The best of Los Angeles’ classical music scene in 2025
No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame. Musicians didn’t escape the fires, especially in Altadena. Concerts were canceled but then became events of communal healing, a…
How one teenager is processing life after the Palisades fire
Kiley Hoiles doesn’t want to keep talking about the Palisades fire. She is 15. And it’s been nearly a year since the blaze incinerated her family’s cozy little house on…
Tour the Oscar-worthy real estate of ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Train Dreams,’ more
Home is where the heart is, but in a movie, a house can also define a character — or, in a way, become one. The production designers of four Oscar…
How will Altadena Girls keep going amid fire fundraising challenges?
The s’more bar was finally bubbling at Altadena Girls’ new community space. A few dozen teen and tween girls, all affected by the wildfires that had ripped their town apart…
Cone-gested: Parking crusader clears out obstructions, creates space
There’s a battle waiting for me in West Covina this holiday season. I’ll be visiting a family friend this Christmas and his home is one of 20 located on a…
Oscars: Sydney Sweeney, Jennifer Lopez, more join Actresses Roundtable
Even the most accomplished actors sometimes feel out of their depth on a movie. Gwyneth Paltrow, who returns to the big screen this fall as an Old Hollywood star trying…
Palm Springs’ Plaza Theatre reopens after $34-million restoration
Hollywood loves a good comeback story, and Palm Springs has one for the books. In 1936, the dusty desert town’s Plaza Theatre staged its grand opening with the premiere of…
Rob Reiner, an actor and director, also fought for California kids
Actor and director Rob Reiner felt so passionately that every child deserves a rich education from an early age that he mused nearly three decades ago that he might be…
Vaginal Davis on growing up in L.A. and her MoMA PS1 exhibition
This story is part of Image’s December Revelry issue, honoring what music does so well: giving people a sense of permission to unapologetically be themselves. Vaginal Creme Davis has long…
Rob Reiner’s tragic final weekend emerges: Conan’s party, the Obamas and unthinkable violence
It was supposed to be a weekend of celebration for Rob and Michele Reiner. They attended Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party Saturday and planned to meet Barack and Michelle Obama Sunday…