Short Takes

  • This Is Me on Top of You

    This Is Me on Top of You

    Britt Menjivar attends a “hardcore” screening of Mara Mckevitt’s “Val” and Miranda July’s “The Amateurist” in Chinatown.

    Mar 15

  • Carol Cheh on Daniel J. Martinez

    Carol Cheh on Daniel J. Martinez

    1:1 invites writers to reflect on a single work of art with focus, care, and imagination to expand how we view, receive, and write about art. 1...

    Mar 10

  • Glass House Is a Smash

    Glass House Is a Smash

    Jack Skelley has no stones to throw at “Glass House,” a new intermedia performance organized by Volta Collective and Central Server Works.

    Mar 9

  • The Pulsing Innards of Jack Skelley

    The Pulsing Innards of Jack Skelley

    Emily Ann Zisko faces her complete fear of Jack Skelley’s “Fear of Kathy Acker,” adapted for the Santa Monica stage by Siena Foster-Soltis.

    Mar 6

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the OC

    20,000 Leagues Under the OC

    LARB copydesk chief A. J. Ur-squid-i asks, “What’s Kraken?” at Squid’s Leap Day show at the Orange County Observatory.

    Mar 5

  • Rob Faucette on Lester Balog

    Rob Faucette on Lester Balog

    1:1 invites writers to reflect on a single work of art with focus, care, and imagination to expand how we view, receive, and write about art.

    Mar 3

  • Velcro Shoes and Moons Over My Hammy

    Velcro Shoes and Moons Over My Hammy

    David Diaz is ready to say “WTF is up, Denny’s?!” after watching Ceremony play their classic 2010 LP “Rohnert Park” live at the Hollywood Palladium.

    Feb 29

  • Shakespeare in the Mental Institution

    Shakespeare in the Mental Institution

    Brooke Hallie Metayer asks, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo and Juliet ballet?” and finds it at the Ahmanson Theater, courtesy of choreographer Matthew...

    Feb 23

  • When Grown Men Cry

    When Grown Men Cry

    Outside the Crypto.com Arena, the grief and love of grown men briefly erupted in a gush of tears and chants and memories.

    Feb 15

  • Freaks Come Out at Night

    Freaks Come Out at Night

    Eloise Rollins-Fife masks up and gets down with the art world's cutest creeps, ranging from “sexy rabbit” to “life-sized Furby.”

    Feb 13

  • Schiff on Partegàs

    Schiff on Partegàs

    1:1 invites writers to reflect on a single work of art with focus, care, and imagination to expand how we view, receive, and write about art.

    Feb 11

  • For the Love of Books

    For the Love of Books

    Brittany Menjivar went to the antiquarian book conference and found a fuzzy belly, murderous frog, and rec center chairman.

    Feb 9

  • Faded Tees and Toothless Grins

    Faded Tees and Toothless Grins

    David Diaz dreams of one day telling his grandchildren about the hardcore punk show from his porch on the outskirts of town.

    Feb 8

  • Eve Wood on Julie Adler

    Eve Wood on Julie Adler

    1:1 invites writers to reflect on a single work of art with focus, care, and imagination to expand how we view, receive, and write about art.

    Feb 6