Los Angeles’ own Amanda Gorman made history at age 22 on Wednesday when she delivered her poem, “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Her deeply moving performance has been lauded by some of the nation’s most influential luminaries, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and [continue reading]
Metro Art has been piloting a new digital art series, and the inaugural exhibition is launching at the Blue Line stations. More People Than You Know features portraits of transit patrons created [continue reading]
A panel of judges made up of local community leaders helped select the tunnel boring machine (TBM) art and contest naming finalists last week from 175-plus entries from across Los Angeles [continue reading]
From a special musical procession in honor of Brazilian Carnival to a 10-hour marathon concert celebrating the works of Bach; here’s your guide to all the Metro Art events happening [continue reading]
ArtNight Pasadena is back with eighteen participating cultural institutions this Friday, March 10 from 6 to 10 p.m. The free event offers a variety of art, music and entertainment around town [continue reading]
Check out the new art at the Duarte/City of Hope Station for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension project. Pics of the art being installed last week are above and fact sheets below on the art. The carved limestone being installed atop the column represents the leatherwork often found on [continue reading]
Special tours are offered this month in celebration of Union Station’s 75th anniversary. Led by trained Metro Art Docents, the tours cover historic Union Station architecture and spaces not generally open to the public, including the old ticket concourse and former “Fred Harvey” restaurant, which operated 1939-67. Additionally, the tours [continue reading]
Metro is very excited for artist Gary Leonard’s solo show “Angels on Main Street” at the Fine Arts Building in downtown Los Angeles. There is an artist reception tonight with live jazz from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Fine Arts Building (811 West 7th Street), which is conveniently located one [continue reading]
Turning your life into an impromptu musical has just gotten easier. Thirty pianos – one of which is located inside Union Station by the Starbucks – are decorated by local artists and community arts organizations. The pianos have just been placed throughout neighborhoods of L.A. County as part of the “Play Me, I’m Yours” [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. The odd link between commute direction and marital satisfaction (The Atlantic Cities) A new study [continue reading]
