Helms Bakery in Culver City is hosting its 3^rd annual Helms Bakery Sunset Cinema series beginning September 8 and continuing all September long. This year’s theme is "Celebrating the History of film in Culver City," with all of the movies selected from MGM’s catalog. 

The screenings all begin at 7:15pm. Come by…

Every other Friday, I'll post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.'

This time, the question is: Do you know where in Culver City this astronaut is? If you know, enter your response in the comments box of this post! I'll reveal the answer in two Fridays, when I post a new game.

Last time, I posted this structure:…

Stop by the Culver City Historical Society Archives this Saturday, August 4, between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm to view the archive's Summer Exhibit. The exhibit includes an Esther Williams bodysuit, a Fiesta costume and exhibit, and the Olympic-themed "LA 84." The LA84 exhibit is on loan from Pat Clapp, a local who served as a volunteer…

Legendary Latin jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval will give a free outdoor performance as part of the Summer Music Series in Marina del Rey's Burton W. Chace Park this Saturday, August 4 at 7:00 pm.

"Rockabilly, jumpin’ western swing, and hillbilly boogie" band Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys will wrap up the 2012 Boulevard Music Summer Festival in Culver City this Thursday, August 2. Check out the clip above from Late Night with Conan O'Brien: lots of fun retro sounds played by expert musicians.

Singer/guitarist Robert David Hall, who plays…

Development of the Culver City properties that were formerly owned by the city's Redevelopment Agency -- including Parcel B downtown (9300 Culver Blvd, above) and the Market Hall property at Washington and Centinela -- is on hold into the indeterminate future.

When all California redevelopment agencies were dissolved this February, the Culver City Council…

The Kirk Douglas Foundation has pledged additional funding to the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. The foundation announced this week that a total of $50 million would be split among four organizations, including St. Lawrence University (Douglas' alma mater), the Sinai Temple in Westwood, Harry's Haven Alzheimer's unit at the Motion Picture & Television Fund in…

Last thursday, Chowhound members nominated some of their favorite restaurants in Culver City. Dommy started the discussion in fine form with the following suggestions: 

* Jasmine Market: I love their SUPER cheap Veggie Special with fresh Naan

* Yamayada: Great ramen, I am addicted…

LA Eater is reporting that Café Vida -- a Pacific Palisades eatery that offers low fat, healthy California and Latin dishes -- is coming to downtown Culver City. According to the website, the restaurant will move in to the west of Saint Amour by…

A few years ago I quit my engineering job to set out on a journey of a lifetime. I wanted to broaden my knowledge of the world and find myself a bigger "fish tank." I was going to backpack around the world. Not just your typical Europe jaunt, but more adventurous destinations such as New Zealand, Cambodia, Thailand and India. What makes this story interesting is that I was going to do it all despite…

The Culver Plaza Theatre Building at Washington and Duquesne in downtown Culver City appears to be coming down.

Here's what it looked like earlier in the year, wrapped in Ed Massey's mural.

Here's how it looked after they stripped out Ed Massey's "Syncopation" this spring.…

The Westchester Babe Ruth (14-year old and under) baseball team defeated La Crescenta 7-5 earlier this week to win the Southern California State Baseball championship.  Westchester beat Torrance, El Segundo (twice), Heartwell and La Crescenta (twice) on their way to the state crown.    Behind stellar pitching and an explosive offense, Westchester outscored opponents 27-11 in…

Soul singer and songwriter Brenda Lee Eager will perform this Thursday night, July 26, at 7:00 pm, as part of the Culver City Music Festival. As a solo singer, she had two minor R&B chart hits, "Good Old Fashioned Lovin'" and "Watch My Body Talk." She worked as a backup singer for such…

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky announced on Thursday that the 405 Freeway will be closed for 53 hours beginning Friday, September 28, at 7 pm and ending on Monday, October 1, at 5 am. Like last July, this year's Carmageddon will close the 405 for 10 miles from the 10 to the 101, as workers demolish the north side of the Mulholland Bridge to widen the freeway and add a carpool lane.

Last year, of course, all…

Parcel B: in doubt?

Roger Vincent's profile of Culver City in today's Los Angeles Times paints a portrait of a town at a crossroads. Extensively quoting new Culver City councilman Jim Clarke and real…

Every other friday, I'll post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.'

This time, the question is: Do you know where in Culver CIty this structure is? If you know, enter your response in the comments box of this post! I'll reveal the answer in two Fridays, when I post a new game.

Last time, I posted these snowflakes:…

Starting this Saturday night, July 21, Luis De Jesus Gallery will present "The Crash of Ruin Fitfully Resounds," a group exhibition of painting and photography organized by Luis De Jesus and independent curator Carole Ann Klonarides. The show includes work by Nena Amsler, Jennifer Boysen, Kaucyila Brooke, Tony de los Reyes, Mara De Luca, Ken Gonzales-Day, Christian…

Let me introduce to you one of the treasures of the Los Angeles community, a Culver City kid and Hamilton High grad: Verbs.

This youngster has made quite an underground impact with his rhymes and his eclectic music tastes. I love his honest and often humorous takes on life in LA, taking public transportation, new found feelings of commitment and the challenges of growing up today, which he lays over smooth beats and sometimes a live band.

But I've…

French-born guitarist Stephane Wrembel will performs his beautiful, complex, and fiery gypsy jazz this Thursday night, July 19, at 7:00 pm, as part of Culver City Music Fest. This one, I'm looking forward to! If Wrembel looks familiar in this clips, it may be because he performed his original theme to the Woody Allen film "Midnight…

Each Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 for the rest of the month of July, the Culver City Public Theater is performing "A Servant to 2 Masters," a new adaptation of a play by Carlo Goldoni. Then during the first three weekends in August at 2:00 the troupe will perform an adaption of "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder.

Each 2:00 performance is preceded by a performance of the Children's Popcorn Theatre at 12:00 performing an adaptation of The Odyssey. The show pulls in a…