While the do-it-yourself zine culture has been active and publishing for decades, its growth and popularity have really blossomed during the past several years. A case in point is the LA Zine Fest, which launched last year with over 100 exhibitors and attracted approximately 1,500 attendees.
Gift Ideas for Friends and Family
December 10, 2012 11:36 pm By
As publisher of Curating Los Angeles, I receive countless emails promoting events around the southland. Many of the messages at this time of year are holiday related and of those, a significant number extol the virtues of one gift or another offered up by a bevy of local businesses, museums, and schools.
This year my family agreed to limit holiday gift giving to the children in our lives. The adults just want to spend time together and enjoy the season in a less commercial fashion. That decision has greatly reduced the amount of time we’ll all need to spend searching for just the right gifts, as well as save everyone money.
Ray Bradbury Dies at age 91 in Los Angeles
June 6, 2012 9:54 pm By
While news of author Ray Bradbury’s death yesterday at age 91 is already receiving widespread attention by national and international media outlets, I want to add my voice to the many tributes that have been written about a master of the science fiction / fantasy genre. Bradbury was long one of my favorite local writers. I was always very proud that he called Los Angeles home and would have loved to interview him for this site. While that never happened, I did meet him at a LA area event many years ago and recall how excited I was just to shake his hand.
California International Antiquarian Book Fair
February 7, 2012 7:42 pm By
This weekend thousands of book lovers, 200 book dealers, and scholars from around the world will gather in Pasadena for the 45th edition of the California International Antiquarian Book Fair. Attendees to this prestigious event will find a wide assortment of printed materials spanning five centuries, including rare and out of print books, maps, graphics, photographs, prints, and autographs, among others. Original manuscripts that predate Gutenberg will also be on display and for sale.
19th Century Los Angeles Through the Lens of Carleton Watkins
December 8, 2011 6:06 pm By
During the course of his long and distinguished career, 19th century landscape photographer Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916) produced an extraordinary body of work comprised of stereoviews and nearly thirteen hundred “mammoth” (18 x 22 inch) glass-plate negatives. Famous for his images of Yosemite, early San Francisco, New Almaden, Mendocino, and the Sierra Nevada mining regions, he also produced some of the earliest photographs of Los Angeles.
Pacific Standard Light: Lawrence Weschler Revisits the Uncanny Light of L.A. with Photographers Mike Light and Mike Slack
November 29, 2011 6:24 am By
Southern California’s natural beauty, varied geography and unique quality of light have long played muse to countless artists and photographers. On Tuesday evening, November 29 author and critic Lawrence Weschler, one of the most perceptive observers of the Los Angeles art scene, will lead a discussion “about Southern California’s blasting and wondrous light…” with Mike Light and Mike Slack, two photographers and bookmakers who have turned their cameras on Los Angeles and produced some truly captivating images.
Slake Los Angeles Summer Subscription Special
July 1, 2011 3:33 am By
The Los Angeles literary scene has been significantly enhanced over the past year due to the efforts of Joe Donnelly and Laurie Ochoa – formerly the deputy editor and editor, respectively, of LA Weekly. Together they have created Slake Los Angeles, a quarterly publication that celebrates the long form approach to journalism and deftly blends fiction, poetry, photography and art into a gorgeous package.
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