Tanja M. Laden
Tanja M. Laden is a writer, editor, and producer born and raised in Los Angeles. Her byline has appeared in VICE, Playboy, Food & Wine, Los Angeles Times, Juxtapoz, LA Weekly, Artillery, High Times, TravelAge West and many others. She is a proud member of the Los Angeles Press Club and PEN America.
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Artist Jason Yates's "did i stutter did i ever" presents a group of mixed media that bounces the viewer back and forth between childhood and adulthood.
Two new exhibitions trace Hello Kitty's roots as a pop-culture phenomenon and illustrate the many ways that she inspires artists today.
The film "South American Cho-Low" explores the phenomenon of cholos and Southern California custom culture exported over 6000 miles away to São Paulo, Brazil.
Lorena Turner photographed a selection of Michael Jackson impersonators for her book about Jackson's influence on American popular culture.
Robert Williams, foremost authority on custom car and motorcycle culture in SoCal, facilitates a new exhibit at Glendale's Forest Lawn Museum.