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Multi-disciplinary
Arts & Entertainment
Seven Books to Help Understand Judith Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles and L.A. Itself
Post date:Judith Baca’s mural work asks tough questions about public art and what role it plays in a multicultural society. These seven books illuminate the intersection between Baca’s work, public histories and art practice.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Kobe Bryant's Legacy in L.A.'s Cultural Fabric
Post date:Kobe Bryant will forever be remembered as one of the brightest lights to ever shine in the City of Angels. His life ripples through L.A.'s collective cultural consciousness.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Pacoima is Home to the Largest New Mural in San Fernando Valley
Post date:In late November, a massive mural, "Rushing Waters," debuted in Pacoima. Coming in at over 10,000 square feet, it's one of the largest in the city.
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City Rising
City Rising
Social Agency: Art, Gentrification and Reclaiming in Northeast L.A. Neighborhoods
Post date:"Taking Back the Boulevard,” a new book by Jan Lin, not only documents the current situation in Eagle Rock and Highland Park but it tells a bigger story of the artists and activists that have called Eagle Rock and Highland Park home for over a century.
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Music
Artbound
Passing the Magic: Horace Tapscott's Spiritual Jazz Music
Post date:Though Horace Tapscott died in 1999, his legacy of music and focus on community burn brighter than ever because of the rising popularity of contemporary jazz artists like Kamasi Washington.
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Summer of Space
Summer of Space
Downey: The Cradle of the Cosmic Age
Post date:During the 1950s, a site in Downey was home to where much of the United States space technology was developed from then until the early 1990s.