Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Instead of choking up Union Station, the Academy Awards could have used the empty Music Center — and shown solidarity with L.A.'s performing arts
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:50PMWednesday, June 12, 2019
It’s the end of another week, and the end of my supply of Japanese gummy candies. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential culture news…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMSunday, May 5, 2019
Stirring photography, music inspired by the Silk Road and everything you needed to know about the Tony Award nominations but were afraid to ask. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:48AMSaturday, April 6, 2019
The dramas of King Lear, the Gay Men’s Chorus and LACMA. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential art news: A brazenly busy 'Lear' Thea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:05AMFriday, March 29, 2019
It is dawn on Sunday morning and a sliver of blue light has begun to emerge from behind the Chocolate Mountains, illuminating the steely waters of the Salton Sea. Several dozen people, in an…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:15AMSaturday, March 16, 2019
Spring has arrived, and so have a slew of cultural happenings. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with your weekly roundup of all things culture — and Norweg…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMSaturday, January 19, 2019
Aaaaand the arts season is back in full swing! I’m Carolina A. Miranda of the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential arts news ... and disco cumbia: ‘HAMILTON’ IN PUERTO RICO I…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMThursday, January 3, 2019
When the Cine Metropolitan opened on Avenida Independencia in Mexico City in 1943, it was one of those spare-no-expense architectural extravaganzas that reveal why movie theaters were once r…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:45AMSaturday, December 22, 2018
Welcome to the holiday weekend! I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with your weekly dose of what is making us mad as hell … in the best way possible. A POTEN…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:48AMSaturday, December 15, 2018
A little bit of controversy. A little bit of Broadway. A little bit of Zubin Mehta. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential arts storie…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:48PMSaturday, November 24, 2018
Time to carbo-load! I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with a special, holiday edition of the Essential Arts newsletter featuring turkeys, Broadway, Fluxus and…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:33AMSaturday, October 27, 2018
Welcome to the weekend. And go, Dodgers! I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential arts news: POLITICS GETS THEATER WRONG Times theater cr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:45AMThursday, October 25, 2018
For years, Kristy Edmunds, director of UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, has cruised by the old Crest Theater on Westwood Boulevard on her way to and from work. “I’d go past th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMSaturday, September 22, 2018
Get ready to party like it’s 1919: the Los Angeles Philharmonic is turning 100! Plus, we’ve got news on a David Lynch-inspired opera, experimental theater and moody paintings of women. I…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:35AMThursday, September 20, 2018
A hybrid work that fuses performance, sculpture and video, and a museum show that brings the U.S. and Mexico closer together. The arts season is happening! Here’s what to check out in the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:30PMSaturday, July 28, 2018
Theater that tackles the dark side of capitalism and a rousing performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Plus: The Times pays tribute to beloved critic Jonathan Gold, who passed away last week. I�…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMSaturday, June 16, 2018
Happy Weekend, El Lay! It’s been a busy week culture-wise, with Tony Awards, new gallery shows and a blazing music festival. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Time…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMSaturday, June 9, 2018
It’s Tony Awards weekend. And the Hammer Biennial and Ojai Musical Festival are in full swing. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, and we’re knee-deep in ea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:25PMSaturday, June 2, 2018
Happy Weekend! I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s culture news, including the latest on architecture (O.C. and Italy editions) and plenty of…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMSaturday, May 12, 2018
Hello, weekend! I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, back in the saddle after a couple of weeks off, with the week’s blazing arts and culture news — not to …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:48AMMonday, April 16, 2018
Data released Wednesday by the National Endowment for the Arts, in a joint effort with the Bureau of Economic Analysis, offers an argument for keeping arts funding alive at a time when the T…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:12AMSaturday, April 7, 2018
Opera’s intersections with race, plus a re-imagination of a sexist Shakespeare play. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s most interesting cu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMSaturday, March 31, 2018
“Angels in America” comes soaring back and King Tut makes the rounds — again — while painter Laura Owens announces that her art space 356 Mission will close. I’m Carolina A. Mirand…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMFriday, March 23, 2018
Spring has sprung! And we’ve got previews, new plays, more MOCA stonewalling and Chicano everything. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer with the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:30PMFriday, February 9, 2018
Border walls as art and Hamlet with dogs. Southern California can never be accused of being boring. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with your weekly dose al…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:45PMSaturday, December 23, 2017
It’s the most wonderful time of the week — when the Essential Arts newsletter hits your inbox! I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, and I just wanted to tak…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMFriday, December 8, 2017
Fires and art. Misty Copeland lands in Southern California. And a new lead for “Hamilton.” I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s most impor…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:45PMThursday, November 23, 2017
The season of mashed potatoes and gluten-free vegan nut loaf is upon us! I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with a special advance edition of everything that�…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMFriday, November 17, 2017
“November — with uncanny witchery in its changed trees. With murky red sunsets flaming in smoky crimson behind the westering hills.” That’s a little somethin’ somethin’ from L.M.…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:15PMFriday, October 13, 2017
The new MacArthur winners. Springsteen does the Great White Way. And a look at what made Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao such a hit. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer with the Los An…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00PMTuesday, October 10, 2017
As soon as the lights dimmed at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday night, the screaming began. And it lasted — at varying levels — for practically the entire two-hour run of J Balvin’s so…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:55PM 
