Short Takes

Simpler Times
Meet me at the coastal indie sleaze–themed comedy show/birthday warehouse party in Downtown Los Angeles?
Jan 31
Shelley De Soto on Tidawhitney Lek
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.
Jan 30
Grandmas Gone Wild
Spring break came early for these singing, dancing, and jamming elders. Someone get the grandmas under control!
Jan 28
Ron DeSantis at the Abortion Access Benefit Show
Sarrah Wolfe attended a rave for reproductive rights alongside Ron DeSantis, Nancy Reagan, and “Simon explored Garfunkel.”
Jan 27
Gillian Sneed on Rosemary Mayer
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.
Jan 26
Get Yourself a Human Barbell
Jamie Peck on what happens when bicoastal feminist DIYers use one another as exercise equipment during a punk show.
Jan 24
Bukowski and Li Po
Ever wondered where Charles Bukowski would take a travel companion of his choice in California? Well, wonder no longer.
Jan 20
By the Sea
Danielle Monique decided not to go to Jamaica, but found herself at the beach anyway (and without even having to go to the Westside).
Jan 19
Sharp, Creamy, Fresh, Funky, Nutty
Brandon Sward attends a reading at a Downtown L.A. gallery and finds a well-balanced cheese board of the literary present.
Jan 18
Walk on the Wild Side
Brittany Menjivar was so preoccupied with whether or not she could, she didn't stop to think if she should (luckily, she was right).
Jan 16
L.A.’s Uncool School
Damon Willick returns to an important moment in Los Angeles art history and finds it more diverse than some might remember.
Jan 15
Looking Back on “Art Inside”
Ginny Emiko Oshiro reflects on Annie Buckley’s Art Inside series and her work with the Prison Arts Collective.
Jan 14
Currant Jam, Customland, and the “Vagina Dream Cave”
A. J. Brown attends the latest alt-lit reading in Frogtown and is still picking stick-on face gems out of their hair.
Jan 13
Backseat Filming
Emma dePaulo Reid explores what it might mean to experience the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the backseat of a van.
Jan 11
Ama Codjoe on Robert Pruitt
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.
Jan 10
Theme Park or Museum?
Jack Skelley tours Luna Luna, an art theme park recently resurrected by Drake, containing work by Basquiat, Haring, and others.
Jan 6