September 2011 Archives
Where We Are:
The status quo suits everyone just fine for now.
LA as Subject:
As the country's only metropolitan area to host two presidential libraries, Southern California boasts a wealth of presidential history.
Commentary:
After all these years, affirmative action is still being met with an opposite--and unequal--negative reaction
Arts & Culture:
The opening of Pacific Standard Time, a soundwalk, tiny films, video projections and more make this a busy weekend for media art lovers.
Commentary:
They may not be ground breaking architects, but they broke a hard-scrabble ground that was born out of racism and exclusion for future Asian architects in Los Angeles.
History:
The original trail of California's premium wine industry is kept alive from a descendant of the Italian-Americans who passed through Los Angeles and followed the vineyards inland at the turn of the century.
Commentary:
In two weeks, the Imperial County Planning Commission will vote on a giant landfill proposed for the boundary of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The locals are a little upset.
Movie Miento:
Where have the Chicano radio DJs gone?
Arts & Culture:
Her extraordinary feature film debut is well named as it's a study precisely of the making and unmaking of selves, a brutal and exhilarating endeavor that the British artist captures with aplomb.
Where We Are:
The politics of development is played rough and for keeps. The question is, who has the edge on Broadway?
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