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Steven Vargas

Los Angeles
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Covers:  Arts and Entertainment, Race, Health, Social Justice
(he/him) Actor-Dancer-Writer | Former Arts Reporter @latimes

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Steven Vargas (he/him) is an arts and entertainment reporter with a focus on dance, race and social justice.

He's currently a graduate student at the University of Southern California where he is pursuing an M.A. in Specialized Journalism (The Arts) and writing his thesis on dance as a tool for abolition. He also holds a B.A. double major in Theatre (Acting) and Journalism with a minor in Dance from USC. When he is not in classes, he is a Culture Intern with BuzzFeed News, Health Intern with C…

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Olivia Jade Giannulli speaks out on her privilege Red Table Talk

Olivia Jade Giannulli speaks out on her privilege Red Table Talk

Her mother Lori Laughlin, best known as Aunt Becky of "Full House," and her father Mossimo Giannulli offered …

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Greta Gerwig Found Inspiration Revisiting 'Little Women' Novel as an Adult

Greta Gerwig Found Inspiration Revisiting 'Little Women' Novel as an Adult

Greta Gerwig says she had a completely different interpretation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" after r…

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Rebuilding LA and its art

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By Steven Vargas
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What an exciting time to be alive 😐 All I’m asking for is an ounce of precedented times. Keeping this newsletter going has been complicated for the past two weeks. Events have been canceled or postponed and artists have been heavily impacted. In fact, Alec Egan, who I scheduled to be included in LA Art Spot this month for his upcoming show at Anat Ebgi, lost all of his new work to the fire. In the past week, events in last week’s edition received new dates.
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Konkrete’s Full-Circle Moment in an Amazon Warehouse

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By Steven Vargas
| Alta Journal Verified
Welcome to Alta Sketchbook, your guide to Getty’s PST Art: Art & Science Collide festival. PST Art is the largest art event in the United States. For nearly two months, Alta Sketchbook published insightful critiques on the many exhibitions and artists exploring the collision of art and science through exhibitions across Southern California. This week’s newsletter is the final installment.
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Performance Art Museum’s ‘21 & Over’ was too loaded with content to support its vision

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By Steven Vargas
| LA Dance Chronicle Verified
A staff member rushes past, informing audience members to clear the stairs of Catch One nightclub as Linda Mary Montano sings along to Bob Dylan’s “I Could Have Told You.” The stairs are partially cleared, but only for a while. The room is too crowded to fit everyone in.
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