September 2013 Archives
Engaging Spaces:
SaySay, a Tagalog expression that means both "to have intrinsic value and to declare," is the concept behind the storytelling project.
A Los Angeles Primer:
This place "Where Hollywood Movies Are Made" once, indeed, had the bulk of the Los Angeles film production industry. More importantly, to my mind, it also once had the Tokyo 7-7 Coffee Shop, perhaps the only Los Angeles eatery ever to attain perfection. But do any of the points of interest that remain within or at the border, like the Museum of Jurassic Technology, fit with the Culver City brand?
Whats In A Street Name:
The first installment in a new series exploring the names of L.A. streets.
LA Letters:
This week L.A. Letters takes a look their new album and takes a cruise around Long Beach and Southern California with one of its most prolific hip hop artists of the last generation.
Green Justice:
The L.A. River is highlighted in an exhibit focusing on reclaiming the edge of urban waterways around the world.
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Green Justice:
LAUSD school board members have introduced a resolution to support physical education for all students in California.
Writing on the Wall:
Writing on the Wall guest editorial series continues with Bill Lasarow, who serves as Board President of the Mural Conservancey of Los Angeles.
A Los Angeles Primer:
When the New Yorker's "far-flung correspondent" Christopher Rand came to Los Angeles in 1964, he based himself in Sawtelle, the quiet "satellite Japanese quarter" which let him observe the city's cultural hybridization with Asia and Latin America. What can we observe there almost 50 years later, now that we have more cultures than we can even identify?
LA Letters:
This week L.A. Letters celebrates the spirit of collaboration and a few local ambassadors doing interdisciplinary work uniting poetry, performance, theater, education, and activism.
Lost Landmarks:
Born into humble circumstances, he had ascended to the heights of his time, until his vision of the world consumed him and limited his views of all that was possible.
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