August 2011 Archives
Arts & Culture:
Screenings this week look back at the histories of art and music, or, from the past, imagine the future...
Commentary:
A photo of the new ambassador to China, Gary Locke, was photographed carrying a backpack, ordering his own coffee and using a Starbucks coupon. It went viral.
Commentary:
An arts project like East Jesus really couldn't have come about anywhere other than Slab City, but after the death of its founder the same anarchic environment that gave it birth is making it hard to keep it going.
Movie Miento:
Let me tell you about the double shudder down the spine I had a few months ago: the Jewish-Mexican mother.
Arts & Culture:
Avant-garde animator Robert Breer recently passed away but his work remains central to contemporary filmmaking.
Where We Are:
It's not just nostalgia that makes brings men and their fifty-year-old cars together.
Commentary:
For more than two centuries Americans have used the Electoral College to pick presidents. However, there is now (yet another) move afoot to change that.
Where We Are:
From concept drawing to finished building, Lakewood Center sold the new.
LA as Subject:
Ever since oil was discovered near downtown L.A. in 1892, extracting petroleum from the land beneath has been a major part of the Southern California economy.
Commentary:
Three years ago, homeless Michael Reed and his dog Topaz turned tragedy into a small triumph. Today, tragedy threatens again.
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