Tuesday, 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 04:55PMFriday, September 22, 2017
The weapon: 16 sticks of dynamite and a windup alarm clock. The target: The old Los Angeles Times building, an 1886 brick-and-granite edifice known as “the fortress,” on Broadway and Fir…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:45PMFriday, September 15, 2017
A searing cello solo. Latin American art takes over Los Angeles. And the passing of a great man of the stage. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the week…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:45AMFriday, August 25, 2017
The L.A. artist known for performances that employ the body and blood in visceral ways (and for drawing the ire of conservatives) is organizing a performance series at the Broad.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:00AMFriday, August 18, 2017
A small matter of a musical about that guy named Alex on the $10 bill. Our Confederate monument legacy. And an energizing Mozart opera in Austria. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:40PMFriday, July 7, 2017
It’s a hot one, but thankfully we have plenty of cool reads. This includes an essay that looks at the purpose of intermission, another that looks at how architecture is presented by the Na…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:50PMFriday, June 23, 2017
Frida Kahlo in opera. Beyond the “Julius Caesar” controversy. And 24 hours of song. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, lover of hot coffee and burritos, wi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:25PMTuesday, June 13, 2017
Los Angeles Philharmonic winds down the season. The Tony Awards offer plenty of drama. And Frank Lloyd Wright turns 150. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer with the Los Angeles Times, w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:36PMSaturday, June 3, 2017
Ojai takes a jazzy turn. Yuja Wang takes on Bartók. And LACMA features the history of an unsung Los Angeles gallery. Plus: the future of the movie theater, as well as the arts scene in Mexi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMFriday, May 26, 2017
New museums! Big retirements! Schubert and Beethoven and some fellas from Jersey. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s tastiest culture storie…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:40PMFriday, May 19, 2017
We’ve got Björk. We’ve got the legendary theater director Peter Brook. We have a 24-hour party for Lou Harrison and the architect behind the Marciano Art Foundation. I’m Carolina A. M…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:30PMSaturday, April 22, 2017
We’ve got Dolly. We’ve got groundhogs. And we’ve got Icelandic music and prickly architects. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s most n…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMFriday, April 14, 2017
It’s been a busy art week — with stellar plays, Icelandic music and art exhibitions that feature overlooked women. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:05PMSaturday, April 1, 2017
A painter’s light-filled turn. A reflective desert house. And “Hamilton” arrives in San Francisco. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with all the best …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:40AMWednesday, March 22, 2017
We live in an era in which image memes are lobbed as political salvos. In which security is “theater” and defining who controls the “narrative” in a world of facts and alternative fa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMFriday, February 3, 2017
Art, theater, music and performance that resonate with this tumultuous moment in world history. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, and your friendly neighbor…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:45PMSaturday, January 21, 2017
Oh, the brave new world that has such people in it! The big day, Donald Trump’s inauguration, has come and gone. We’re looking at a variety of stories that are related and not — from…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMFriday, January 6, 2017
Happy New Year, Los Angelistas! I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with reports on everything from composer Terry Riley at MOCA to the drama of George Lucas�…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:35PMFriday, December 16, 2016
It’s December and SoCal is bursting with everything arts and culture. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, and here are some of the week’s most intriguing a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:25PMFriday, December 2, 2016
A “King Lear” double-header. Art after Fidel. And a quiet Los Angeles abstractionist passes away. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles, with all that’s blazing in…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:40PMThursday, November 24, 2016
A face-off between Broadway and a president-elect. A tribute to the seminal Vaslav Nijinsky. And a look at the masterful architecture of Louis Kahn. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer o…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMFriday, November 18, 2016
A new show of photography merges black and white identity. Redoing the postmodern Crystal Cathedral in Orange County. And a Finnish conductor brings a fresh perspective to established works …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:30PMFriday, October 7, 2016
A week of loss. A conductor’s return to the Southern California. And a museum exhibition that crosses an ethical boundary. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times.…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:05PMThursday, September 29, 2016
The art of a San Francisco group. Works inspired by a prominent L.A. sci-fi writer. And the powerful prints of a Cuban artist. Plus: photography that touches on the ambiguities of gender, su…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PMFriday, September 23, 2016
Two years ago, Casa 0101 theater in Boyle Heights held an open call for short plays about, inspired by and tangentially touching on the life, times or melancholy of singer Morrissey — r…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:30PMSaturday, August 20, 2016
From Civil War telegrams to a historic Los Angeles house to the shaky place of art in Brazil, there has been terrific culture writing going on. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:32PMSunday, August 14, 2016
Olympics pomp and design. A play about greed and our financial system. And an opera inspired by Luis Buñuel. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, and here are t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:31PMSaturday, May 28, 2016
I'm Carolina A. Miranda, arts and culture staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. Welcome to your weekly guide to everything happening in the arts in Southern California and beyond. Don’t m…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:15AMTuesday, February 2, 2016
An Israeli artist blacklist. Boston gets a Frida. And Microsoft founder Paul Allen’s possibly short-lived Seattle art space. Also: the passing of an iconic American Indian dancer, a galler…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05PMFriday, January 29, 2016
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art may be almost a century and a half old, but that doesn't mean that one of the oldest art institutions in the United States isn't intent on evolving. In …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:20AMThursday, January 28, 2016
For several months, Los Angeles has been bidding goodbye to the 6th Street Bridge. There have been street parties, art exhibitions and cruising flotillas of custom cars, all in advance of …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:44AM 
