West Coast

Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington Present Star Line-ups at Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival

At the 2023 Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival, the sun reared its head to the relief of thousands of jazz festival goers, shining brilliantly on the stage and off. The festival, celebrating 43 years of jazz over Father’s Day weekend, brought out the faithful and introduced newbies to two days of the world’s finest music. Co-curated by two titans of music, Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington did not disappoint, and you knew they wouldn’t as they brought musically diverse and magical groups of artists to the Bowl stage. Both artists welcomed the opportunity to co-curate the festival for the first time.

PHOTO GALLERY: Foot Locker Opens Community Store in Crenshaw

 the ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening of Foot Locker’s West Coast community-based Store in Crenshaw, California. The new store, which will open to the public on Wednesday, Feb. 16, provides an elevated retail experience, including full-family shopping with exclusive product, custom store artwork by local muralists, and an activation space that will host ongoing community events for sneakerheads.

Big Earthquakes Raise Interest in West Coast Warning System

The ShakeAlert system is substantially built in California and overall is about 55 percent complete, with much of the remaining installation of seismic sensor stations to be done in the Pacific Northwest, said Robert de Groot of the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Broad Announces 2019 Exhibitions Focusing on the Intersection of Art, Politics and Culture 

The Broad announced its exhibition schedule for 2019, led by the exclusive West Coast presentation of the internationally acclaimed exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983, followed by Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again. Originated by The Broad, Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again launches the first major survey of the renowned multidisciplinary artist to take place on the West Coast.