The "it" factor of Sunset Strip has slowly been slipping away as venues like the Key Club and the Knitting Factory slam their doors because of poor ticket sales. Read more...

Photo: NHAT BUI

When you're surrounded by the Hollywood Hills, dozens of museums and hundreds of artists and actors, it's easy to take Los Angeles's artistic history and presence for granted. Angeleno artists and friends of the arts are hoping to reawaken the public eye this year by declaring this January as L.A. Arts Month. Read more...

Photo: Chris Schmitt Photography L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaks at an L.A. Arts Month event. L.A. Arts Month is now in its second year.

Talented architecture students at UCLA may someday be responsible for developing the next impressive entrance at a Disney theme park. Read more...

Photo: Suprastudio student Sarah Hearne’s designed this idea for a theme park entrance, developed under the direction of professor Greg Lynn and Walt Disney Imagineering.