February 2012 Blog Posts (39)

Tour de Taste Offers a Bike Tour of Some of Culver City's Finest Restaurants

Join the Los Angeles County Bike Coalition as they explore Ballona Creek, Culver City, and beyond on two wheels and with thejr taste buds.

Riders will take off from Media Park (at the corner of Culver Boulevard & Venice Boulevard) in half-hour intervals, beginning at 10:00 AM on Sunday, March 4th, 2012. They will…

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Added by Scupine on February 29, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

CULVER CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNS IN MEMORY OF GARY EDMUND CARTER

Presentation to Culver City Council

Monday, February 27, 2012

by Charles and Susan Deen…

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Added by Culver City Great Parks Assn on February 28, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

Culver City Youth Health Clinic to Hold Fundraiser

The Culver City Youth Health Clinic, which provides free quality medical care, mental health services, and health education for the youth of Culver City is truly a special jewel of the city, and a fundraiser on March 10 is a great opportunity to support it.

For more information about the fundraiser, which will be a fun Mystery Night at the DoubleTree by Hilton…

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Added by Scupine on February 28, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

AVPA Theatre Prepares to Occupy Fleet Street

The Culver City High School Academy of Visual and Performing Arts is presenting one of its most ambitious productions with Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.  Directed by The Actors’ Gang member Jon Kellam, AVPA is bringing together a professional team of creative artists to teach and direct students in this large-scale…

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Added by Geoff Maleman on February 27, 2012 at 8:01pm — No Comments

Batch Restaurant in Culver City Welcomes Chef Dan Moody for Five Nights of Pop-Up Dining

The partners of newly opened Batch Restaurant and Bar in Culver City are collaborating with chef Dan Moody on a five-night pop-up restaurant on Tuesday, February 18, through Saturday, March 3rd. 

The idea of a Pop-Up restaurant is not a new one. LudoBites, for example, is a restaurant by Chef Ludo Lefebvre that since it opened in 2007, has no permanent…

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Added by Scupine on February 27, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Poet Wanda Coleman to Appear in Culver City as Part of West Los Angeles College Black History Month Events

In celebration of Black History Month, West Los Angeles College in Culver City is hosting a series of free events, including an evening dance, art, music and poetry at the campus' Fine Arts Theatre. This free event will feature performances and works from

Poet - Wanda Coleman: The poet’s latest collection – her 19th book -- is titled…

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Added by Scupine on February 27, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Where Am I in Culver City? Game 023

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 high-performance tire 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 glowing…

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Added by Scupine on February 24, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Culver City's Wende Museum Presents Poetry Reading

Culver City's own Wende Museum is presenting a reading of poetry created in response to artworks exhibited in the Deconstructing Perestroika exhibition at the Craft and Folk Art Museum at 5814 Wilshire Blvd. The event this Saturday, Febuary 25, from 7 pm to 9 pm is organized by Brendan Constantine, Los Angeles poet and author of…

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Added by Scupine on February 23, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

12 Galleries Celebrate Openings at the Culver City Art Crawl This Saturday

("Blissed Out" from Hadley Holliday's show, opening this Saturday, February 25, at Taylor De Cordoba in Culver City)

Many of the galleries up and down Washington Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd. in the Culver City will celebrate new openings this Saturday, February 25, from about 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  As always, these openings are free and open to the…

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Added by Scupine on February 23, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Delia Brown's "Felicity & Caprice" opens at Angles Gallery in Culver City

Los Angeles artist Delia Brown's new show, “All Manner Of Things” -- a narrative cycle of paintings based on the 1968 film, Les Biches, by Claude Chabrol -- opens at Angles Gallery in Culver City this Saturday, February 25th. The opening reception is from 6 pm to 8 pm, and, as always, the public is…

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Added by Scupine on February 23, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Watch Rachel Rosenthal's My Brazil -- Now Available as a Webcast

Last autumn, the City of Culver City's Speak Easy Program presented performance art icon Rachel Rosenthal's acclaimed My Brazil, and now the city has made the performance available for all to watch here as a webcast.

Rosenthal originally wrote the piece,…

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Added by Scupine on February 23, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

Documentary and Reality TV Conference Will Relocate to Culver City

Westdoc, the premiere West Coast documentary and reality conference, has announced that for the first time this year's three-day event will take place in Culver City this September. The opening night film screening, panels, keynote presentation, PitchFest competition and vendor area will be located at Pacific Theatres Culver Stadium 12, while the Culver…

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Added by Scupine on February 22, 2012 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

GARY EDMUND CARTER - BORN IN CULVER CITY, CA - APRIL 8, 1954 - INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AT COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 27, 2003

Information provided from reliable sources and is the copyright of

Major League Baseball and/or

National Baseball Hall of Fame …

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Added by Culver City Great Parks Assn on February 22, 2012 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Despite Concern, City Sells Centinela and Washington Property to Regency Centers LLC

Last Monday, the Culver City Council agreed to approve a commitment letter with Regency Centers Acquisition LLC / Red Barn for the sale of the city-owned property on the northeast and northwest corners of the Washington Boulevard and Centinela Avenue intersection for the development of a …

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Added by Scupine on February 20, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Dancing in the streets on Commonwealth Avenue

The residents of Commonwealth Avenue in the Clarkdale section of Culver City have reason for joyousness.  The Ficus Trees were trimmed on…

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Added by Evlynne Braithwaite Householder on February 18, 2012 at 9:23am — No Comments

AVPA Art Students Receive CCUSD Education Foundation Grant

The Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Visual Art students along with art students in Kristine Hatanaka’s drawing and painting classes have received a CCUSD Education Foundation Grant to help create artwork for orphans in Honduras through a program called, “The Memory Project”.  Established in 2004, The Memory Project is a unique initiative in which art students create portraits in any medium for children and teens around the…

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Added by Geoff Maleman on February 17, 2012 at 3:17pm — No Comments

Check Out Barbara Strasen's New Show at George Billis Gallery in Culver City

Barbara Strasen's new show, “All Manner Of Things,” opens at George Billis Gallery in Culver City this Saturday, February 18th. The opening reception is from 5 pm to 8 pm, and, as always, the public is welcome. 

This is the gallery's third solo show of new work by Barbara Strasen. The…

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Added by Scupine on February 17, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

George Lawson Gallery in Culver City Presents "Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like"

For its seventh exhibition in Culver City, the George Lawson Gallery is showing examples of the work of seven Los Angeles-based painters in their 30s, including recent graduates of UCLA, Otis, Calremont and Cal State Long Beach.

The artist's reception is this Saturday, February 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. 

The gallery will also offer a panel…

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Added by Scupine on February 16, 2012 at 6:30am — No Comments

See a Preview Performance of George Orwell's 1984 at the Actors' Gang for Only $10

The Actors’ Gang’s adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 begins a short four-week run on Saturday, February 25, but previews begin this friday, February 17, and preview tickets are available now for just $10 apiece. Just go here, select the night you would like to attend, and use the code…

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Added by Scupine on February 16, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

IndieCade, Taste of the Nation, & The Culver City Car Show: Should They Be Saved?

Culver City Car Show

At last Monday's meeting, the Culver City Councilmembers debated whether the city should continue to help fund three major Culver City cultural events: IndieCade, Taste of the Nation, and the Culver CIty Exchange Club's Car Show. In the past, the city's redevelopment agency has helped fund these events, but with the state's recent elimination of these agencies, Culver City must decide whether funding should continue.

City Manager John Nachbar recommended against…

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Added by Scupine on February 16, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

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