April 2011 Blog Posts (12)

Bike to the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase

On Saturday, April 30th, from 12:30 to 4pm, join your Culver City neighbors on a bike tour of some of the most beautiful and environmentally friendly gardens in Mar Vista.…

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Added by Scupine on April 28, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Spotlight on the Community Redevelopment Agency

According to City Manager John Nachbar in the April 21-27 Culver City Observer, the commercial buildings from 12469 to 12477 Washington Blvd. (including Gloria's Cake & Candy Supplies and the Pacific Eye Care) as well as the properties from 12453 to 12461 Washington Blvd. are scheduled to be renovated as a project of the Community Development Agency.

So . .…

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Added by Scupine on April 28, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

LA Times Festival of Books at USC This Weekend

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is coming to our neighborhood and we're all invited.

 

One of Southern California’s most cherished and engaging weekend celebrations kicks off its 16th storied year in a new home on USC’s University Park campus April 30 and May 1, 201.

 

Here are the…

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Added by Culver City Times on April 28, 2011 at 4:31pm — No Comments

Restaurants of Culver City: City Tavern

Two weeks ago "the Rush Street Guys" -- Brian McKeany and Ken Kaufman -- opened a new restaurant in downtown Culver City: City Tavern. It offers refined comfort food (according to their website) or artisanal foods (according to our waitress), which in this case means good burgers, a couple of fish…

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Added by Scupine on April 27, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

While in Culver City Obama Professes His Love for Spiderman

According to DailyIndia.com, President Obama briefly geeked out about his love for Spiderman during his recent trip to Sony Studios:

At the three fundraisers at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City and Tavern restaurant in Brentwood, the President appeared most star struck not at the sight of Steven Spielberg or George Clooney but by the fact that he spoke…

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Added by Scupine on April 26, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

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Are you passionate about something in Culver City? Contact us! Whether it's food, family, schools, government, business, social issues, exercise, fashion or business—if it's your thing, we'd like you to consider blogging for Patch. Anyone may apply.

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Added by Winter Johnson on April 26, 2011 at 1:18pm — No Comments

Murals of Culver City

The newest mural in Culver City is also one of the most jaw-dropping.  In conjunction with his solo show at the Corey Helford Gallery, British street artist D*Face painted this piece across the entire side of the gallery building during the first week in April. 

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Added by Scupine on April 25, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Laurel and Hardy Walk the Streets of Culver City





Reminding us that all movies are, on some level, documentaries, this video does an great job of identifying the locations around Main Street in downtown Culver City where Laurel and Hardy did their thing. Their "thing" being, in this case, involving things like inexpertly stealing a bicycle and being persistently pursued by a goat. That's a clip from…

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Added by Scupine on April 21, 2011 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Screenwriter gives LA Times shout-out to Museum of Jurassic Technology

 

In a recent profile in the Los Angeles Times, screenwriter Max Winkler -- son of the Fonz himself -- said he wrote most of the script to his new movie "Ceremony" while sitting in the tea room at the Museum of Jurassic Technology. One can only hope that some of that museum's weird vibe made its way into the finished product.

Read the whole story…

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Added by Scupine on April 20, 2011 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Art and Wine Walk on April 20

Gallery 9 on Washington Blvd. is hosting an evening of art and wine this Wednesday, the 21st, between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Participating galleries include Cardwell Jimmerson,…

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Added by Scupine on April 20, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

President Obama To Speak in Culver City on April 21

 

The good news is that if you want to see President Barack Obama in person, you'll be able to do so right here in Culver City on April 21.

The bad news is that it's a re-election fundraiser at Sony Pictures Studio, so I'll cost you. Tickets for the event are $250 for general admission and $2,500 for VIP seating.

Go to President Obama's re-election…

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Added by Scupine on April 18, 2011 at 6:02pm — No Comments

Hate the color, hate the name but I love Pinches Tacos on Washington

 



I spend a fair amount of time at the Helms Bakery whether it's the eclectic cool HD Buttercup furniture, the great French cafe La Dijonaise,…

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Added by Enhager on April 1, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments

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