Midterms are mostly out of the way and some students are beginning to breathe easier as November rolls around. However, for 17 Master of Fine Arts students, the first weeks of school have only served one purpose: preparation for the 2012 MFA Fall Exhibition. Read more...

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Graduate ceramics student Timo Fahler’s piece titled “Priest Bundle / Mictlantecuhtli” is being shown at the Broad Art Center as part of the Fall 2012 MFA Exhibition, which is on display through Nov. 10.

Rebecca Skloot, the author of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," will be at Royce Hall today to discuss the writing process and the 10-year journey behind her scientific and personal account of Henrietta Lacks. Read more...

The antique lenses of a Voigtlander Bergheil camera and a Leica I Model A camera reflect gallery lights from beneath their glass cases. Read more...

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Eileen Cowin’s photo, “I See What You’re Saying,” is part of the Getty’s “Narrative Interventions in Photography,” on display through March 11, 2012. (Courtesy of J. Paul Getty Museum)

Nearly 40 years after the 1973 Festival de Flor y Canto, the first Chicano literary festival, the spirit of the genre remains very much alive in Southern California. Read more...

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Marina Gonzalez Palmier will perform at the Fowler Museum in partnership with Sally Shore’s New Short Fiction Series.

Now that students have grown out of trick-or-treating for free candy and attending awkward high school costume parties, they are ready for all the thrills of a Los Angeles Halloween. Here are some fun events happening in the city during the days leading up to Halloween Read more...

In the Filipino language Tagalog, the term "Balikbayan" means to return to one's town. With more than 7000 miles separating Los Angeles from the Philippines' capital city of Manila, returning to their roots is a long trip for Filipinos. Read more...

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Philippino empowerment exhibit in Kerckhoff Grand Sallon