Short Takes

You Wouldn’t Understand
Fickle beast David Diaz picks some bones with screamo bands at Your Renaissance Fest in an L.A. warehouse.
David DiazJun 2, 2024
Paint the Town Red, in Flames
Madeleine Connors investigates the Ed Ruscha exhibition at LACMA, which is not currently on fire.
Madeleine ConnorsMay 31, 2024
Whether Painter or Painted
Stephanie Bastek steps into artist Mickalene Thomas’s glittery childhood living room at the Broad in Los Angeles.
Stephanie BastekMay 30, 2024
Pearl Jam Won’t Back Down
A. J. Urquidi finds that the Pearl Jam cottage industry is “still alive” and rockin’ in the free world of the Forum.
A. J. UrquidiMay 27, 2024
A Fair’s in Order
Brittany Menjivar catches a Rave Wave and accepts Grogu’s invite to an exhibition of nerds at the L.A. County Fair.
Brittany MenjivarMay 26, 2024
A Psychomagical Afternoon with Alejandro Jodorowsky
May 25, 2024
Bittersweet Wednesday Recollections
David Diaz is no rat, but he saw God in the form of Wednesday headlining the Bellwether in L.A. last Friday.
David DiazMay 23, 2024
Hot Moms in Your Area
Fiction moms have got it going on, Brittany Menjivar discovers at Kimberly King Parsons’s Skylight Books reading.
Brittany MenjivarMay 22, 2024
Squawking, as a Symptom
Among Hollywood headstones, Dandi Meng tips her cowboy hat to Joanna Newsom’s residency at the Masonic Lodge.
Dandi MengMay 21, 2024
Want More Luca Guadagnino?
In light of the cinematic success of Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers,” Emily Quintanilla revisits the Perlman family in Northern Italy.
Emily QuintanillaMay 17, 2024
A Blood Transfusion from Charli XCX
Angel #270, Annika Gavlak, attends the “Brat” promo at Brain Dead Studios to find out how Charli XCX is feeling now.
Annika GavlakMay 16, 2024
It Was as If We Had Won: In Memory of Alice Munro
Ellie Eberlee reflects on a momentous loss for the literary community.
Ellie EberleeMay 15, 2024
“Who’s Eve Babitz?”
Paul Thompson scratches the surface of Eve Babitz’s Los Angeles on the occasion of her birthday.
Paul ThompsonMay 14, 2024
Mothers and Daughters and Sons, Oh My!
Mother’s Day inspires Emily Quintanilla to revisit Azarin Sadegh’s review of “What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence,” a book of reflective essays edited by Michele Filgate.
Emily QuintanillaMay 12, 2024
Coloring Outside Your Guidelines
A. J. Urquidi asks, “Who’s punk? What’s the score?” to a bunch of rad nerds at Cal State Fullerton’s PunkCon 3.
A. J. UrquidiMay 11, 2024
Most Valuable Pfeiffer
Brandon Sward wades through spectral sports audio in search of that yummy-yum at Paul Pfeiffer’s retrospective at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary.
Brandon SwardMay 8, 2024