Currently on view at The Hammer Museum in Westwood are four summer modern art exhibitions. My review will focus on two of those. “Refashioning: CFGNY & Wataru Tominaga” on view from June 9 – August 4, 2024, presents...
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Pauline Adamek
Ruskin presents “The Substance of Fire”
The first time I read Jon Robin Baitz’s 1991 play, The Substance of Fire, and later saw the film made from it, I liked it. I wasn’t alone – the success of that play catapulted Baitz into theater stardom and garnered Ron...
Terry Morgan
“Unbroken Blossoms” review
Beautifully written by Philip W. Chung, Unbroken Blossoms is a new play that drops us into Hollywood during the late teens. Still wounded from the criticism and accusations of racism for his ambitious spectacle, the...
“Psycho Beach Party”
It may be less well known now, but back in the 1960s, the character of surfer girl Gidget was popular and influential, the subject of novels, films and TV series starring the likes of Sandra Dee and Sally Field. The...
Off the chain! “Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life” Hollywood Bowl concert review
Last night in L.A., the place to be was the Hollywood Bowl. Legendary hip hop outfit The Roots hosted a concert celebrating the legacy of hip hop music and the resulting collab was an event that was off the chain! For...
