Editor Pick: Tour Grauman’s Chinese Theatre (Hollywood, CA)

SINCE 1927, THE TCL CHINESE THEATRE HAS BEEN THE HOME OF THE STAR POWERED RED CARPET MOVIE PREMIERES AND SPECIAL EVENTS, WHERE HOLLYWOOD’S BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST STARS HAVE COME TO WATCH THEIR MOVIES! THE MOST FAMOUS MOVIE THEATRE IN THE WORLD IS KNOWN FOR ITS UNIQUE FORECOURT OF THE STARS, FEATURING CEMENT HAND AND FOOTPRINTS OF MAJOR MOVIE STARS FROM PAST TO PRESENT.

The TCL Chinese Theatres Tour is the only tour in Hollywood where you learn the history of The TCL Chinese Theatres, inside and out, from its earliest days to the present. The Tour features stories and fun facts about the theatre’s Hollywood premieres and its Forecourt of the Stars.

So step off the red carpet and walk through the golden doors of this Movie Palace of the Stars on our exclusive 20 minute Walking Tour. A visit to Hollywood is not complete without this stroll through Hollywood movie history.

The View from Here: L.A. and Photography

The Getty Center 

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014
Time: 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Location: Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Admission: Free; reservations recommended. Call (310) 440-7300 or use the "Make Reservation" button below.

	Foundations and Slabs, Lakewood, California, 1950, William A. Garnett. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. © Estate of William A. Garnett

Sponsored by the Getty Museum Photographs Council on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of photography's invention, this all-day symposium will address the state of photography as it relates to Los Angeles during the past 25 years. Following a keynote lecture by George Baker (associate professor of art history, University of California, Los Angeles), a series of panel discussions will focus on teaching and studying photography in L.A., Southern California as a photographic subject, and critical perspectives on photography in L.A. Participants include photographers Matthew Brandt, Jo Ann Callis, John Divola, Robbert Flick, Harry Gamboa Jr., Catherine Opie, Alex Prager, Stephen Shore, and James Welling, curators Rebecca Morse, Jennifer Watts, and Colin Westerbeck, and critic Christopher Knight.

Download the event program (PDF, 1 MB)