My daughter is home from college on a long holiday break, and after a stint of rejoicing in the delights of her hometown (visiting favorite restaurants with other college cafeteria-weary freshmen), she has invested herself in a major purge of …
Domestic Archeology: Yarn Bombing and Pinterest
Chris Burden’s METROPOLIS II at LACMA
I spent the morning at LACMA, witnessing the start of what I am pretty sure will be a beautiful friendship between a piece of art and LA’s kids. Chris Burden’s METROPOLIS II is a four-story model of a futuristic city, …
A Father/Daughter “Wow Moment” — Making a Wish for Women and Girls Worldwide
The first thing visible when you walk into Women Hold Up Half the Sky is the expansive “sky” that hovers above the gallery. My daughter, Rosie, the consummate twelve-year old, was immediately taken by it, which of course made me happy. As a museum professional, I lust for “wow moments” in museums, and so I was pleased that she had one right away. “This is amazing,” she said, peering over the railing of the mezzanine. “I can’t get over it.”
How to Win Tickets from The Family Savvy
If you are a subscriber to The Family Savvy, you’ll have many chances to participate in Enter-to-Win ticket giveaways to top concerts and performances. We’d love to send you and your family to something fun around town but first …
While noting a heroic dad meme in this year’s films, don’t over look the down-grade of the perfect mother (or, why I love CRAZY STUPID LOVE)
A recent spate of movies portray mothers that are dead, dying or just plain absent, leaving their handsome husbands to stitch their moribund families back together. In Descendants, George Clooney plays a man whose wife spends the whole movie …
12.15.11
Subscriber Profile: Yalda Tehranian Uhls
A look at how Family Savvy subscribers handle the every day issues that all LA parents face:
I always learn something when I meet a new person, and Yalda’s perspective on digital literacy and parenting is right up my alley. …
Hugo – from page to screen (and some Oscars in between)
Our favorite in this season’s varied crop of family films is Hugo, director Martin Scorsese’s sumptuous 3D adaptation of Brian Selznick’s award-winning, best-selling novel, “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”. At first glance, Hugo would seem to hail from …
11.28.11
Pacific Standard Time
Pacific Standard Time is a remarkable collaboration between over sixty museums and cultural institutions in Southern California to showcase the birth and renaissance of our local art scene. Major cultural institutions such as The Getty, LACMA, the Hammer, the Norton Simon and MOCA are hosting major retrospectives of various time periods, and other institutions are hosting incredible individual shows, such as the Santa Monica Museum of Art's Beatrice Wood exhibit and the Huntington's Sam Maloof exhibit.
Getting Kids to Love Reading
On the back page of today’s Los Angeles Times Calendar section is a full-page ad for James Patterson’s new book, which is geared towards getting boys to like reading. The message is effectively loud and clear: “We Can Get Our …
