Public Spectacle tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2012:/arts//48 /img/atom_logo.png 2012-05-25T21:20:59Z Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en Skid Row Puts on a Memorial Day Parade Extravaganza -- With the Help of Mr. Brainwash tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2012:/arts//48.607797 2012-05-25 11:00:00 2012-05-25T21:20:59Z At first glance, L.A.'s Skid Row doesn't seem like it would have a flourishing performance-art scene. But Skid Row's Los Angeles Poverty Department -- abbreviated as, yes, LAPD -- was founded ... Lenika Cruz At first glance, L.A.'s Skid Row doesn't seem like it would have a flourishing performance-art scene. But Skid Row's Los Angeles Poverty Department -- abbreviated as, yes, LAPD -- was founded ...

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Continue reading "What Land Art Would You Create If Money Were No Object? Three Artists' Proposals" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/Sedan_Mound100.jpg Three Artists Propose Their Fantasy Land Art Projects Linda Didn't Know Her Dad Was a Serial Rapist. Then She Discovered Joel Engel's New Book tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2012:/arts//48.607834 2012-05-24 07:00:00 2012-05-24T18:59:05Z When you investigate the life of a rapist based on a decades-old case file, you don't expect to be confronted by the rapist's family member. Yet that is exactly what happened April 11, when aut... Amanda Lewis When you investigate the life of a rapist based on a decades-old case file, you don't expect to be confronted by the rapist's family member. Yet that is exactly what happened April 11, when aut...

Continue reading "Linda Didn't Know Her Dad Was a Serial Rapist. Then She Discovered Joel Engel's New Book" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/devil1000.jpg This Book Led a Woman to a Crazy Discovery Bert Chan: These Shoes Were Made for Tapping tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2012:/arts//48.603104 2012-05-23 16:22:44 2012-05-23T23:22:46Z One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Eight is considered a particularly lucky number in Chinese culture, so ... Erica Zora Wrightson One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Eight is considered a particularly lucky number in Chinese culture, so ...

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Continue reading "Lena Dunham's Girls and Her Dad Carroll's Drawings: Two Approaches to Making Us Uncomfortable" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/dunhamlena100.jpg Connecting Lena Dunham's 'Girls' With Her Dad's Drawings Kit Quinn and Tallest Silver: The Great Pretenders tag:blogs.laweekly.com,2012:/arts//48.603936 2012-05-23 12:55:41 2012-05-23T19:55:43Z Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Kit Quinn and Tallest Silver keep their legal names off the record. The... Liz Ohanesian Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Kit Quinn and Tallest Silver keep their legal names off the record. The...

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