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"Everything Everywhere All At Once" leads Oscar nominations for the 95th Academy Awards with 11 while "The Banshees of Inisherin" and "Quiet on the Western Front" get 9 nods each. See the complete list of 2023 nominees.
Edward Roybal served his constituents as California's first Latino in Congress for 30 years, yet it was his work as a Los Angeles City Councilman that not only laid the foundation for his national career but also speaks to a number of issues affecting Angelenos today.
Booster optimism, unregulated stock speculation, a culture of civic corruption, the power of new advertising media and the cunning of stock promoters fed the Julian Pete swindle — a scandal that defrauded tens of thousands of investors of over $150 million.
While poinsettias had already been available at nurseries across the U.S. and Los Angeles, it was the Ecke family who transformed the poinsettia market from selling cut flowers as bouquets to selling them as indoor potted plants for Christmas.
On May 22, 1958, a series of oil spills and explosions ignited the Hancock Oil Refinery in Signal Hill, burning for two days and sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air. Writer D.J. Waldie, who was 9-years-old at the time of the fires, recalls the explosive event.
While many quintessential L.A. punk zines like "Flipside," "HeartattaCk," and "Profane Existence" have folded or only exist in the digital space, "Razorcake" stands as one of the lone print survivors and a decades-long beacon for people — and punks — of color.
Here's where to enjoy live holiday music in December 2022, including Walt Disney Concert Hall and the L.A. County Holiday Celebration at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at The Music Center.
An in-person Q&A with director/writer Rian Johnson, co-stars Kate Hudson, Edward Norton, Janelle Monae and editor Bob Ducsay immediately followed the screening on Dec. 6.
Esteban Escobedo is one of only a handful of professional floreadores — Mexican trick ropers — in the United States, and one of a few instructors of the technical expression performing floreo de reata (also known as floreo de soga "making flowers with a rope"), an art form in itself and one of Mexico's longest standing traditions.
The film screened on Nov. 29, with a pre-recorded Q&A with two-time Academy Award-winning producer Dede Gardner immediately following the screening.
Women in Compton and South Central Los Angeles were influential in the development of Hip Hop on the West Coast.
An in-person Q&A with Oscars-winning director-writer Guillermo del Toro and composer Alexandre Desplat followed the screening on Nov. 15.
What began as a fun ritual for the weekend grew into a family legacy of community-building that lasted half a century. During its existence, Coras USA united working-class, immigrant families from Nayarit and other regions of Mexico in Los Angeles and provided youth players a pathway towards a professional career during its final years in the city of Riverside.
A first generation Japanese American finds surprising roots to Los Angeles through exploring the history and legacy of renowned artist, poet and distant relative Yumeji Takehisa.
The film screened on Nov. 8, with an in-person Q&A immediately following with screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
For Pachuco Supply founder Gilberto Marquez, the art of custom hatmaking has become a way to reflect his Chicano pride and preserve the memory of his late father — the man who cultivated cultural pride in Marquez's artistic core.