Craig Nakano
Assistant Managing Editor at Los Angeles Times
Assistant managing editor for entertainment @latimes
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Aug 31, 2024 |
latimes.com | Craig Nakano
FatMan Scoop, the Grammy-winning DJ and hypeman who got fans roaring whether he was performing at a Clippers game or taking the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, died Friday, his family said. The performer, born Isaac Freeman, appears in social media videos collapsing Friday night onstage in Hamden, Conn.
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Jun 5, 2024 |
latimes.com | Ashley Lee |Craig Nakano |Jordan Riefe
Welcome to Essential Arts at our new home, Thursdays! Our goal is to give you a more timely rundown on the weekend, including an ArtCenter festival and a Los Angeles Opera premiere. We’ve also got the scoop on the expansion of the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park, the Sci-Fi World mess in Santa Monica and a big change at the Academy Museum. Best bets: What’s on our radar this week 1.
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May 25, 2024 |
latimes.com | Jessica Gelt |Craig Nakano |Mark Swed |August Brown |Ashley Lee
“Up My Sleeve” by Paula Wilson, 2021. Woodcut, relief, silkscreen, collagraph, monotype and digital print; oil-based ink, oil, acrylic, muslin and canvas; 35 inches by 58.5 inches. Can you feel that?
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May 4, 2024 |
latimes.com | Jessica Gelt |Mark Swed |Christopher Knight |August Brown |Craig Nakano
Hello and May the 4th be with you! From a cultural galaxy near, near by, the Essential Arts newsletter is back again, corralling the best in the museums, theaters and various stages around L.A. Let’s hit the turbo-thrusters and blast off into the arts beat this week ... Best bets: What’s on our radar this week 1. “Alice Wang: We Are Extraterrestrial”I’m curious to see this show by multimedia artist Alice Wang, who divides her time between L.A. and Shanghai.
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Mar 30, 2024 |
latimes.com | Jessica Gelt |Charles McNulty |Mark Olsen |Mark Swed |Craig Nakano
It’s a new Essential Arts! Based on feedback from readers, we’re rethinking this newsletter and adding recommendations from our prize-winning writers on the very best culture to see and hear. We’re expanding our news digest a bit, and we’re most definitely keeping the week in review — our ICYMI rundown of headlines from the team here. Does the newly announced Broad museum expansion prompt a smile or a shrug? Read on ... Events on our critics’ radars1.
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