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Shepard Fairey's 'Art For Obama'

Fri, Nov 20 Listen
Los Angeles-based artist Shepard Fairey created one of the most important images in the 2008 presidential election. It's a red, white and blue portrait of Barack Obama with the word HOPE. It's one of 150 full color images in the new book "Art for Obama." Fairey is one of the book's editors.

Doomsday saga brings life to the box office

Sun, Nov 15 Listen
Doomsday film 2012 is bringing life to the box office.

Wanted: Grateful Dead librarian

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
Nowadays jobs are tough to come by in California, but one choice spot is now open for someone with a master's degree in Library Sciences and a deep love of the Dead. The Grateful Dead that is.

Motion Picture Academy awards some notable Oscars early this year

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
It may not feel like Oscar season, but four honorees are scheduled to pick up gold trophies on Saturday. This ceremony at Hollywood and Highland is a new event on Hollywood’s awards calendar.

Rockin' N Rollin' with the play "Baby It's you."

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
After writing, directing or producing a number of A-list movies – from “Freebie and the Bean” to “Dick Tracy”, Floyd Mutrux decided to step away from Hollywood. From the film industry, anyway. He turned to his love of music and wrote six anthologies of American Pops, including one based on Rock-n-Roll’s first black all-girl group – The Shirelles. That play, “Baby It’s You,” opens tonight at the Pasadena Playhouse. Mutrux directs the show. He told KPCC’s Steve Julian the story begins in 1958...

King of Pop Michael Jackson's burial cost $1 million

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
Court documents show the cost to bury pop star Michael Jackson in September approached $1 million. The funeral nearly didn’t happen as scheduled.

Former president of AMPTP Nick Counter passes away

Mon, Nov 9 Listen
Nick Counter, the former president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers, died Friday. Counter led the Alliance for 27 years.

Hello Kitty turns 35!

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
This fall marks the 35th birthday of one of Japan's beloved pop icons - Hello Kitty. The Royal/T Cafe in Culver City is throwing her a huge birthday bash complete with Hello Kitty-shaped food, Hello Kitty-themed household items and art work inspired by the tiny white feline.

Green buildings grow on Skid Row

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
Near the Los Angeles Convention Center, a curved white building rises along the 10 freeway. The New Carver apartments will fill with disabled and recently homeless residents. The building's one of several green projects for people who live in and around downtown L.A.’s Skid Row. KPCC's Molly Peterson checked it out before the new tenants move in.

Day of the Dead newest US holiday, new book argues

Fri, Oct 30 Listen
The Day of the Dead, the Latin American observance that takes place Monday, hasn’t displaced Halloween in the U.S. However, a scholar argues in a new book that the observance is becoming this country’s newest holiday.

Flight of the Conchord's Jemaine Clement stars in new sci-fi comedy 'Gentle

Thu, Oct 29 Listen
A while back, KPCC's Alex Cohen was watching a movie on DVD. During the previews, she was fascinated by a cheesy, new age author named Dr. Ronald Chevalier. She thought he looked slightly familiar. Then, she pictured him with slightly less puffy hair and wearing glasses. Bingo! She recognized him as Jemaine Clement, star of one of her favorite TV shows, "Flight of the Conchords."

Dancing toward a Thriller world record at LA Live

Sun, Oct 25 Listen
Thousands of people gathered together outside at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles this weekend to dance. They were trying to set the world record -- for the most people doing the Michael Jackson Thriller dance at one time. Organizers of “Thrill the World” say people were doing the same dance at the same time in more than a dozen countries across the globe. No official word yet whether dancers in Los Angeles and around the globe set a world record. KPCC’s Shirley Jahad talked with some people...

Arts Tune-Up offers management advice to artists

Fri, Oct 23 Listen
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission is sponsoring a free “arts tune-up.” A lot of artists would be the first to admit they could benefit from a more management savvy. Saturday at the Glendale Civic Auditorium, it’ll be there for the taking.

MPAA head Dan Glickman plans to retire next year

Mon, Oct 19 Listen
The top lobbyist for the film and television industry plans to retire next year. Dan Glickman has led the Motion Picture Association of America for five years.

The Ettes Come (back) to Southern California

Fri, Oct 16 Listen
KPCC's Alex Cohen loves the band the Ettes. The Ettes are a four member band that knows how to rock and roll. Their music brings a raw updated feel to the classic garage rock of the 60s. When the Ettes recently came to town for a show at the El Rey, Alex had the chance to chat with the Ettes' lead singer, Coco who told her how the band got started.

Actor Davis Gaines on his role in 'Parade'

Thu, Oct 15 Listen
On August 25, 1913, a Brooklyn Jew named Leo Frank was convicted of killing 13-year-old Mary Phagan in a pencil factory in Atlanta, Georgia. Frank was the superintendent; Phagan, a lowly worker who made $1.20 that week. The trial came at a crucial time in the South, when memories of the Civil War still lent hostilities toward northern industrialists, like Frank, who'd settled there. The play "Parade" at the Mark Taper Forum depicts the events surrounding Leo Frank's arrest, conviction, and...

Work begins on Museum of the American Latino

Tue, Oct 13 Listen
A committee of political, business and cultural leaders Tuesday officially began its work to establish a museum that honors American Latinos. KPCC’s Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde reports.

A chat with Oscar-winning actress Estelle Parsons

Tue, Oct 13 Listen
Tracy Letts won a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for his play, “August: Osage County.” It’s set in the stifling hot Oklahoma house where the Weston family lives. It’s the most dysfunctional home you might find on the Great Plains, and as the audience spends time with the Westons, that dysfunction sometimes bubbles angrily; sometimes explodes.

Vroman's bookstore buying literary landmark Book Soup

Mon, Oct 12 Listen
A bit of Pasadena will take up residence soon in West Hollywood. KPCC’s Cheryl Devall says the region’s largest independent bookstore has singed an agreement to buy a literary magnet on Sunset Boulevard.

LA City Council seeks to rein in runaway production

Wed, Oct 7 Listen
In response to a slump in TV and movie production, the Los Angeles City Council wants local agencies to dangle more incentives for producers. KPCC’s Cheryl Devall says council members hope to maintain hundreds of thousands of entertainment industry jobs in the Southland.

Photographer Irving Penn dies at age 92

Wed, Oct 7 Listen
One of the most respected and widely-published photographers of his era has died. KPCC’s Cheryl Devall has more on the life and work of Irving Penn, including an current exhibit of his photos on display at the Getty Center through January 10th.

Another sunny weekend for 'Cloudy with a Chance of Rain'

Sun, Sep 27 Listen
The Sony 3-D animated film “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” is number one at the box office, earning $25 million, for a second straight weekend. It earned some $60 million in estimated ticket sales over nine days.

MOCA recovering from financial peril

Fri, Sep 25 Listen
Officials at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles say the museum is well on the road to recovery after it hit a rough patch. KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.

SAG members elect Ken Howard president

Thu, Sep 24 Listen
Members of the Screen Actors Guild have elected Ken Howard as their new national president. KPCC’s Brian Watt reports.

Tommy Lasorda's portrait placed in the Smithsonian

Tue, Sep 22 Listen
Former Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda celebrated his 82nd birthday today at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. He wasn’t a visitor; he was there for the unveiling of his portrait. KPCC’s Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde reports.

South LA mixed-media artist wins MacArthur 'Genius' grant

Tue, Sep 22 Listen
A mixed-media artist from South Los Angeles is one of two dozen MacArthur Foundation fellowship winners this year. KPCC’s Cheryl Devall says each one gets half a million dollars, no strings attached.

First African-American curator at LA County Museum of Art

Sun, Sep 20 Listen
There’s a new contemporary art chief at the Southland’s largest art museum. In January, 40-year-old Franklin Sirmans becomes the head of that department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez talked with the first African-American to reach that level of management at the museum.

8-month mural project beautifies LA school

Sun, Sep 20 Listen
After eight months and more than 500 gallons of paint, two Los Angeles artists unveiled Friday a mural project that’s reshaped the climate at an 82-year-old middle school. KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.

LA's largest museum hires new contemporary art chief

Fri, Sep 18 Listen
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced it’s hired a rising 40-year-old curator to head the museum’s growing contemporary art department. KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has more on the first African-American to reach that level at the museum.

NPR correspondent Ari Shapiro sings at the Hollywood Bowl

Fri, Sep 18 Listen
Usually when you hear NPR correspondent Ari Shapiro on KPCC, he’s reporting on the Justice Department or domestic surveillance. But he also sings. He’ll do that Saturday, September 19th at the Hollywood Bowl when he appears with the band Pink Martini of Portland, Oregon. Ari told KPCC's Alex Cohen how he got involved with the band and his thoughts on his big Southern California debut.

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