I don’t remember precisely when I first heard the word “gifted,” but it must have been in early elementary school. I do remember being pulled out of my first-grade class and led to the fifth-grade ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

Looking out over a sea of seated artists, actors, auteurs, moguls, models, musicians, studio chiefs and more, LACMA's Michael Govan opened the Art+Film gala program by describing the scene as one ...