Erin Taylor

The stories in Heads of the Colored People, by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, try to capture what’s human in what otherwise may only be trends.

I’m Joe Morgenstern. I’ll be back on KCRW next week with more reviews.

In sunkissed Los Angeles shade is a luxury. Reporter Sam Bloch explains why, and what needs to change for Mayor Eric Garcetti to plant 90,000 trees.

For Cornerstone’s latest piece “A Jordan Downs Illumination” the focus is really space and time (or more accurately *place* through time).

This is Rob Long, and on today’s Martini Shot I explain how the entertainment business works. It’s like when you have some French fries on your plate, and people keep reaching over and…

Edward Goldman talks about the Eleanor Antin exhibition at LACMA and an exhibition by June Edmonds at Luis de Jesus gallery.

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about the recent work of the respected L.A. artist

Michael Schneider joins us from New York, where he's attending the annual ritual of the broadcast TV upfronts.

Edward Goldman talks about the happy 40 th  anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art, which has become free for all.