Arts, Kcrw, Lacma, Film, Tim Burton, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Film Independent, Arts News

Elvis Mitchell, the film critic and host of KCRW's "The Treatment," has been named the new head of the film program at the Los Angeles County Museum o...

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Eric Garcetti: Mayoral Candidate And DJ?

The Informer | Posted 08.09.2011

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Eric Garcetti knows how to spin. The still-undeclared candidate for mayor threw down some tracks yesterday during a guest DJ set at KCRW's Morning Bec...

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ForumFest 2011

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: LA Forum, St Thomas the Apostle, Bling Bling Dumpling, Verner Panton, Architecture, Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, Kcrw, Vitra, School, Los Angeles, John Chase, 2011, Catherine Opie, Griffin Enright, Fruit and Flour, Tom Schnabel, Forumfest, Los Angeles News

Who: You What: ForumFest 2011, a celebration of this year's accomplishments in architecture and a fundraiser for the Forum's future projects. The eve...

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Hollywood: Art and Oscars

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Basel, Academy Awards, My Own Private Idaho, James France, Npr, Kcrw, Suzanne Vielmetter Gallery, Jedediah Caesar, ACME Gallery, Edward Goldman, Artists, Venice Biennale, Gus Van Sant, Art, Oscars, Jennifer Steinkamp, Gagosian Gallery, Art Talk, Arts News
Edward Goldman

I wonder if the less than stellar results of the last Oscars, with its low voltage and sagging viewership, will make the Hollywood weasels -- clearly in need of inspiration -- turn to the world of art.

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Art Does Your Body (and Wallet) Good

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Npr, Art, Health, Kcrw, Edward Goldman, Art Talk, Artists, Arts News
Edward Goldman

Many moons ago I went to see a doctor to check my eyesight. He sat me down and instructed me to look at the wall behind him. I tried to do just th...

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HuffPost Premiere: Wild Palms' "To The Lighthouse," Plus A Conversation With Susan Werner

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Bruce Cockburn, Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Spider-Man, Steve Marcantonio, Wild Palms, Kcrw, Chris Matthews, Keb' Mo', Sarah Palin, Robert Frost, Trina Hamlin, Susan Werner, Nordstrom's, Theo Shier, Julie Taymor, Steve Forbert, David Wilcox, Stewart Smith, Jimmy Webb, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Here in the U.S., Wild Palms' Until Spring will debut on April 12th, but HuffPost has been given the premiere of the single "To The Lighthouse" presented here, airing for the first time in this territory.

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Be Warned: You Can't Operate a Vehicle After Watching This Video

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, Artists, Art Talk, Edward Goldman, Kcrw, Npr, Michelangelo, Sol Lewitt, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum, LA Louver Gallery, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry, Arts News
Edward Goldman

A good fellow American, and a faithful listener of Art Talk on KCRW, sent me a link to a Vatican website with a 360 degree panorama of the Sistine Chapel. For the next hour, wild horses couldn't have driven me away from the computer screen.

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Welcome to a Big, Small, Strange World of Art

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art. Artists, Lacma, Metropolis II, Npr, Kcrw, Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Urban Light, Edward Goldman, Nicolas Berggruen, Chris Burden, Robert Mapplethorpe, The Getty Trust, Art Talk, Antwerp, Beam Drop, Middleheimmuseum, Arts News
Edward Goldman

It's not often that one can find art-related news on the front page of American newspapers. BUt Robert Mapplethorpe's name is once again front-page news -- and this time, it's good news.

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William Eggleston: Prince of Melancholy

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eudora Welty, Lacma, Lee Friedlander, Edward Goldman, Artists, Diane Arbus, Npr, Art, William Eggleston, Kcrw, William Faulkner, Art Talk, Arts News
Edward Goldman

Absolutely nothing happens in the world captured in the photos by William Eggleston. But if you take a deep breath, his photos will start to sing to you their irresistible songs.

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Fairs, Fairs on the Wall, Which Is Prettiest of Them All?

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scofidio + Renfro, Los Angeles Art Show, Elizabeth Diller, Diller, Npr, Photo l.A., Moca, Kcrw, Broad Museum, Edward Goldman, Artists, Art, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Disney Hall, Art Talk, Eli Broad, Arts News
Edward Goldman

The month of January is crowded in L.A., with art fairs that bring art dealers eager to spread before you thousands of paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos -- you name it.

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The Best and Worst of 2010

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Fowler Museum, Auguste Renoir, The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Lacma, Jancar Gallery, Alberto Burri, Npr, Uta Barth, Eva Hesse, Dennis Hopper, The Hammer Museum, The Getty, Kcrw, Los Angeles, LA Louver Gallery, 1301 PE, Arshile Gorky, Fashioning Fashion, Alice Neel, Rembrandt, Edward Goldman, Artists, Art, Nick Cave, Museums, Joan Mitchell, Moca, Gagosian Gallery, Pierre Picot, Art Talk, Arts News
Edward Goldman

On a personal level, I want to say "thank God" that the year 2010 is coming to an end, but artistically speaking it was definitely a year to remember.

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Trying to Undo the Whitewashing

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Deitch, Washington, Npr, Street Art, Los Angeles, Kcrw, New York, David Wojnarowicz, Blu, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Edward Goldman, Hammer Museum, Artists, Art, Redcat, Moca, National Portrait Gallery, D.C., Art Talk, Arts News
Edward Goldman

Last week's program American Museums: All Talk, No Walk addressed the issue of the latest artistic censorship, when two leading American museums wer...

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HuffPost Exclusive: Henry Wolfe's "Someone Else," Plus A Conversation With Everest's Russ Pollard

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Csny, Guster, Sundance Film Festival, Everest, Henry Wolfe, Wxrt, Longhorn Slim, Joel Graves, The Roots, Neil Young, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Russ Pollard, Kcrw, Edward Sharpe, Peter Field, Matt Caost, The Magnetic Zeros, Bravo Silva, Malachi DeLorenzo, Aaron Older, My Morning Jacket, Nico Aglietti, Julie & Julia, Jimmy Fallon, Elliot Roberts, Band of Horses, Electric Cars, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

A onetime New Yorker and front man for indie rockers Bravo Silva, L.A. musician and singer-songwriter Henry Wolfe's new album, Linda Vista, will be out late March 2011.

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In Which My Mind Is Blown by Henry Rollins at the Echoplex

Yasi Salek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fugazi, LA Culture, Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Charles Manson, Bad Brains, Kcrw, The Ramone, Music, Los Angeles News
Yasi Salek

The other night, to an intimate crowd at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, Henry Rollins played some extremely rare and incredibly amazing tracks. For three hours. With anecdotes and stories.

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PHOTOS: RADIO: Daft Punk's TRON Soundtrack, Russell Brand's New Book, And Colin Firth DJs On Air

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Traffic, Holidays, Art, Chapel Club, Seance, Santa Monica, Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Radio, Slidepollajax, Gap, Tron, Kcrw, Colin Firth, Daft Punk, Arts News

Catch a preview of Daft Punk's TRON: Legacy soundtrack, Russell Brand on My Booky Wook 2, Colin Firth steps in as a guest DJ, a discussion of logos go...

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A Delicious Art Spread for Your Thanksgiving Weekend

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Norton Simon Museum, Bergamot Station, Raphael, LA Culture, Artists, Kcrw, The Hammer Museum, Thanksgiving 2010, Steve Roden, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Npr, Art, DeLoss McGraw, Edward Goldman, Cannon Art Gallery, The Armory Art Center, The Tin Drum, Katharina Grosse, Carlsbad, The National Gallery, Art Talk, Arts News
Edward Goldman

It always struck me as odd that people couldn't see exhibitions on their day off. For the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend, I want to present you with a whole spread of delicious art exhibitions.

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All Is Well That Ends Well... With a Gala at MOCA

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moca Gala, Willem De Kooning, Edward Goldman, The Artist's Museum Happening, Artists, L&M Arts, Art, Doug Aitken, Joan Mitchell, Kcrw, Los Angeles, Moca, Gagosian Gallery, Art Talk, Arts News
Edward Goldman

Many of you would probably agree that we are living in a rather cynical age, and that's why it's so inspiring to witness the miracle of resurrection. And no, I'm not talking about the story of Jesus.

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