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A light shines on blue cloth outlining a shadow puppet and a shining on a leaf-like object. The performance is part of at "Firefly Nights," an in-person COVID-safe experience that falls within the "Rio Reveals" series.
"Sleep No More" theater director Mikhael Tara Garver unearths the L.A. River's 8-mile deep stories and histories in an ongoing work of experimental theater called "Rio Reveals."
People read at the Reparations Club. | Cara Elise Taylor
“Southland Sessions” spoke with five different people about how they shifted the focus of their creative organization to keep afloat in 2020 and best serve their community.
Chloe Arnold and Syncopated Ladies perform a "Savage" remix at the Sepulveda Basin | Still from "Dance Break" Southland Sessions
From bathtub ballets to TikTok dance challenges, our screens have exploded with dance videos since the coronavirus pandemic forced us to dance together but apart. Here are a few performances with SoCal connections that helped us get through 2020.  
Interior of “Hindsight Is 2020: Dispatches from the Edge of an Apocalypse,” exhibition-in-a-box. | Carol Cheh
James MacDevitt’s art-in-a-box exhibition offers “a physical alternative to the online exhibitions that have become the new normal.”
Artist Teresa Tolliver and her installation at a William Grant Still Art Center Black Doll Show, circa 87-90 | Bobbie Campbell, Courtesy of William Grant Still Art Center
Celebrating its 40th year, William Grant Still Arts Center’s annual Black doll show uses dolls to examine the complexities of being Black and work toward healing.
A Viver Brasil dancer in resplendent yellow dress | Courtesy of Viver Brasil
Viver Brasil expands the circle of Afro-Brazilian dance and perception of samba beyond feathered headdresses, bikinis and heels, empowering Black bodies and narratives in the process.
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, “The Conversion,” 2020, oil on canvas, installation view | Courtesy of Irenic Projects
For about a year now, artist Gregory Michael Hernandez has been putting together thought-provoking exhibitions as the artist-in-residence at an unlikely institution: the Missiongathering Christian Church of Pasadena.
Voices of Creation members pose all in white. | Azul Amaral, Courtesy of Grand Performances
Take a moment to bask in the joy of Voices of Creation's sound in this special Grand Performances presentation filmed at Los Angeles' historic Heritage Square Museum, inside the rustic Lincoln Avenue Methodist Church, originally built in 1897.
“Toy Drive," Plastic toys, plastic garbage, 2020 by Kenny Scharf | Joshua White
The pandemic has shuttered many of the usual venues where artists gather to exhibit and connect with one another. Columnist Anuradha Vikram talks to artists who are organizing opportunities for artists to share their work outdoors.
Danza Floricanto at the  Dance Resource Center Awards in 2015. They were performing a piece called "Las 3 Fridas," a reinterpretation of Frida Khalo's painting, "Las 2 Fridas." | Courtesy of Danza Floricanto
After decades of being primarily “nomadic,” Danza Floricanto/USA finds a new home in Boyle Heights during an unprecedented pandemic.
Karlie Blair coding | Courtesy of Karlie Blair
Many artists find work has dried up due to COVID-19, but it doesn’t mean you have to stop working entirely. Several artists and people who work with artists share their best tips on things to do when work is slow.
'Artists and Politicians Have Exchanged Jobs'
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Comedian Kristina Wong asserts artists and politicians have somehow exchanged places.
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