July 2011 Archives
Arts & Culture:
The centerpiece for Troy Morgan's exhibition at Blythe Projects in the Culver City Arts District is a magical short film with an uncanny edge.
Commentary:
Term limits do not create a class of "citizens legislators," who are public servants for one brief, shining moment in time, and then resume their private lives. I think term limits should be repealed all together.
Where We Are:
Los Angeles will reuse waste water. It's inevitable.
LA as Subject:
The opening of the Natural History Museum's new Dinosaur Hall brings new attention to the prehistory of Southern California--and prehistoric creatures' influence on the region's popular culture.
Commentary:
L.A. is famous for neighbors not knowing each other. But approving of who your neighbors are is a must--and if they're poor and black, you might have to do some serious soul-searching.
Arts & Culture:
Outdoor movies, robotic movement, alternative art practices and histories of video art make up this week's media art scene in LA.
Commentary:
In the effort to stay connected but off the roads, I have become a traveler through my wifi. Los Angeles is a city measured in time spent in a car, and I try to save that time by using whatever means I have.
LA Vitamin Report:
The death of 2-month-old Marcello Vasquez highlights what city officials should already know--Art Walk needs to be car free.
Commentary:
Bono Mack's changing lightbulb stance likely has less to do with light than it does with heat; namely, the heat she's taken from GOP extremists for her perceived failure to toe their ideological line.
Movie Miento:
"The NBC affiliate in Laredo, KGNS, had reels of old films and cartoons that they would throw on again and again and La Dolce Vita, was one of those movies."
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