April 2011 Archives
Commentary:
It isn't surprising that the mayor recycled school reform as his job. His job as mayor proved so unappealing.
Media:
This week GOOD Magazine's latest issue hit newsstands. Angeleños should take note as it's devoted to their home. The more than one hundred pages explore a plethora of topics of interest to anyone who cares about the city: transportation, the...
Departures:
With so many poets and artists using the river once named Porciuncula as a muse, it can be channeled to be a bookmark for local poets and artists.
Departures:
Only a small portion of the city of Glendale's border hugs the Los Angeles River, but local leaders are making sure residents have access to the 52-mile waterway that is envisioned to someday connect cities and neighborhoods together.
History:
In the years before the Civil War, secessionists and Southern sympathizers in Southern California nearly succeeded in splitting from the northern part of the state.
Commentary:
What would Larry Strauss rather be doing full-time instead of teaching at a small, innovative but racially challenging LAUSD campus on the fringe of South Central? Well, nothing.
Arts & Culture:
This week's media arts scene in LA features lots of great work by women, including LA's own Allison Anders, internationally acclaimed Eija-Liisa Ahtila and Zoe Beloff at the Velaslavasay Panorama.
Commentary:
Last week a good friend posed a question to me, "Do you only date white men?" It took a minute for me to reply, it was a question that has floated around me since I was able to sneak...
Commentary:
His impact on the natural world was made from the city of Angels.
Commentary:
On Monday, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to scrap a controversial proposed 7,200-bed county jail near the entrance to Palm Springs.
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