August 2011 Archives
Transportation:
There is no shortage of opinion about the $48 billion--and rising--estimates for high-speed rail infrastructure.
Commentary:
In the southern deserts the border is a fact of life. People are used to it.
Movie Miento:
In April, Maria Rivera stood in Mexico City's main square and read "Los Muertos," a poem that for one of the first times in public dared name those killed in the country's government and drug cartel violence war.
Commentary:
In Hollywood, films about gay and lesbian civil rights are the surefire choice these days for anyone looking to craft a prestige pic, but in a California federal court this week, the ultimate gay rights flick may wind up buried.
Where We Are:
Every bit of the built landscape has been given shape by someone's imagination.
Commentary:
California Republicans are now looking to overturn legislative lines recently drawn by California's independent redistricting commission.
Where We Are:
Arbor Day is in April in Nebraska. It's a state holiday there. Here, everyday is Arbor Day.
LA as Subject:
Silver Lake's Sunset Junction is steeped in local transportation and social history that continues to survive in Southern California's archives.
Commentary:
The poor state of black males in public schools isn't exactly news or at the top of anybody's fix-it ilst --and that's the problem
Arts & Culture:
The past returns this week in the form of classical anime, Ernie Kovacs, "Powaqqatsi" and toy cameras from the 1960s, all of which are part of this week's media arts scene in LA.
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