"In my day," the Calendar was a vital part of the arts in Southern
California, with really superb critics (Dan Sullivan, Sylvie Drake, Charles
Champlin, and even Martin Bernheimer and Robert Hilburn). Over the years,
it's been dumbed down to the point where the Sunday section is little
better t
It's been "Calendar" in name only for quite a while (heck, it hasn't even been
published on Saturdays for the past few years), so the name change gets a big
shrug from me.
For example, they don't seem to be moving very quickly to hire a new regular
film critic after the departure of Justin Chia
Effective immediately if not sooner, the Times has an entertainment section
just like every other newspaper… because unoriginality will obviously
translate to more readers.
They’ve only had a Calendar section for 64 years, so it wasn’t an ingrained
piece of LA culture or anything.
Kevin M. (RPCV)
