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The Nosh
Food
Peking Tavern: Chinese Gastropub in Downtown L.A.
Post date:Gastropubs are nothing new to the growing downtown Los Angeles nightlife scene, but rarely do you stumble across one that's Asian-themed, or even more rare, specifically Chinese. Peking Tavern is doing just that.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Photos: Doug Aitken's Station to Station Stops By Los Angeles
Post date:Musicians Beck, No Age, and Dan Deacon performed at "Station to Station," Doug Aitken's traveling multimedia showcase and public art project that has made a stop at L.A's Union Station.
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architecture
Artbound
Inside the Skeleton of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum
Post date:Artbound ventured into the bones of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum for a behind-the-scenes look at the museum in progress.
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The Nosh
Food
A Little Tokyo Food Crawl in 10 Stops
Post date:In a city where cars are king, Little Tokyo is a miniature oasis where walking is actually rewarded. With delicious food.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Walking East of West L.A.: The Photography of Kevin McCollister
Post date:Photographer Kevin McCollister captures the beauty of L.A.'s lonelier, hidden contours.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Smells Like Artistic Spirit: The Institute for Art and Olfaction
Post date:The Institute for Art and Olfaction pushes the boundaries of the world of perfumery, experimenting with the concept of scent as an artistic tool.
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block by block
History & Society
Exploring Downtown's Calvin S. Hamilton Pedway
Post date:If you've been downtown there's a good chance that you've noticed the concrete overpasses above the streets, but probably never thought much about them.
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Arrival Stories
History & Society
Charisse L'Pree Corsbie-Massay: Her Arrival... and Departure
Post date:"A young man at the Santa Monica Pier asked how I could go to the movies by myself. When I told him I was a researcher, he responded, 'Oh. That's why you're single.'"
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Artbound
Notes from the Underground: the wulf.
Post date:the wulf. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting experimental music and arts in L.A.'s Arts District.
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Architecture and Design
Artbound
Victor Wilde and Bohemian Society: Progressive Fashion with a Fine Art Soul
Post date:L.A. designer Victor Wilde sees fashion as the ultimate forum for a literally and metaphorically collaborative art form.
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Architecture and Design
Artbound
Victor Wilde and Bohemian Society: Progressive Fashion with a Fine Art Soul
Post date:L.A. designer Victor Wilde sees fashion as the ultimate forum for a literally and metaphorically collaborative art form.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Sidewalk Stories: The Photography of William Reagh
Post date:Since arriving in L.A. in the 1930s, William Reagh captured a sense of the city's humanity during its most vigorous years of growth and urban renewal.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
Crewest Gallery Moving On After a Mission Accomplished
Post date:The influential Downtown L.A. gallery will close its doors after one more exhibition that will showcase graffiti as an art form.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Street Artist RISK Transforms Skid Row with Murals
Post date:Artist RISK has created a vibrant mural called "Ye Sun" on a wall facing L.A.'s Skid Row to bring art to this blighted corner of downtown.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
Mr. Valadez Goes To Washington
Post date:The Smithsonian American Art Museum comments on the influence of Latino art, specifically the murals of John Valadez.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
The Alchemist: Ian Ruhter's Adventures in Silver and Light
Post date:Ian Ruhter tweaks and bends the possibilities of an antique photographic process to create dreamlike, elusively temporal images of his subjects.
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arts education
Youth Voices
Mapping L.A.'s Future at Frida Kahlo High School
Post date:Pencil drawing, markers, creative writing, and collage were some of the mediums that the students used to explore the theme -- Mapping the Metropolis.
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writing on the wall
History & Society
Model of Downtown Los Angeles as a State Of Mind
Post date:A former Angeleno recreated the downtown Los Angeles of his childhood and now lives in his own private Idaho.
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form follows function
History & Society
A Different L.A.: Bob & Inner-City Arts
Post date:The Co-founder of Inner-City Arts recounts his inspiration for founding the place and why, after nearly 30 years of teaching art, he has no plans to retire.Â
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History
Lost L.A.
Los Angeles' 1943 War on the Zoot Suit
Post date:In June 1943, L.A. witnessed sailors coursing through the city streets in their Navy uniforms, carrying sticks and targeting anyone wearing a zoot suit.