by DOWNTOWN News | Mar 21, 2024 | Art, Culture, LA
Leah Smithson is the new featured artist for 2024 at Hotel Figueroa, with an exhibit of work celebrating women innovators, entitled Limitless. The nearly century-old Hotel Figueroa is celebrating Women’s History Month 2024 by welcoming Los Angeles-based BIPOC...
by DOWNTOWN News | Mar 7, 2024 | Art, Downtown News, Events
Curious to learn more about the printing process? South Street Seaport Museum’s 19th century-style letterpress printers, Bowne & Co., is offering a monthly opportunity for visitors learn about letterpress printing and get hands-on with the Museum’s working...
by Linda Sheridan | Jan 10, 2024 | Culture, Movies
Photos courtesy of Cohen Media Group. While I went in having some idea of what to expect, the new French film Driving Madeleine, had some surprises. Everyone has a story to tell, and in a taxi with a stranger, sometimes we can have candid conversations. This low-key...
by DOWNTOWN News | Dec 14, 2023 | Art, Culture
All images: Alice Teeple. Multidisciplinary NYC artist Alice Teeple reinterprets Victorian mourning practices as spiritual alchemy for the modern day, in her first solo exhibit, Solve et Coagula, opening Friday, at Chinatown’s Shelter Gallery. Teeple’s...
by Linda Sheridan | Sep 14, 2023 | Culture, Design, Music, Theater
Perelman Performing Arts Center designed by REX. Image Iwan Baan. Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) celebrated its opening with an emotional ceremony, including remarks by Paula Grant Berry from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, investor Ronald O. Perelman,...
by Deb Martin | Jul 5, 2023 | Culture, Featured, Music
Looking forward, and back, with Julian Lennon photography by Robert Ascroft REPOST from Spring 2022 issue JULIAN LENNON IS PART OF A STORY THAT IS arguably one of the most famous in rock history. Though he follows in the footsteps of a legendary musical...