Louis Schulz

How Raymond Pettibon’s pandemic paintings made Gumby punk. Drawings made during the pandemic pull from pop culture. Two artists use ceramic glazes for sculptural effects.

This week, artists find unique ways to bridge connections in chaotic times.

Douglas Stuart’s “Shuggie Bain” is not a book to miss.

Commentator Joe Mathews remembers Jim Ho and Leondra Kruger as high school friends and co-editors of the school newspaper during their days at Polytechnic High School in Pasadena.

As novel coronavirus cases skyrocket across Germany and Europe, we talk about what we’ve learned since the start of the pandemic.

Behold Ask a Tortilla Tournament Judge, in which longtime KCRW nerd Gustavo Arellano takes your question about tortillas!

Political anthropologist David Vine argues that the most visible evidence of the country’s global empire are the thousands of military installations it has around the world.

David Lynch Theater Presents: Weather Report for October 22, 2020.

This week: go vote at an LA landmark; explore American political history through its presidential TV campaign advertising; connect with Los Angeles' history through stories of places…