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Anne Bray of LA Freewaves is working on a project to bring videos to city buses called "Out the Window."
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L.A. imposes a midnight-5 a.m. curfew on its beaches, but the state Coastal Commission has told the city they can't do that.
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"Los Angeles is most beautiful when seen in a close-up," says Thom Andersen, who provides this intimate view of the city in his new film "Get Out of the Car" screening on Monday night at REDCAT.
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Seven city council seats--the most valuable city wide public office in America!--are up for grabs in March (one with no incumbent), and L.A Unified School District and L.A. Community College District seats are in contention as well. The full candidate ...
My haul from The Buttermilk Truck. I didn't eat all that myself.
This is no time to get sick. Therefore: commence Operation Wellness. Operation Wellness is my 3-pronged approached to avoiding illness: garlic, broth, booze.
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The band OK Go will use a new iPhone app to write its name across the city by driving, sensing and visualizing their cross-town jaunt.
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Doug Aitken's new video installation on view at the Regen Projects Gallery is a meditation on catastrophe, mediation and how we understand our world.
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Students rebel against a 8 percent tuition hike to overcome some short-time budget shortfalls; meanwhile, the University of California system faces a truly daunting nearly $30 billion in unfunded pension and health care liabilities.
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Picking buttons for a 40-year-old coat with the Button Lady was an occasion for small-scale joy.
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Dan Graham's show at Regen Projects II features videos and a pavilion that reflect, literally, on contemporary architecture and urban spaces.
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John Whitney Jr.'s dazzling three-screen abstract animation offers a delicious psychedelic treat this weekend as part of the Alternative Projections symposium at USC.
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In a little more than month, the state of California lost over $6 billion in ground on its latest budget. With the deficit now thought to be $25.4 billion, Gov. Schwarzenegger calls a special session of the legislature.
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