March 2012 Archives
Commentary:
A "suspicious" black man, a brutal mistake, a refusal to see the reality of injustice.
Arts & Culture:
The best of cinema history is on view this week, with the work of avant-garde icon Maya Deren, the remarkable eight-hour documentary Shoah, and the 24-hour collage film "The Clock" by Christian Marclay.
Commentary:
Asians are not an invisible group that exists outside the mainstream: They are marrying outside their ethnic groups, living outside their communities, and have been weaving their stories into the cultural heritage of this country.
Commentary:
Is pumping water from the Mojave Desert a sustainable idea? A new scientific report says "no."
LA as Subject:
Southern California's photographic archives richly document the region's troubled relationship with the four classical elements.
Arts & Culture:
REDCAT will screen Daniel Eisenberg's extraordinary visual essay exploring objects, how they're made and what they mean as the nexus between the maker and the consumer.
Where We Are:
Jan Perry's embarrassing "auto da fe" illustrates why the city council needs radical change.
Commentary:
The integrity of the political and electoral processes we must have meaningful disclosure, but it should not come at the cost of bona fide security risks.
Where We Are:
The Britannica was a marker of middle-class aspiration. And it was something you could hand on.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
Something many Americans believe about Southern California is that people here came from somewhere else. In Riverside, every day I see people I've known since kindergarten, and every time I go to a North High game, it's like a family reunion.
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