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SoCal Focus is a blog about the people, places, and issues in and around Southern California.

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As one stunning example of 3D filmmaking disappears this weekend, another one appears.
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I'd never attended a wedding on a weekday, and rarely at night. So going to a wedding at 6 p.m. this past Monday felt exciting, rule-breaking, but odd.
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Screenings this week look back at the histories of art and music, or, from the past, imagine the future...
locke_chong
A photo of the new ambassador to China, Gary Locke, was photographed carrying a backpack, ordering his own coffee and using a Starbucks coupon. It went viral.
A portion of East Jesus, including art cars and the wind sculpture Cosmos. Photo by Flip Cassidy.
An arts project like East Jesus really couldn't have come about anywhere other than Slab City, but after the death of its founder the same anarchic environment that gave it birth is making it hard to keep it going.
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Oy
Let me tell you about the double shudder down the spine I had a few months ago: the Jewish-Mexican mother.
Recreation
Avant-garde animator Robert Breer recently passed away but his work remains central to contemporary filmmaking.
It's not just nostalgia that makes brings men and their fifty-year-old cars together.
california-popular-vote
For more than two centuries Americans have used the Electoral College to pick presidents. However, there is now (yet another) move afoot to change that.
From concept drawing to finished building, Lakewood Center sold the new.
Michael & Topaz
Three years ago, homeless Michael Reed and his dog Topaz turned tragedy into a small triumph. Today, tragedy threatens again.
livinglight Perhacs
Summer 2011 continues to get stranger with a giant moth monster movie, an all-night cemetery screening and an evening of '70s folk music paired with animated visuals.
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