Wednesday, April 22



Getty Museum focuses on photographer Ray K. Metzker’s career in an exhibition

A man and a woman make their way through the streets of Philadelphia, divided by patches of intense sunlight and the shadows cast by tall city buildings. Read more...

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This photograph, along with nearly 100 of Metzker’s other works spanning his five-decade career and photographs taken by peers and professors at the Insitute of Design in Chicago, is on display in the Getty Museum’s “The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker and the Institute of Design” exhibition. Courtesy of the NElson-Atkins Museum of Art



Theater Review: 'Vera Stark'

Whether or not theatergoers who come to see "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" at the Geffen Playhouse are knowledgeable about the history of African-American actresses in Hollywood, chances are by the time the curtains close they will not only have gained interest in the topic, but also feel a desire to be friends with the fictional subject of the play. Read more...

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The West coast premiere of Lynn Nottage’s “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” took place at the Geffen Playhouse on Wednesday. Daily Bruin file photo



Preview of Fall Music

The release of new albums always calls for exploration and rediscovery, whether that be of artists releasing a sophomore effort in the wake of a successful debut or of artists who have been absent from the music scene for over a decade. Read more...

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Credit: RCA