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‘The King of the Desert’ embodies the spirit of Boyle Heights
The Open Daily
Jan 30Josefina López, writer of Real Women Have Curves, founded Casa 0101 Theater with the intent to provide “vital arts, cultural and educational programs in theater, digital filmmaking, art and dance to Boyle Heights, thereby nurturing the... RELATED Kids ... »
Vigil held for slain Lincoln Heights mother
KABC LA News
Jan 30Community members came together Sunday to remember a young mother whose body was found off the Glendale Freeway. Friends of Bree'ana Guzman held a candle light vigil in the Rite Aid parking lot at Avenue 26 and Daly Street in the evening. Earlier in th... »
Occupy Wall Street movement inspires series of short plays
LATimes.com Culture Monstor
Jan 28"Occupy Heart" is a collection of short plays that will run at the Little Casa Theater in downtown L.A. from Feb. 10-26. »
Boys pull out knife, gun in argument in 7th-grade class
LA Times Bottleneck Blog
Jan 27Security was beefed up at Samuel Gompers Middle School in South Los Angeles Thursday after two boys pulled out a knife and gun during an argument in a 7th-grade class. »
3 Students Expelled From South LA School After Fight Involving Gun, Knife
CBS Los Angeles
Jan 26Three students were expelled from Samuel Gompers Middle School in South Los Angeles after a fight in a seventh grade English class involving a knife and a gun, authorities said Thursday. »
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The Credits: "Balls of Fury"
Silver Screen and Roll
Feb 05The Lakers flew to Utah from Denver on Friday night (actually Saturday morning), but it wasn't the experience they were hoping for. Their flight was delayed while the plane was de-iced following a massive snowstorm in the mile high city, and this meant... »
The lady gangsta fantasy of M.I.A.'s video for 'Bad Girls'
LATimes.com Pop and Hiss
Feb 03Today M.I.A., aka Maya Arulpragasam, debuted her video for new single “Bad Girls,” working again with “Born Free” co-conspirator Romain Gavras. Filmed in Ouarzazate, Morocco, the country’s film capital also seen in “Lawrence of Arabia,” “The Last Tempt... »
Welcome to Streetsblog: Kris, Sahra and Carlos
Streetsblog Los Angeles
Feb 01Today is the day Los Angeles Streetsblog has been waiting for since our first launch in March of 2008. Today, we’re expanding. Everyone give a warm welcome to our two newest writers, Kris Fortin and Sahra Sulaiman. Kris Fortin, photo:Rafael Cardenas ... »
CurbedWire: Big Brentwood Pit, West LA Pavilions Delay, CicLAvia Route Unveiled
Curbed LA
Feb 01BRENTWOOD: It was only a month and a half ago that the bw, the shrunken Wilshire/Barrington mixed-use project, broke ground and, damn, it's moving fast. Locals should be wary of falling in the giant pit and avoiding the earthmovers... »
Date of Ice Cube's 'Good Day' Called into Question
LAist
Jan 31Last week, blogger Donovan Strain put forth a theory that rocked the internet: he claimed to have figured out the date referenced in Ice Cube's 1993 hit, "It Was A Good Day." Strain's theory was the result of an exhaustive search that included looking ... »
