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Long Beach Museum of Art faces $400,000 cut in city funding
Culture MonsterThe Long Beach City Council is expected to pass a budget tonight cutting the funding of the Long Beach Museum of Art -- and the museum isn't expecting a last-minute reversal of fortune. Instead of the $569,000 it received in...... -
A 1913 Long Beach Craftsman, relocated and revived
L.A. at HomeWhen Wendy Harn rescued a 1913 Craftsman from the wrecking ball in 1989, she didn't know much about it -- except that it was free. A developer had planned to demolish it to build condos, but first the city of Long Beach insisted that he offer the house to... -
Huntington appoints its first curator of American decorative arts
Culture MonsterFor more than 17 years, Harold B. Nelson served as the director of the Long Beach Museum of Art. For his new job, he has moved 30 miles to the north, where he has joined the curatorial team at the...... -
Festival launches its summer season
The 2010 Pageant of the Masters "Eat, Drink and Be Merry" theme was celebrated appropriately at the Artists Preview Party Saturday night. A happy crowd jammed the Irvine Bowl Park to feast their eyes as well as their stomachs. Invited guests of the...Tags: California, Metal and Mineral, Arts and Culture, Laguna Beach, Temecula
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Long Beach museum and city could break ties over bonds
The Long Beach Museum of Art's future could be at stake, with a dispute intensifying over whether the 59-year-old museum must pay back $3.06 million the city government grudgingly anted up this week to satisfy bond holders.
The museum board had failed to...Tags: Local Elections, Arts and Culture, Elections, Public Officials, Arts
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Long Beach City Council will consider laws to help the local arts scene
Culture MonsterMembers of the Long Beach City Council hope to get City Hall off the backs of working artists, street performers and informal arts venues such as galleries, bookstores and coffee houses, while impaneling a new commission to brainstorm ways to...... -
The List: Art Openings
So much art, so little time. How to best navigate the Los Angeles gallery and museum scene? Here are critic's previews, openings and continuing shows for the week beginning Thursday, June 26. Critic's Preview Christopher Knight, Times Art Critic Chris &...Tags: Museum Dioramas, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Minority Groups, Education, Libraries
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Visit L.A. area museums -- free
It's been said that there's no such thing as a free lunch -- but a free feast for the eyes is within reach at an L.A.-area museum.
The tally hereabout, not counting special exhibitions, can get as high as the $20 weekend adult admission at the Huntington...Tags: California, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Education, Libraries, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
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City audit finds problems at Long Beach Museum of Art
![A new <a href="http://clblegistar.longbeach.gov/attachments/3524bde4-5a99-4688-ae4a-24252476c673.pdf">city audit</a> released this week raises thorny questions about management of the <a href="http://www.lbma.org">Long Beach Museum of Art</a>, including what it calls the improper spending of $1.6 million in restricted funds earmarked to pay off bonds for the museum's $6.5-million expansion.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-06/39873804-11140937.gif "A new <a href="http://clblegistar.longbeach.gov/attachments/3524bde4-5a99-4688-ae4a-24252476c673.pdf\">city audit</a> released this week raises thorny questions about management of the <a href=\"http://www.lbma.org\">Long Beach Museum of Art</a>, including what it calls the improper spending of $1.6 million in restricted funds earmarked to pay off bonds for the museum's $6.5-million expansion.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA new city audit released this week raises thorny questions about management of the Long Beach Museum of Art, including what it calls the improper spending of $1.6 million in restricted funds earmarked to pay off bonds for the museum's $6.5-million...Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries, Los Angeles Times, Finance, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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Craftsman spirit thrives in Bluff Heights
Times Staff WriterIt's the place where Craftsman aficionados come to crow and residents give their cars a rest to walk to shops, restaurants and the beach. Welcome to Bluff Heights, a neighborhood of about 800 homes in Long Beach just blocks from the beach bike path and...Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Homes, Real Estate Buyers, Sports, Rugby League
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Think globally, look locally
Special to The TimesLos Angeles interior designer A.J. Bernard knows what makes Hollywood's house-proud tick. "People don't just want future heirlooms," he notes. "They also want current status symbols." In 2005, the must-haves arrive from around the world. On the if-you-...Tags: Josef Hoffmann, Austria, Michael Graves, Metal and Mineral, California
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Free museum days
Arboretum of Los Angeles County 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia (626) 821-3222 Free: 3rd Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Autry Museum of Western Heritage 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park (323) 667-2000 Free: Thursday, 4-8 p.m.; 2nd Tuesday of...Tags: Education, Libraries, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Venice, Los Angeles County
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