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Lori Nyx

About Lori Nyx

As a child, Nyx always wanted to be a writer and an artist and that girl on the cover of the first Sabbath album. One out of three ain't bad! (Profile Pic by M. Randall, 2010)

Re-Animator™ the Musical: Gut-Busting Entertainment!

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Lori Nyx

All I really want to say about Re-Animator™, The Musical, currently previewing at The Hayworth Theatre  is: GO SEE THIS THING, IT WAS RAD!! However, I should mention how much fun it is to get splattered (or watch those in … Continue reading →

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Mama is Your Dada

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Lori Nyx

With all the scurrying to Pacific Standard Time, exhibitions in the past few months, I’d almost forgotten about the “grand dames of Surrealism”currently on display at the L. A. County Museum of Art. Shocking really, as in the days before … Continue reading →

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Not too late to go to Mass…

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Lori Nyx

Have you been following the progress of the laboriously slow moving megalith that will become part of the artist, Michael Heizer’s Levitated Mass as it winds its way from Riverside to the L. A. County Museum of Art?  Even if you’ve … Continue reading →

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Feliz Dia de los Muertos – Olvera Street!

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Lori Nyx

There is always something magical to see when Olvera Street celebrates the Day of the Dead with the traditional Novenario procession, public ceremonies, ofrendas, face painting and of course that big cup of champurrado caliente for all us thirsty calaveras! … Continue reading →

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¡Es La “Semana” De Los Muertos!

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Lori Nyx

In days past one would celebrate El Dia de los Muertos on Nov. the 1st and 2nd in the privacy of one’s home, local cemetery, parish hall or select bastions of la cultura Mexicana like Olvera Street. Nowadays Day of … Continue reading →

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Empire of Death @ La Luz de Jesus 9/24/11

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Lori Nyx

DEATH NEVER LOOKED THIS GOOD! Gird your loins and polish your face jewelry, Folks. This Saturday night is the opening reception of Dr. Paul Koudounaris’ (Paul K. to you and me!) photo exhibition and book signing for his “latest” magnum … Continue reading →

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Summon the Deep One and Tell Your Neighbors!

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Lori Nyx

In mid September, The Los Angeles H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival will wind its tentacles round the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro. I can think of no better place to celebrate the mysterious, macabre and maddening than our own … Continue reading →

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TIM BURTON RETROSPECTIVE AT LACMA

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Lori Nyx

I left the Tim Burton exhibition at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art feeling glutted, bilious and giddy—my senses happily overloaded on too much eye popping, mind-candy. Sure am glad I wasn’t being tested afterwards, as on display (until … Continue reading →

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MARK AMBLER at Art AttECC Phantom Galleries, Saturday 6/11/11

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Lori Nyx

Phantom Galleries (the force behind those intriguing pop up galleries in vacant storefronts and urban spaces) gets phantasmagorical Saturday night in Long Beach with a solo exhibition of over 30 psychedelicious drawings by long-time, So. Cal. artist, Mark Ambler. Ambler’s … Continue reading →

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