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Early last summer, the Orange County Museum of Art closed its building by the Fashion Island shopping center in Newport Center, where it had operated for more than 40 years.

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”

Ready for your catharsis?

There’s no doubt that K-pop broke through in the United States in 2018.

A bevy of Broadway musicals will be back on local boards in the coming months, including old favorites like “Fiddler,” “Phantom,” “Les Miz,” “Miss Saigon” and the 20th anniversary revival of “Rent.”

The sounds of spring in Southern California are not just about the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Meet Schroeda, a mischievous hairless cat, a little over 5 feet tall, in a purple smoking jacket with tails.

It’s shaping up to be yet another busy season for publishers and bookworms, with the next few months bringing new novels by literary stalwarts like Nathan Englander, Ann Beattie, Karen Russell and Brian Evenson.

Micaela Taylor thought the accolades might come by the time she was 30.

It’s a super bloom spring. Simply glance at just one weekend in early June.

Carlos Izcaray was planning the American Youth Symphony’s season when the thought occurred: Why not make this the year of the woman?

Construction is abundant across Los Angeles right now, and amid the backhoes and the cranes we are seeing signs of fresh takes on expressive architecture: glass domes, geometric facades, soaring arches.

All mothers are superheroes, but what kind of strength could carry any parent through the sudden, violent loss of a child?

Ballet, street dance theater, Mexican folk — there are enough offerings this spring to satisfy any dance lover’s taste.