Southland Sessions | KCET
“Southland Sessions” connects you to SoCal’s resilient arts scene one session at a time. From drive-by art shows to all-girl mariachi bands, our curated performances, thoughtful reports and artist resources are your link to the cultural heartbeat of our city.
“In session” Wednesdays @ 8 p.m. PT
Full Episodes
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Southland Sessions
Southland Sessions
E1: Change(Makers): The Future of Arts and Culture
Episode 1
Key cultural leaders from around Los Angeles gather to discuss the role of arts and culture in shaping the world’s future.
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Southland Sessions
E2: The Industry Presents Sweet Land
Episode 2
The Industry, one of Los Angeles’s most innovative opera companies, continues their avant-garde, acclaimed regional performances with a historical pageant that disrupts the dominant narrative of the American identity.
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Southland Sessions
E3: Mariachi - from Romance to Resistance
Episode 3
Hosted by Mariachi musician Julian Torres, this episode explores the tradition of Mariachi music and its transformation through time and circumstance.
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Southland Sessions
E4: Dance Break
Episode 4
Tour L.A.’s wild and diverse dance community in this showcase of the city’s vibrant scene.
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Southland Sessions
E5: Musical Expansions
Episode 5
Witness the creativity of L.A. music in this episode made in collaboration with dublab.
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Clips & Segments
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Rosie Lee Hooks, director of the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus, hosts a look back at last year's Watts Towers Festivals. Watch highlights from this iconic annual event.
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Watch this homage to the history of this city with a performance of "Fandango de Media Noche" by Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles.
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Chloe Arnold recounts the challenges of filming in L.A.'s Sepulveda Basin.
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Lula Washington Dance Company performs a powerful work.
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Culture Curated
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When we feel lonely, a simple call from someone who cares can truly help. For artists, Kristy Edmunds is that kindred spirit. For her, kindness can manifest in the care artists put into performances or the help we can give by comissioning work.
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It's time to vote! Get fired up to hit the polls, ballot drop boxes and voting centers Nov. 3 with this hilarious PSA from Culture Clash.
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Take a trip into the Autry’s empty galleries to watch another intimate acoustic performance — this time featuring the soulful voice of Chris Pierce — as part of the museum’s "Best of Los Angeles" series.
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Enjoy the almost surreal, hyper-realist portraits of Nigerian artist Arinze Stanley which are so detailed, one could be forgiven for thinking they’re photographs.
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Upcoming Airdates
The Heroic Beethoven
Episode 12
With a special affinity for Beethoven, the program features archival footage of Carl St. Clair conducting the Pacific Symphony in movements from Beethoven's Symphonies 3, 5 and 7 highlighting the composer’s life during his “heroic” decade of 1803-1813, when his compositions took on an epic quality, often telling the tales of heroes and their struggles. St.
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Civic Imagination
Episode 10
Hosted by artist and designer Rosten Woo, this episode will explore civic art and culture, including looks at artist's working as first and second responders during the pandemic, the production and deconstruction of civic memory, art and abolition, and the future of public space in Los Angeles.
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A Salute to the Heroes
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A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at The Soraya
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Culture Wire
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Multi-disciplinary
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Three Major Projects Chronicle Histories and Displacement of African Americans in Santa Monica
“We get it all the time — people come up to us and say, ‘We didn't know that Black people live in Santa Monica,” Carolyne Edwards said. “And there was a huge population there.”
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Chicana Writing Avatar Sarah Rafael García Moves Forward with Her Rolling Bookstore
Sarah Rafael García, founder of the mobile library LibroMobile, is a familiar face of success in Santa Ana. Yet she attributes her accomplishments in writing, teaching, publishing and more to acknowledging her discomfort as an out-of-place Chicana.
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What is the Future of Olvera Street in this Pandemic?
Olvera Street should be teeming with life at this moment, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put a stop to the once-bustling area and there is a fear that this scene could become permanent.
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Elisa Wouk Almino Translates Art into Words
Drawn to L.A. by its diverse artists, the Hyperallergic editor wants to see Latinx representation grow.
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Performance
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As Pandemic Continues, Theater Becomes Increasingly Personal Online
From personalized poetry readings to guided ritual-making, theater is able to collapse physical space and create intensely personal experiences.
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Visual Arts
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Renaissance-Style Religious Paintings Highlight the Struggles of Black People Worldwide
The time is more than ripe to see Mark Steven Greenfield’s “Black Madonna,” a new suite of paintings and drawings that meditate on the fraught, violent history of Africans brought to America against their will.
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Arts Events & Resources
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Tips and Practices for Conducting an Online Workshop
We asked experts and artists who’ve recently made the transition to online workshops for their best tips, caveats and practices.
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How Do I Bring Attention to My Work?
Coronavirus has forced galleries and museums to close. Columnist Anuradha Vikram talks to artists who are finding new ways to get their work seen.
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Music
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How Three LA Phil Musicians Are Generating Secondary Income Streams
COVID-19 has decimated arts and culture workers throughout the world. See how three of LA Philharmonic’s musicians are finding new income streams for the benefit of students around the world.
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How Do I Change My Institution from the Inside?
Our institutions need to change. Columnist Anuradha Vikram talks to people who are changing the cultural institutions where they work from within.
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From America’s iconic Chicano/LatinX satirical trio! Welcome to the world and minds of Culture Clash’s Totally Fake Latino News! Enjoy the realness amigos! Stay Woke World!
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More Projects
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From artists, choreograohers, musicians, curators and more, get to know some of the fascinating faces behind #UCLAarts "10 Questions" conversation series as they discuss their work and its meaning.
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Go into the studios of important artists of our time to see what they are creating during the pandemic.
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Suggested Shows Overrides
Suggested Shows
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rop 13, the campaign to slash property taxes, launched a tax revolt that continues today.
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Scanning the region, providing seeds of engagement through articles, videos, projects and partners, who are narrating the cultural stories of our region.
"Artbound" explores and illuminates the cultural issues of our times, providing critical in-depth analysis of how the arts and culture affects our society.
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"City Rising" illuminates the journey of California's neighborhoods advocating for responsible development.
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“Southland Sessions” connects you to SoCal’s resilient arts scene one session at a time.
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Popular Videos
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On this episode: voting deadline, counting undocumented in the Census and the flu shot.
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Prop 22 makes app-based drivers independent contractors with distinct labor and pay codes.
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Prop 23 would increase state regulation of dialysis clinics.
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Artists created works to spark conversation about L.A. and sustainable futures.
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The Watts Towers Arts Center has been a beacon in the community for almost 60 years, and was born out of the resilience of 1960s Black Los Angeles.
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Huell visits In-N-Out Burger, which let cameras inside the restaurant for the very first time to shoot this special.
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After collapsing in his car, Jim is rushed to the hospital, where Hugh discovers that he's been skipping his dialysis appointments. Hayley is still frosty to Ajax, and Charlie can't stop reading bad reviews of her book.
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A small section of Vermont Street in the Potrero Hill section of San Francisco is just miles away from the more famous Lombard Street. Which street is crookeder?
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Huell travels to the Tehachapi Mountains to visit The Cesar Chavez Foundation.