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Periodically, I post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.' Last week I asked: Do you know where in Culver City this sign is?

Naturally, the one person who positively identified the location of the sign -- the intersection of Halen Ct.,, Lenawee Ave. and Ivy Waywas in the Blair Hills section of Culver City -- was Doug Lemon, "Where Am I" superstar. 

There was also one commenter on the CulverCityTimes Faceobook page -- Bernadette Sheridan -- who…

To judge by the banners now on display at Culver Crossroads at the corner of Sepulveda Blvd. and Washington Blvd in Culver City, there's going to be a new barber in town. Great news for those who are currently waiting in line for upwards of an hour to get a cut at Floyd's on Venice (in Mar Vista). 

Not much info about Ziggy's since, as the banners indicate, the salon is an Aussie thing. The web site indicates the basic services enumerated below, but before you balk at the prices, note that these are Australian dollar rates. After doing the conversion, we're talking about $19.50 for a men's buzz cut and $75 for a ladies medium style cut. Or, of course, they may have a whole different list of services for their American customers. Stay tuned.

Men's Services:

Men's Buzz…

This Saturday, January 31, at 8:00 pm, the Culver City Symphony will perform works by Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Glazunov, Grieg and Britten at Veteran's Memorial Auditorium. The Glazunov concerto will be particularly unique -- a rare classical pairing of the saxophone with a string orchestra. The Culver City Symphony is conducted by Frank Fetta, and Mathew Ennis will serve as the solo saxophonist during the Glazunov piece. 

The program will include: 

Sibelius: Canzonetta, Opus 62a (1911) 

Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 10 (1823)

Adagio - Allegro - Più Presto

Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto, Opus 109 (1934)

Grieg: Holberg Suite (1884)

1. Praeludium 2. Sarabande 3. Gavotte 4.…

Over the course of the next couple of months, The Culver City Cultural Affairs Foundation will present a series of three 'architectureTALKS' -- a that will shine the spotlight on some of the internationally renowned architects based in Culver City. 

The first event is scheduled for this Sunday, January 25, and features award-winning architect Zoltan Pali, FAIA, founder and design principal of SPF:architects, whose firm offices are located on Washington Boulevard in the Culver City Arts District. Moderated by architectural writer Thomas Aujero Small, Pali will discuss his work in the creation of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. The recently completed and much-celebrated “Wallis” transformed the Spanish Mission Revival United States Post Office…

The Culver City Homelessness Committee is seeking volunteers for its 2015 Homelessness Count taking place the evening of January 28th.

Here's the scoop from Christopher Patrick King, who serves as Vice Chair of the committee:

Ideally, we would love to have volunteers to come as a “team” of 4 people (work group, volunteer clubs, religious groups, family/friends, etc). We’ll be disbursing volunteers on the night of the Count in groups of 4, so if you come as a team then you can go out with your own friends and colleagues. Individuals are welcome too! We would simply plug them in with other groups that do not have the full 4 members.

The schedule is as follows:

• 8:00pm—Arrive at the Culver City Senior Center (4095 Overland Ave, Culver City,…

by LaShon Rayford, Linwood Howe Parent & Executive Assistant – Human Resources CCUSD

Sailing requires the courage to Explore, Dream and Discover. The students of Linwood E. Howe Elementary School are doing just that! As the strong winds propel their ship to move forward, the Vikings are adjusting their sails, leaving the harbor and navigating toward a new destination … The Linwood E. Howe Sailing to Success College and Career Program.

“The program is designed to expose and encourage our K-5 families to a college-going culture,” said Dr. Kim Indelicato, Principal of Linwood E. Howe. “We are striving to ensure all students have equal access to the tools and resources needed to be successful.”

Students will learn as early as kindergarten that the expectation is to take…

Just as Polaroid pioneered instant photography over 75 years ago, Polaroid Fotobar is reinventing how consumers interact with our digital photos today. The fun, new experiential retail concept is opening three locations in the Los Angeles area. The first debuted just before the holidays at Westfield Culver City (6000 Sepulveda Blvd.). Customers will experience the instant gratification of printing their memories and bringing them to life to decorate their world.

The new store, located in Center Court near Pinkberry and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Pictured left to right…

Periodically, I post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.' -- asking Culver City Times members if they know where it is. 

Today the question is: Do you know where in Culver City this sign is? If you know, enter your response in the comments box of this post.

If your answer fails to appear in the comments section immediately, fear not! So more people can play, I'll hold all the responses until the following Thursday, when I'll reveal them.

Picture submissions for future games of "Where Am I" are welcome. Email them to:…

Congratulations go out to Kevin Lachoff, who was installed as Culver City Chamber of Commerce Chair for the 2015 year at a ceremony last Thursday, January 5. Lachoff is a commercial real estate leasing and sales agent at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and had previously served as Chair-Elect of the Chamber for 2014 and on Culver City's Planning Commission. Kevin, a father of two, is a Culver City Times member, occasional (but valued) contributor, and all around great neighbor (to me in a literal sense and to all Culver Citizens in a metaphoric way). 

Here are more details about the…

Over the last couple of weeks, the art collective CYRCLE painted five new murals on the walls of the creative offices at 10301 - 10395 Jefferson Blvd. in Culver City. Here's what the duo had to say about the pieces:

"The plan for the murals is to create a modern, contemporary reinterpretation of Neoclassical and Renaissance iconography, combined with the feel of traditional 18th century engraving techniques. The murals’ message is rooted in the concept of ascension and attempts to inspire viewers to rise above and look up in life.”

The murals really are an embarrassment of riches.…