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Arts Columns

Arts, Arts Columns, Theater & Fine Arts

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January 31, 4:43 pm

Theater review: ‘Hello, Dolly’ features masterful set design, poor translation into modernity

“Hello, Dolly!” utilizes old tropes and stereotypes to create a musical catering to the elderly. Running at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre until Feb. 17, the show’s central character, Dolly Gallagher Levi (Betty Buckley), opened the first act on an 1885 New York street, telling the crowd about her eclectic profession: meddling. Read more...

Photo: Betty Buckley stars in “Hello, Dolly!” as Dolly Gallagher Levi, a professional meddler who creates an intricate plan to set up her “half-millionaire” love interest, Horace Vandergelder, with a woman she knows he will reject. (Courtesy of Julieta Cervantes)

Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV

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January 30, 10:11 pm

Second Take: ‘The Bachelor’ promotes toxic double standards of sexuality

They say “sex sells,” but it seems like a lack of sex is what’s selling the latest season of “The Bachelor.” Colton Underwood – who has dubbed himself “The First Virgin Bachelor” – is a personable former NFL tight end who was just tangled in a love triangle with two girls on the latest seasons of “The Bachelorette” and “Bachelor in Paradise.” In other words, he’s not exactly what most people picture when they hear the words “27-year-old virgin.” It would be hard to argue that “The Bachelor” reflects reality, despite its label as reality television. Read more...

Photo: Former NFL tight end Colton Underwood has been dubbed “The First Virgin Bachelor.” The reality show has a more complicated history with sexuality, which the hyper-fixation on Underwood’s virginity plays into. (Courtesy of Craig Sjodin/ABC)

Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle

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January 28, 10:51 pm

Budding Los Angeles: Growing industry attracts young attorneys to cannabis law

Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Read more...

Photo: Hilary Bricken is a Los Angeles-based attorney who specializes in cannabis law. She is a partnered attorney at the Harris Bricken law firm, which created Canna Law Blog. Daily Bruin columnist John Tudhope spoke to Bricken for this week’s installment of “Budding Los Angeles.” (Eli Countryman/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle

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January 21, 10:49 pm

Budding Los Angeles: Punch Edibles looking to operate but stuck in limbo as it awaits license

Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Read more...

Photo: Punch Edibles manufactures cannabis-infused chocolates and fruit snacks from their 7,000-square-foot factory. Like many edibles companies, Punch’s Canoga Park facility has yet to receive its manufacturing permit. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin staff)

Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle

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January 14, 11:49 pm

Budding Los Angeles: The Cure Company’s tailored cultivation of cannabis sprouts top-shelf strains

Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Read more...

Photo: The Cure Company, a cannabis cultivation facility near Boyle Heights, houses thousands of plants in eight different grow rooms. Seedlings at the facility begin their life in a nursery and are then moved into other grow rooms as they reach maturity. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)


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