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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Boosterism in L.A.: Selling the Land of Sunshine
Post date:Colorful advertisements aided in building the allure of Southern California.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
A Tramp Across the Continent
Post date:The year was 1884 when Charles Fletcher Lummis began his infamous cross-country walk from Ohio to Los Angeles.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
The First Museum in Los Angeles
Post date:With the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Charles Lummis sought to preserve Native American and Mexican cultures in what he observed to be a rapidly changing Los Angeles.
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Architecture and Design
Artbound
A Stone Marvel: El Alisal
Post date:Today, "El Alisal" — Charles Lummis' stone house along the Arroyo Seco — stands quietly for most of the year. But the now designated cultural monument was once bustling with sound.
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KCET Press Releases
Press Room
LOST LA Explores Untold Stories of LA History in New KCET Original Series
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Press Room
Watts Riots 50th Anniversary Online Hub Launches on kcet.org/Watts
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KCETLink Press Releases
Press Room
L.A. as Subject, KCETLink's ARTBOUND Present "Monomania L.A."
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lost landmarks
History & Society
Pioneers, Politics, and Punches: Dan the Miner, Carthay Circle, and Dirty Dealings in the Golden West
Post date:The legacy of Daniel "The Miner" McCarthy and his son J. Harvey lives on with a bronze monument and the neighborhood of Carthay Circle.
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lost landmarks
History & Society
The Chateau Elysee: Scientology's Celebrity Centre Before it Went Clear
Post date:The glittering stories of the old Chateau, and the once scandalous myth of its origins and construction, have been subsumed into the now greater legend of the Church of Scientology.
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lost landmarks
History & Society
Bloody Commerce: Crossroads of the World and the Murder of the Decade
Post date:L.A.'s first outdoor mall was born out of a sordid murder mystery inside an ivy covered bungalow in the middle of Hollywood.
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youth voices curriculum
Youth Voices
The HeArt Project: A Partnership Takes Flight
Post date:The year long collaboration between Departures Youth Voices, The HeArt Project and La Plaza de Cultura y Arte will connect with hundreds of high school students in LA County.
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la history
Youth Voices
The HeArt Project: A Partnership Takes Flight
Post date:The year long collaboration between Departures Youth Voices, The HeArt Project and La Plaza de Cultura y Arte will connect teaching artists with hundreds of high school students in LA County.
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El Pueblo
History & Society
Departures Partners with The HeArt Project & La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Post date:KCET Departures: Youth Voices will team with La Plaza de Cultura y Artes this upcoming academic year for a three-way partnership with The HeArt Project.