LA Auto Show 2022 unveils 36 automobile brands and North American debuts, thru November 27th.

 LA Auto Show 2022 unveils 36 automotive brands and North American debuts, November 18 to 27th.
 (WestHollywoodToday.blogspot, Los Angeles, Nov. 18, 2022) 

Photos by Karen Ostlund at AutoMobility LA.

 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show, opened its doors today November 18 and will run thru Thanksgiving to November 27 at the Los Angeles Convention Center downtown LA.

                                                                                     

The 2024 Subaru Impreza hatchback has a new
11.6" touchscreen, sporty new RS trim and a 182-horsepower BOXER engine.

                                                                                     

Fiat has teamed up with Kartell, Bulgari and Giorgio Armani, to design a new version of the 'Cinquecento’ model of vehicle. An all-electric car that has a range of up to 199 miles.

                                                                                         

2023 model year of Kia EV6 GT is an  electric SUVs with high performance, which gives 576 horsepower and a delivery of 545 pound-foot of torque.

LA Auto Show to host worldwide and North American debuts.
36 automobile brands have displays at this year's show. Visitors will be able to see the latest new products from Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Charge Cars, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Electra Meccanica, Fiat, Ford, Genesis, GMC, Honda, Hummer, Hyperion, Hyundai, INDI EV, Jeep, Kia, Lexus, Lincoln, Lucid Motors, Mazda, Nissan, Polestar, Porsche, Ram, Subaru, Toyota, VinFast, Volkswagen and Volvo.
                                                                              

VinFast introduced 2 smaller all-electric SUVs VF7 and VF6
from Italian design house Torino Design— The compact VF6 SUV gets a 107.5-inch wheelbase with a large center touchscreen.

                                                                                     

The N Vision 74 is a high-performance hydrogen-electric hybrid vehicle from Hyundai.

The show will offer test tracks and ride-along offer firsthand experiences with EVs, off-roaders.
Electric mobility takes center court at the 2022 LA Auto Show, and visitors can experience in-vehicle rides at various indoor and outdoor EV test tracks featuring Chevrolet, Ford, Genesis, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, VinFast, Volkswagen, and on the first weekend only, Porsche.

Adventurous ride-along will also be provided by Camp Jeep, Ford Bronco Built Wild and Ram Truck Territory showcasing the latest off-road capabilities of today's SUV and trucks. 

                                                                                          

ElectraMeccanica SOLO is a single-seated electric commuter. A top speed of 80 mph, and up to 100 miles of range on a single charge. 3 Wheels, 2 Doors. One Seat and Zero Emissions.

On the streets of downtown LA, outside the convention center, show-goers can get behind the wheels and test-drive with Alfa Romeo, Dodge, ElectraMeccanica, Fiat, Ford, Jeep, Ram, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and Wagoneer.
                                                                                  
Southern California car culture lights up downtown Los Angeles.
The LA Auto Show will highlight Southern California's booming car culture in several ways, starting with a Cars & Coffee gathering during the event's opening weekend, November 19–20, where attendees can celebrate the diversity of LA's car culture while enjoying coffee from Little Lamb Coffee's converted mobile bus. Everything from American muscle cars to European and Japanese classics to low-riders and off-road trucks will be on display.
                                                                                  

BlinkCharging makes you charge your EV at home with 32 amp, Blink HQ 150 and charge up to 4x faster than a standard AC level 1 charging cord. The HQ 150 features a 25-foot cable and a holster to tuck the cable away when not in use.

Supercharged displays from West Coast Customs and dozens of one-of-a-kind vehicles in Galpin Hall of Customs take over the Concourse area between the two main halls.
"The Garage Aftermarket" will be THE place to enjoy 60+ vendors showcasing custom rides, collectibles, classics, lifestyle and aftermarket goods. This includes a 30,000-square-foot display from Rockin' Chicano, a family-owned business that specializes in lowrider culture with sarape jackets, Mexican blankets and accessories as well as Vintage Chariots, purveyors of premium automotive-inspired retail clothing.                                            

The Genesis G90 is a full-size luxury sedan manufactured by the Korean automaker Genesis, which is the luxury vehicle division of Hyundai Motor Company, since 2015.

 

During Thanksgiving weekend, drifting demos will be held with professional drivers in Formula Drift cars roll into town Friday, November 25, and Saturday, November 26. NASCAR and Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will bring the excitement of racing into downtown LA every day of the show.
Defensive driving demonstrations from B.R.A.K.E.S., a leader in teen driver safety instruction, will be on site thru Wednesday, November 23.

                                                                                

Charge Cars 67 is a British brand from London, with only 499 cars manufactured. The Charge 67 electric Ford has 536 hp of power and 1120 kb-ft torque.

Originals and prints of motorsports paintings by celebrated artist Kelly Telfer will be on display, and Kelly will also offer painting classes on the weekends.
Porsche x Monster Jam will feature a Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo lined up against the biggest monster around: a Monster Truck.

TransAm Worldwide and Charge Cars will showcase what's possible when you combine the beauty of a classic car with today's automotive advancements.

                                                                                   

Czinger 21C electric race car is a 2.9-liter, twin-turbo with flat-plane-crank V8 engine, which was designed in-house by Czinger, with an 7-speed transmission, that sends power to the rear wheels.

A 1915 Detroit Electric will be paired with a 2023 C21 Czinger as part of the show's 115th anniversary, illustrating the journey automotive innovation has taken over the last 100+ years.
Toyota Sports Festival brings to life Toyota's Olympic and Paralympic sport partnerships and will take place inside Toyota's LA Auto Show display throughout the show, and outdoors November 26 and 27 on Chick Hearn Court.

World-first premiere, North American unveilings, test track ride-alongs and  car-culture experiences.
LA Auto Show 2022 features 36 premier automotive brands with growing interest in EVs, including recently debuted vehicles, and just announced participants Lucid Motors and Polestar Los Angeles.
Multiple test tracks let show-goers ride in new EVs, enjoy challenging off-road courses while street drives offer behind-the-wheel experiences with the latest models.
LA car culture will be out in full force with Cars & Coffee gatherings, Formula Drift demos, race-car displays, low-riders, classics and hundreds of customized vehicles.
The show will also include activities including pet adoptions, scavenger hunts, celebrity and sports autograph signings, luxury ride-ons and hard-to-find collectibles. Tickets at laautoshow.com

National Geographic Society celebrates 100 Years of archaeological discoveries with Beyond King Tut Exhibit.

National Geographic Society celebrates its 100th anniversary of archaeological discoveries with Beyond King Tut Exhibit.

By Karen Ostlund (WestHollywoodToday. blogspot, November 6 2022)
                                                                            

"It was such an honor to tour King Tut's treasures around the world, but those objects have returned to Egypt forever. Beyond King Tut brings together some of that same team along with the all-stars of immersive art to present one of the world's most fascinating stories in a whole new way, with no boundaries! Guests will get to experience the splendor of Egypt all around them and voyage with us to the Ancient Egyptian afterlife," said Beyond King Tut creative producer Mark Lach, who is know traveling in-between Vancouver and Los Angeles.

                                                                                

THE TIMES newspaper December 12 1922

Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience is a new exhibition developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of of the greatest archaeological discoveries of Beyond King Tut, now on view until December 31 2022 at The Magic Box LA, 1933 S.Broadway downtown Los Angeles. The same exhibit had joint openings in Los Angeles and Vancouver Nov. 4, and there are plans for Atlanta, Houston, San Diego and San Francisco in near future.
                                                                                   

King TUT discovery, how he was found Nov.4 1922.

Beyond King Tut will take visitors on a time-traveling journey flooded with sight, sound and intrigue through the world of King Tut—the boy who reigned as pharaoh of Egypt more than 3,000 years ago—and the discovery of his tomb and treasures in November 4 1922.

The discovery of the intact tomb of King Tut captured the imagination of the world, and the mysteries surrounding the tomb still resonate today. Drawing from the storied archives of the National Geographic Society, the exhibition combines the power of cinematic storytelling and soaring imagery made possible with state-of-the-art projection mapping to invite visitors into the golden king’s world like never before.

                                                                               

King TUT dog inside tomb.

                                                                                   

King TUT ship inside tomb.

The objects in the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamen — or, as a new exhibition at the National Geographic Museum spells it, Tutankhamun — were meant to commemorate the Egyptian ruler’s life and guide him to the next one.
Since they were first discovered  100 years ago, such artifacts as the golden funerary mask of Tut, as he is more commonly known for, have attracted widespread interest and admiration. The exhibit “Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience” emphasizes nonmaterial aspects of the boy king’s significance. Its centerpiece is an animation of the dead king’s journey to the afterlife, as imagined from the text known as the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
                                                                                  

King TUT cat found in his tomb

Beyond King Tut” was produced by the partnership of Paquin Entertainment Group, which devised the “Beyond Van Gogh” and “Beyond Monet” exhibitions, and Immersive Experiences, a firm whose creative producer, Mark Lach, supervised the design of “King Tut: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,” an artifact show that toured between 2004 and 2012.

In the first room, we are introduced to Tut, who died at 18 or 19 years old, circa 1323 B.C., and the November 4 1922 discovery of his buried tomb by Howard Carter, a British archaeologist. 

Video of Howard Carter's discovery: https://youtu.be/MeJIVBKe10M
Walls in this 3D gallery features gaps that reveal video images of Tut-related relics as a statue of Anubis, the dog-headed god of death. These glimpses evoke Carter’s first peek into the tomb.
                                                                                  

3D gallery, King TUT

The museum’s 3D theater holds the simulated sarcophagus and an illustrated video lecture that sweeps across three walls. One of its themes is the way animals represented many aspects of Pharaonic Egypt and its ruler. The vulture stood for Upper Egypt, for instance, and the cobra for Lower Egypt; both were included in the regalia of Tut, who presided over the united regions. Also symbolic were 12 baboons, one for each hour of the late king’s supposed transit through the netherworld.

Beyond is a gallery that recounts Tut’s life, as told by the artifacts in his burial place, such as a knife and scabbard, a ceremonial staff with a curved head, and pottery embellished with hieroglyphics. Also displayed there is a family tree, based partly on DNA research that is ongoing.
The boy king, whose life story unfolds in this virtual-reality narrative, left an outsize legacy.
Tut, who left no heirs, was the last of his family to rule during Egypt’s 18th Dynasty. He was the son of Akhenaten, who converted Egypt from polytheism to the worship of one divine being: Aten, a sun god. During Tut’s rule, the traditional gods were restored, including Amun, in whose honor Tut changed the ending of his name, which may mean “living image of Amun.”

The cause of Tut’s death is unknown, but most scholars attribute it to natural causes. Medical experts have suggested the young pharaoh suffered from malaria or sickle cell anemia. Other research-teams believe King Tut died circa 1323 B.C.E. from a gangrene infection at age 19. The infection was possibly the result of a broken leg.
                                                                                

Me, at King TUT exhibit

The ancient Egyptians believed that every living person was made up of three essential elements: BODY, BA, and KA for the afterlife.
They knew that the body would fail one day and die, but they believed the other parts of a person could live on. The BA was essentially a person’s personality. The KA was the person’s life force—it made life possible for the BODY and the BA.
Death occurred when the KA separated from the body. To achieve a successful afterlife, the BA had to be reunited with its KA.
Once that happened, the person could live forever in the spiritual form known as the AKH, or “effective being.”

Some of the objects from Tut’s tomb were exhibited at the National Gallery of Art and other American museums beginning in 1961.
The larger exhibition “Treasures of Tutankhamun” began its tour at the National Gallery in 1976 and traveled to six other U.S. cities. Such pieces are unlikely  to leave the Cairo region, where they will stay in the Grand Egyptian Museum, set to open later this year.

Tut-mania has inspired lots of pop culture, including “The Mummy,” a movie franchise that began with the 1932 Boris Karloff vehicle, and “King Tut,” Steve Martin’s 1978 novelty hit.

In National Geographic's Beyond King Tut, meet Ancient Egyptian gods like Ra and Anubis before descending into King Tut's burial chamber and joining his quest for immortality. Relive one of the greatest discoveries of all time – the king's tomb with all his treasures waiting inside, reclaimed from the desert sand after 3,000 years. With nine galleries to explore, wind through the story of a young boy whose name still looms large, and how he changed the ancient – and modern – world.  www.beyondkingtut.com

Recap of 23rd Annual LA Day of the Dead daytime at Hollywood Forever.

 Recap of 23rd Annual Day of the Dead Celebration daytime at Hollywood Forever.

 (WestHollywoodToday.blogspot, November 1 2022)

 By Karen Ostlund    
#diadelosmuertos  #nochedelosmuertos  #hwdforever

                                                                             

Ceremonial Procession 11AM at Hollywood Forever.

Last Saturday, October 29th, the 23rd annual Day of the Dead celebration took place at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. For decades, the cemetery became a place to honor those who passed away in its annual celebration of the Día de los Muertos, “LA Day of the Dead”. 

                                                                                     

UNAM exhibit, honoring the spirits of Mayahuel by artist Lore Eckelberry.

This centennial festival is full of rich symbolism, the altars are covered with traditional gifts, food, and significant items from loved ones. Those who are no longer with us are remembered through prayers, storytelling and music.
                                                                            

The event was divided into two segments, a daytime celebration with family activities where presenters Anabel Muñoz and Eric Resendiz - here on stage with costume finalists.

Among the novelties that this celebration brought, was the first successful presentation of the new stage dedicated to children called "Calaveritas", which we are sure will impact culture and education for the new generations of Angelenos and their visitors.

Inspiraciones de Danza Mexicana male dancers.

The dancers paid tribute to great personalities such as María Sabina, leading the community altar ceremonies to the Maguey goddess, "Mayahüel", which was this year's theme. 

The black and white art exhibit of the Oaxacan, Sabino Guisu, altar-competition, dance-groups and UNAM art by Lore Eckelberry gave a full day of  festivities to thousands of attendees.
                                                                              

 The television star Tamron Hall presented the award for the "Best Day of the Dead Costume".

 
In early 2022, Hollywood Forever was designated a "Historic-Cultural Monument" by the Los Angeles City Council, following a unanimous recommendation from the city's Cultural Heritage Commission.
LADayoftheDead.com

                     Spectacular altars at Hollywood Forever Cemetery during LA Day of The Dead:

                                                                                    

ALTAR 2

                                                                                  

ALTAR 6

                                                                                      

ALTAR 19