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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Julia Weist Was Investigated for Making Art. ‘Questioning,’ a New Play, Tells the Story. by Carolina A. Miranda

A new play is its own piece of art: A first-person account of an official inquiry into an artist’s use of private investigation databases to create work.

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Monday, December 12, 2022

How HBO's 'White Lotus' captures the theater of the tourism industry by Carolina A. Miranda

I worked for several years as a travel writer. Here's what Mike White's dramedy gets exactly right about tourism as immersive but shallow theater.

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Monday, September 6, 2021

Pipilotti Rist's MOCA Geffen takeover is a sensuous pleasure trip you don't want to miss by Carolina A. Miranda

The Swiss artist's sensuous videos inspired Beyoncé's window smashing. Now Rist's work is remaking the Frank Gehry-designed Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Forget Union Station. The Oscars should be held at the Music Center by Carolina A. Miranda

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

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Essential Arts: Time to place bets on the Tony Awards. Hint " we're into 'Hadestown' by Carolina A. Miranda

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: Esse…

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Sunday, May 5, 2019

Essential Arts: Making sense of the Tony nominations in an eclectic, erratic season by Carolina A. Miranda

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 the …

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Saturday, April 6, 2019

Essential Arts: L.A.'s Gay Men's Chorus, once a safe space, now 'in a world of hurt' by Carolina A. Miranda

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' Theater cr…

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Friday, March 29, 2019

At the Bombay Beach Biennale, an opera greets the sunrise over a toxic Salton Sea by Carolina A. Miranda

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…

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Saturday, March 16, 2019

Essential Arts: Those curatorial changes at LACMA? Our critic says they do not bode well by Carolina A. Miranda

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 Norwegian …

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Saturday, January 19, 2019

Essential Arts: 'Hamilton' in Puerto Rico, a bad-boy play, an incandescent portrait by Carolina A. Miranda

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 It began …

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Thursday, January 3, 2019

A grand old theater, a middle class house: How Mexico City's landscape helped Alfonso Cuarón tell the story of 'Roma' by Carolina A. Miranda

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…

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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Essential Arts: Bryan Cranston on Broadway, LAUSD backs off mural censorship, a violinist's new gig by Carolina A. Miranda

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 POTENT …

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Saturday, December 15, 2018

Essential Arts: Whitewashing a mural, 'Mockingbird' on Broadway, Zubin Mehta hits L.A.s by Carolina A. Miranda

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 stories. M…

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Saturday, November 24, 2018

Essential Arts: Turkeys! " plus plays on Broadway, Fluxus in concert and Koolhaas in L.A. by Carolina A. Miranda

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 P…

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Saturday, October 27, 2018

Essential Arts: the politics of theater criticism, a magnificent 'Satyagraha,' a theater reborn by Carolina A. Miranda

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 critic…

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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Westwood's Crest Theater to be reborn as UCLA Nimoy Theater, an experimental performance space by Carolina A. Miranda

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 the Cres…

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Saturday, September 22, 2018

Essential Arts: L.A. Phil turns 100, an opera inspired by David Lynch, tumult at a university museum by Carolina A. Miranda

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'm C…

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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Datebook: Mini object theater set in the Holocaust, art between borders and an improvised performance by Carolina A. Miranda

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 co…

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Saturday, July 28, 2018

Essential Arts & Culture: Theater takes on the financial, a buoyant 'Bolero' and more Kusama-mania by Carolina A. Miranda

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'm…

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Saturday, June 16, 2018

Essential Arts & Culture: The Hammer's firm leadership, a youth not so victorious, Tony Awards wrap-up by Carolina A. Miranda

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 Times, w…

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Saturday, June 9, 2018

Essential Arts: Your Tony Awards primer, the Hammer's 'best' biennial, musically avant-garde in Ojai by Carolina A. Miranda

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 early su…

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Saturday, June 2, 2018

Essential Arts: OCMA's new look, the Venice Architecture Biennale and the violinist shaking up Ojai by Carolina A. Miranda

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 the…

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Saturday, May 12, 2018

Essential Arts & Culture: A new Iceman Cometh to Broadway, singing the blues at the Wallis, and paintings of history by Carolina A. Miranda

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 mentio…

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Monday, April 16, 2018

NEA study explains financial effect of the arts nationally " and California's huge cultural economy by Carolina A. Miranda

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…

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Saturday, April 7, 2018

Essential Arts & Culture: Opera and the black experience, 'Shrew' and TV's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' by Carolina A. Miranda

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 cultural…

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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Essential Arts & Culture: King Tut and 'Angels in America' return, Laura Owens' 356 Mission to close by Carolina A. Miranda

"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. Miranda, staff w…

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Friday, March 23, 2018

Essential Arts & Culture: Our spring arts preview, more silence from MOCA, a feminist 'Shrew' by Carolina A. Miranda

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 top cul…

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Friday, February 9, 2018

Essential Arts & Culture: Is the border art? Plus, L.A. Phil's 100th, Jasper Johns and 'Doggie Hamlet' by Carolina A. Miranda

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 all …

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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Essential Arts & Culture: Art and the West, L.A.'s queer Chicano networks, Harry Potter architecture by Carolina A. Miranda

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 take the …

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Friday, December 8, 2017

Essential Arts & Culture: Museums facing fires, Misty Copeland onstage, and Broadway's new 'Hamilton' by Carolina A. Miranda

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 important cul…

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Thursday, November 23, 2017

Essential Arts & Culture: Special Thanksgiving edition, starring Donna Summer, William Kentridge and tattoos by Carolina A. Miranda

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's …

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