She really was historic I just read “A TV Critic on Watching Beyoncé’s Coachella Performance at Home” [Robert Lloyd, April 16], and I wanted to thank you. You brought up the fact that the word “historic” has been bandied about in reference to the performance, and I have to say it’s not without...

Weekend Picks for April 19-22: Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Dance Theatre of Harlem; Will Oldham with Eighth Blackbird; de Angelis Vocal Ensemble; "Belleville" at Pasadena Playhouse; "El Niño" at Rogue Machine.

Musician, performance artist, sculptor, filmmaker and all-around guru of cool Laurie Anderson will speak Thursday night in Los Angeles in support of her new book, “All the Things I Lost in the Flood,” and for those who can’t make it in person, there’s another option: livestream. Anderson will discu..

For Gary Richards, the former mastermind of the decade-old Hard Summer music festival, his All My Friends concert is a bit of a homecoming. “I always wanted to be back in downtown,” he said, of the new event slated to take place in the late summer in the booming Arts District. Compared to past...

Amy Schumer looks at herself in the mirror. She is nearly naked, save her bra and the nude Spanx she has on to flatten her belly. As she stares at her reflection, her eyes begin to fill with tears. She doesn’t say anything, but what she is thinking is very clear: “I’m disgusting. I hate the way...

The controversial Getty Kouros has been left out of the newly reinstalled galleries of ancient Greek and Roman art at the Getty Villa.

Netflix, the global streaming giant that has dramatically changed the TV industry and clashed with movie theater owners, may be ready to move onto the big screen in a new and surprising way — by owning cinemas. The Los Gatos, Calif., company has explored the idea of buying movie theaters in Los...

The latest in wearables reached a runway at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday night. We heard them before we saw them. In the darkened theater, designer Pauchi Sasaki walked down the right aisle in her trademark black Speaker Dress I, while the model and flutist Claire Chase sported Speaker Dress...

When producer and former studio executive Bill Mechanic resigned from his position on the motion picture academy’s 54-member board of governors last week, he didn’t exactly go quietly. Instead, he laid out what he sees as the organization’s leadership failures in a blistering letter addressed to...