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BOOM Magazine
Boom: A Journal of California is a new, cross-disciplinary publication that explores the history, culture, arts, politics, and society of California. Published quarterly by University of California Press, this magazine-format, highly visual journal features scholars, independent writers, and community and civic activists engaging the most pressing issues of the day. Boom embrace answers in unusual formats, including photos, essays, documents, artwork, first-person accounts, and engaged scholarly essays.
Contested Ground: Razabilly Boogie and the Latino Rockabilly Scene
Los Angeles + Music
Contested Ground: Razabilly Boogie and the Latino Rockabilly Scene
by Nicholas F. Centino
July 18, 2012 1:00 AM
A brief history of rockabilly in Los Angeles, a full-fledged regional phenomenon with thousands of aficionados ranging from casual observers to diehard fanatics -- and many are Latinos.
Iraqi Jewish Angeleno Folk Songs
Los Angeles + Music
Iraqi Jewish Angeleno Folk Songs
by Regine Basha
June 5, 2012 1:00 AM
Regine Basha examines the role of dissonance in Iraqi Jewish folk songs and its validation of her otherness in a culture where she is often misunderstood.
Stages of Learning: Theater and Language in San Diego Schools
San Diego + Community Arts
Stages of Learning: Theater and Language in San Diego Schools
by Liane Brouillette and Ilona Virginia Missakian
May 7, 2012 10:00 AM
Elementary schools in "the Southeast" area of San Diego have implemented innovative arts integration programs that have begun to energize schools in neighborhoods that were once left behind.
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Architecture/ Design

California becomes an international export by redefining the concept of city and home.

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Community Arts

Through workshops, education and placed based projects, art is the connective tissue of a community.

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Funding bubbles, cultural deserts and the politics of access to the arts in the 21st century.

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At the shadow of the entertainment industry, video artists and underground filmmakers take a stand.

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Breaking away from the European and New York vanguard, California reinvents the art world.


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