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Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
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Los Angeles + Music
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
by Josh Kun
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles continues with singer Aloe Blacc's take on "When The Girl You Love Lives in California" -- bringing to life long archived sheet music within the L.A. Public Library.
Chicano Batman: Not Another Band from East L.A.
Vote Head-to-Head: Michael Massenburg's L.A. Collages vs. Art of the Prison Landscape
MOCAtv: The Art of Punk
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Against the Elements: The Art and Science of Preserving the Watts Towers
Los Angeles + Architecture/Design
Against the Elements: The Art and Science of Preserving the Watts Towers
by Ellen C. Caldwell
Due to its unconventional construction, new scientific methods are being used to repair and stabilize the Watts Towers.
Orlando in the Mist: The Work of Katie Herzog
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
Orlando in the Mist: The Work of Katie Herzog
by Nikki Darling
L.A. artist Katie Herzog's latest work, debuting at the Night Gallery on June 29, deals with the issues of transgendered language and identity.
Engaged and Inspired: DEHSART
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Los Angeles + Community Arts
Engaged and Inspired: DEHSART
by Evan Senn
Visual artists Larissa Nickel and Karyl Newman turn illegally dumped trash into whimsical recycled sculptures, encouraging their community to rethink their conceptions about waste.
Chicano Batman: Not Another Band from East L.A.
Vote Head-to-Head: Michael Massenburg's L.A. Collages vs. Art of the Prison Landscape
Against the Elements: The Art and Science of Preserving the Watts Towers
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Locals Only: Meet the Bands of the Coachella Valley
Riverside + Music
Locals Only: Meet the Bands of the Coachella Valley
by Marco Vera
Five local bands from the Coachella Valley chat about their takes on the local music scenery, the desert as influence, and the Coachella Music Festival.
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
Los Angeles + Music
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
by Josh Kun
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles continues with singer Aloe Blacc's take on "When The Girl You Love Lives in California" -- bringing to life long archived sheet music within the L.A. Public Library.
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
Featured
Los Angeles + Music
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
by Josh Kun
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles continues with singer Aloe Blacc's take on "When The Girl You Love Lives in California" -- bringing to life long archived sheet music within the L.A. Public Library.
Rolling the Years: Moonlight Rollerway's Enduring Appeal
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Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Rolling the Years: Moonlight Rollerway's Enduring Appeal
by Oliver Wang
Glendale's Moonlight Rollerway has been a cultural and community landmark for over 60 years.
Against the Elements: The Art and Science of Preserving the Watts Towers
Chicano Batman: Not Another Band from East L.A.
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
Featured
Locals Only: Meet the Bands of the Coachella Valley
Riverside + Music
Locals Only: Meet the Bands of the Coachella Valley
by Marco Vera
Five local bands from the Coachella Valley chat about their takes on the local music scenery, the desert as influence, and the Coachella Music Festival.
Engaged and Inspired: DEHSART
Los Angeles + Community Arts
Engaged and Inspired: DEHSART
by Evan Senn
Visual artists Larissa Nickel and Karyl Newman turn illegally dumped trash into whimsical recycled sculptures, encouraging their community to rethink their conceptions about waste.
From Gangs to Art: The Salvation of Fabian Debora
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Los Angeles + Visual Arts
From Gangs to Art: The Salvation of Fabian Debora
by Jim Hinch
Fabian Debora paints like many latter-day Chicano artists, employing visual irony to address wider themes only tangentially related to traditional barrio concerns.
Vote Head-to-Head: Preserving the Watts Towers vs. Excavating the 'Ten Commandments'
Locals Only: Meet the Bands of the Coachella Valley
Engaged and Inspired: DEHSART
Featured
Rolling the Years: Moonlight Rollerway's Enduring Appeal
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Rolling the Years: Moonlight Rollerway's Enduring Appeal
by Oliver Wang
Glendale's Moonlight Rollerway has been a cultural and community landmark for over 60 years.
Beautifying Data with SoCal Art Schools and the Jet Propulsion Labs
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
Beautifying Data with SoCal Art Schools and the Jet Propulsion Labs
by Carren Jao
Dan Goods' inventive projects are at the nexus of art and science, sparking the public's wonder about the depths of the universe.
American Life Remembered: Kenton Nelson's Comfort Art
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Los Angeles + Visual Arts
American Life Remembered: Kenton Nelson's Comfort Art
by Victoria Looseleaf
Artist Kenton Nelson paints an idealized world of Southern California, where the mundane is glorified, reality is heightened, and perfection can be downright disturbing.
Vote Head-to-Head: Preserving the Watts Towers vs. Excavating the 'Ten Commandments'
Engaged and Inspired: DEHSART
Rolling the Years: Moonlight Rollerway's Enduring Appeal
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Floral Fusion: The Ikebana Sculptures of Shizuko Greenblatt
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
Floral Fusion: The Ikebana Sculptures of Shizuko Greenblatt
by Meher McArthur
L.A.-based artist Shizuko Greenblatt creates sculptural works informed by the flower arranging tradition of her native Japan.
From Gangs to Art: The Salvation of Fabian Debora
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
From Gangs to Art: The Salvation of Fabian Debora
by Jim Hinch
Fabian Debora paints like many latter-day Chicano artists, employing visual irony to address wider themes only tangentially related to traditional barrio concerns.
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Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
by Josh Kun
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles continues with singer Aloe Blacc's take on "When The Girl You Love Lives in California" -- bringing to life long archived sheet music within the L.A. Public Library.

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Against the Elements: The Art and Science of Preserving the Watts Towers

Due to its unconventional construction, new scientific methods are being used to repair and stabilize the Watts Towers.

Excavating the 'Ten Commandments' in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes

For 90 years, the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes have concealed a secret: the remains of a massive movie set and tent city constructed for one of Hollywood's most influential filmmakers.

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Locals Only: Meet the Bands of the Coachella Valley
by Marco Vera
Five local bands from the Coachella Valley chat about their takes on the local music scenery, the de …
Los Angeles + Architecture/Design
Frederick Fisher: L.A.'s Maverick Architect
by Marissa Gluck
Frederick Fisher takes a practical approach to architecture, a restraint that belies his early years …
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Michael Trigilio and Messages to the Future
by Kinsee Morlan
What part of human existence should we preserve for future generations? San Diego multimedia artist …

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From Gangs to Art: The Salvation of Fabian Debora
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
From Gangs to Art: The Salvation of Fabian Debora
by Jim Hinch
Fabian Debora paints like many latter-day Chicano artists, employing visual irony to address wider themes only tangentially related to traditional barrio concerns.
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Locals Only: Meet the Bands of the Coachella Valley
Riverside + Music
Locals Only: Meet the Bands of the Coachella Valley
by Marco Vera
Five local bands from the Coachella Valley chat about their takes on the local music scenery, the desert as influence, and the Coachella Music Festival.
In Partnership with:
Mexicali Rose Media/Arts Center
MOCAtv: The Art of Punk
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
MOCAtv: The Art of Punk
by Bryan Ray Turcotte
MOCAtv and curator Bryan Ray Turcotte present "The Art of Punk" about the stories of inspiration and creation of such iconic punk symbols and sleeves from the Punk Scene.
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Geographies of Detention, Inside and from Afar
Riverside + Visual Arts
Geographies of Detention, Inside and from Afar
by Nicolette Rohr
The CA Museum of Photography's latest exhibition, "Geographies of Detention: From Guantánamo to the Golden Gulag," merges art and activism, exposing the realities of U.S. prison systems through visual form.
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UCR ARTSblock

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Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
Los Angeles + Music
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles: Aloe Blacc
by Josh Kun
Songs in the Key of Los Angeles continues with singer Aloe Blacc's take on "When The Girl You Love Lives in California" -- bringing to life long archived sheet music within the L.A. Public Library.
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