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The Crowd: Candelight Concert nets $1.3 million for Segerstrom Center
It is the most glamorous social event of the year in Orange County. It may also be one of the most elegant parties on America's annual event calendar.
Last week's Candlelight Concert to benefit the Segerstrom Center for the Arts celebrated its 25th...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Patina, Holidays, Charity, Entertainment
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Gene R. Summers dies at 83; architect renovated L.A. Biltmore
Gene R. Summers, an architect and developer who undertook the first major renovation of the historic Biltmore Hotel, reviving interest in downtown Los Angeles and helping to spark its revitalization, has died. He was 83.
Summers, who retired to the...Tags: Renovation, Dining and Drinking, Liver Disease, Services and Shopping, Art Institute of Chicago
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Art critic Hilton Kramer, a champion of modernism, dies at 84
Culture MonsterHilton Kramer was a fierce, combative critic who defended modernism and waded into the 'culture wars' of the '80s. He has died at age 84.... -
Google honors architect Mies van der Rohe with latest 'doodle'
Culture MonsterThe Internet search giant Google picks modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for its latest logo-tweaking tribute.... -
Sit! Stay! Make love to the camera! Dog photographers, unleashed
L.A. at HomeSeth Casteel, Catherine Ledner, Bow Wow Projects: L.A. photographers take the dog portrait where it hasn't gone before, with specialties in underwater pictures, glamour shots and architectural settings.... -
White House gala honors Pritzker Prize recipient
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON---President Barack Obama led the list of A-listers at Thursday's gala dinner to award the Pritzker Architecture Prize to a Portuguese architect, Eduardo Souto de Moura. In truth, he and first lady Michelle Obama made but a brief appearance...Tags: Frank Gehry, Human Interest, Frank Lloyd Wright, Barack Obama, Politics
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Elmhurst takes no shortcuts on road to livability
Special to the TribuneYou must be a townie, says author Tracy Kidder in "Home Town," if "you don't shed identities. You accumulate them." So Pete DiCianni admits he is the product of the "seven-kids, one-bathroom bungalow" on Highland Avenue, the father who campaigns...Tags: Highway Transportation, YMCA, Sixteen, Museums, Elmhurst College
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'Parenthood' features realistic living spaces
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSet in and around Berkeley, "Parenthood" unfolds principally in three family residences that vary in architectural style. The first is the house of Zeek and Camille Braverman (Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia). "They have lived there 30 years, filled...Tags: Furniture, Family, Pottery Barn, Berkeley (Alameda, California), Erika Christensen
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After graduation, street artist Gaia takes flight
If you want to experience the work of street artist Gaia in its full scruffy glory, see it in the wild.
Drive south down North Collington Avenue, past Biddle and Eager and Chase. You will despair of spotting anything fresh in one blighted block after...Tags: The Godfather (movie), Human Interest, Edgar Allan Poe, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Le Corbusier
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Stimulus dollars turn federal buildings green
Ever since President Barack Obama's controversial $787 billion stimulus package won its fiery passage nearly two years ago, architecture critics like me have had a field day citing its shortcomings. Far too little of the stimulus was devoted to...Tags: Frank Gehry, Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Human Interest, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Barack Obama
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The Deal: Knoll classics go on sale Friday
L.A. at HomeConstructed of simple woods and natural cotton webbing, Jens Risom's 1941 lounge chair for Knoll is a design classic, inspiring knock-offs by manufacturers such as Ikea. Beginning Friday, those in the market for a designer original can get 15% off the... -
Set Pieces: Inside the homes of 'Parenthood'
L.A. at HomeLike the sets of "Modern Family," the fictional homes in “Parenthood†not only use interiors to express character but also give wider exposure to popular looks in home decor. In the home of Camille and Zeek Braverman (Bonnie Bedelia and Craig T....
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