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History & Society
Skeptical Optimism for the Future of 'Suburban Urbanism'
Post date:If I had been counting the panel members' votes, I'd say Southern California got two votes of qualified optimism and one vote of qualified pessimism. Perhaps that's the best we can expect.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Bringing Healthy Food Alternatives to Boyle Heights
Post date:Poor diet and lack of physical activity in Boyle Heights are made possible by barriers to health in the L.A. neighborhood.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Bringing Healthy Food Alternatives to Boyle Heights
Post date:Poor diet and lack of physical activity in Boyle Heights are made possible by barriers to health in the L.A. neighborhood.
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!["Kol King Ice Cream," 2006 | Photo: Courtesy of Thomas McGovern from "Vital Signs," 2013](https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/McGovern8-651x651.jpg?itok=w26jPS4c ""Kol King Ice Cream," 2006 | Photo: Courtesy of Thomas McGovern from "Vital Signs," 2013")
film and media arts
Artbound
Vital Signs: Revitalizing the Pulse of San Bernardino
Post date:The exhibition "Vital Signs" explores the vibrant melding of Hispanic and Anglo-American cultures indigenous to San Bernardino County.
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community arts
Artbound
Market Makeover: Transforming Boyle Heights' Sociedad and Euclid Stores
Post date:Community Liaisons -- emerging adults passionate about food justice -- are leading the healthy food store transformations in Boyle Heights.
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community arts
Artbound
Radio Sombra: Live and Direct from Boyle Heights
Post date:The brainchild/labor of love of community organizer Marco Amador, Radio Sombra empowers community members to produce their own radio content.
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community arts
Artbound
Radio Sombra
Post date:The brainchild/labor of love of community organizer Marco Amador, Radio Sombra empowers community members to produce their own radio content.
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!["Gerardo Posing," oil on wood, glitter, Shizu Saldamando | Courtesy of the artist.](https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/5.gerardo%2520shizu.jpg?itok=SFvEh0RJ ""Gerardo Posing," oil on wood, glitter, Shizu Saldamando | Courtesy of the artist.")
Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Portraits Among Friends
Post date:Shizu Saldamando's portraits of real, breathing beings actively building their identity are heavily influenced by Chicano art sensibilities and her Japanese heritage.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Counter Cliché: The Asian and Latino Bi-Cultural Experience
Post date:Shizu Saldamando's portraits are heavily influenced by Chicano art sensibilities and her Japanese heritage. Her subjects aren't the cookie-cutter characters we see in popular culture, but real, breathing beings actively building their identity.
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commentary
SoCal Focus
A Tale of Two Communities: Asians and Latinos and The Future L.A.
Post date:What is certain will be our demographics: Los Angeles County's population will be predominately Latino and Asian.
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la county
Artbound
Domestic Affairs
Post date:Artist Nery Gabriel Lemus gracefully exposes the subtle racial tensions between Latino and African American cultures in his work.
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Artbound
Domestic Affairs: The Poetically Political Art of Nery Gabriel Lemus
Post date:Artist Nery Gabriel Lemus gracefully exposes racial tensions in his art.
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Latinos
SoCal Focus
Is it an American Dream? Depends if You Speak English or Spanish
Post date:Pilar Marrero has a new book out. But like any good Latino in the U.S., it has two identities and two names.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Ken Gonzales-Day Re-Examines Violence, Race, and Identity
Post date:Ken Gonzales-Day brings a grim forgotten California history to life in the present day and addresses art history and its troubled relationship to the representation of race.
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SoCal Focus
Historic Election Night: Why Jose Medina's Win Means So Much
Post date:Jose Medina walked into the banquet room at Zacateca's Restaurant on Riverside's Eastside to loud cheers and clapping of hundreds of supporters.
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commentary
SoCal Focus
Sunset and Crenshaw Boulevards, Compared and Contrasted
Post date:Crenshaw is no Sunset Boulevard -- and yet they are connected.
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Music
Artbound
Hear and Now: Quetzal
Post date:In this installment, multicultural band Quetzal performs in a downtown bus station where migrant workers and international travelers first experience the sprawling city.
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Music
Artbound
Hear and Now: Quetzal
Post date:In this installment, multicultural band Quetzal performs in a downtown bus station where migrant workers and international travelers first experience the sprawling city.
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la county
Ballot Brief
Compton's Measure B Passes, has Potential to Boost Latino Representation
Post date:Voters in the city of Compton supported a ballot initiative that could change representation of Latinos on the city council.
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l.a. riots
SoCal Focus
April-May, 1992: Remembering is a Political Act
Post date:1992 was a long time coming in neighborhoods across Los Angeles County; it will be a long time going.