And the Summer Olympics in 28...

Despite the dark days ahead, I eagerly await the energizing power of new creations in 2025. See you on the other side of the calendar! Peace and love to all!

7) Bloomsday Celebration (The Hammer, LA)
😎 Herbie Hancock/Headhunters 50th Anniversary (Hollywood Bowl)
9) Hell’s Kitchen (Broadway, NYC)
10) Urban Bushwomen: Scat! (Mark Taper Forum, LA)

My Favorite Performances:
1) Waiting for Godot (Geffen Playhouse)
2) The Comet/Poppea (Geffen Contemporary)
3) Moon Mine (Pomona College, CA)
4) Solange Knowles: El Dorado Ballroom: Contrapuntal Counterpoints (Disney Hall, LA)
5) Sudan Archives (The Hammer, LA)
6) Fat Ham (Geffen Playhouse, LA)

12) Greenwood Rising Black Wall Street Cultural Center/Greenwood Cultural Center (Tulsa, OK)
13) PST: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (The Redcat, LA)
14) PST: Open Sky (Benton Museum/Pomona College, CA)
15) PST: Breath(e) (The Hammer)

7) Mickalene Thomas: All about Love (The Broad, LA)
😎 Glenn Ligon/Jasper Johns (Wesleyan Gallery, CT)
9) John Waters: The Pope of Filth (Academy Museum)
10) Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea in the 60s and 70s (Hammer Museum, LA)
11) Plaza Botero/Musee de Antiquero (Medellín, Colombia)

My Favorite Exhibits:
1) Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Museum (Cleveland, OH)
2) Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy (LA)
3) Comuna 13 (Medellín, Colombia)
4) PST: Olafur Eliasson: Open (Geffen Contemporary/LA)
5) Desire to See: Photographs by Agnes Varda (Fahey Klein Gallery, LA)
6) Simone Leigh (LACMA, LA)

My Favorite Books–I actually read more books this year than in years previous; here's my top six:
1) Prophet Song–Paul Lynch
2) Trust–Hernan Diaz
3) There There–Tommy Orange
4) The Magnificent Ruins–Nayantara Roy
5) Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma–Claire Dederer
6) The Rediscovery of America–Ned Blackhawk