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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 ancient barber pole is? If you know, enter your response in the comments! I'll reveal the answer in two Fridays, when I post a new game.
Last time, I posted this picture of a woman at a…
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The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Culver Studios is about to be put up for sale. According to a recent article, the lot is expected to fetch as much as $150 million.
Founded in 1918 by silent movie pioneer Thomas Ince, the studio has been owned over the…
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The art collective known as CYRCLE. is responsible for the new mural at the BrandedArt building, one block west of National & Washington in Culver City. The BrandedArt building, which according to site curator Warren Brand is due for demolition within…
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To inaugurate its 30th Anniversary season, The Actors’ Gang has announced that acclaimed director Dominique Serrand will direct the Gang’s sizeable ensemble in Peter Barnes’ Olivier Award-winning comedy, Red Noses. Previews begin Thursday, September 29, with previews continuing Friday and Saturday Sept 30 and Oct 1, and Wednesday and Thursday Oct 5 and…
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Next week, you'll be able to get your first glimpse of what might lay in store for "Parcel B" -- that unused triangle of asphalt between the Culver Hotel and the Ince parking structure in downtown Culver City.
Four developers will present their design proposals for the space to the City Council and Culver City Redevelopment Agency Board over two nights, and the…
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I've written before about my love for lost pet signs. Hope this one -- offering $1,000 for an 11 lb. Malti-poo -- works. …
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"Voices from the Lake," is an exceptional exhibition of oil paintings by Korin Faught – at the Corey Helford Gallery at 8522 Washington Boulevard in the Art District of Culver City. The work will is only scheduled to show until September 24, so get down to see them quickly -- it's the gallery…
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As previously reported, giant wooden Space Invaders created by L.A.-based artist Jason Torchinsky will soon be…
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Gigantic wooden "Space Invaders" will be touching down in downtown Culver City this week or next. As I explained back in June, the sculptures were commissioned by the City of Culver City as a game-themed temporary art installation in conjunction with the 2011 …
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In anticipation of the arrival of the nine-story "Rainbow," which will soon tower about Sony Pictures Entertainment Studio in Culver City, here's a video of artist Tony Tasset at work installing another of his giant, iconic sculptures, "Eye."
In the video,…
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Every other friday at 6:00 pm, 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 this tattoo is? A small detail in a large panorama, this woman appears to be eschewing the pumpkins and opting instead for a taste of honey. We don't see her face. Only the tattoo on small of her back -- along with…
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Famed Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold just reviewed Culver City's new ramen restaurant, Yamadaya. Read the whole review in the LA Weekly here. Gold begins his review with the age-old question, "What could be more piggy than pork?" And…
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“Made in Culver City,” the Culver City Redevelopment Agency’s free film program, will bring “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” the the courtyard of Culver City Hall on Saturday, September 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Directed by Victor Fleming, who also helmed The Wizard of Oz and (to some extent) Gone With The Wind, this version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” stars…
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The Ballona Creek Cleanup is the City of Culver City's contribution to Coastal Cleanup Day -- this Saturday, September 17, from 9:00 a.m. till noon. To participate, just show up at one of these locations, where there are gates affording access to Ballona Creek:…
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ARTINFO.com recently featured a post highlighting recent acquisitions by Culver City's Wende Museum. According to the story's author, William Poundstone:
ContinueFounder Justinian…
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Laura Chardiet (above), Scott Zeidman, and Nancy Goldberg will participate in an forum for the candidates for the Culver City Unified School District School Board sponsored by the…
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Terry Riley, the composer of such seminal pieces of minimalism as "In C" and "Poppy Nogood" will perform at Blum & Poe Gallery in Culver CIty this Wednesday, September 14. Riley will perform with the Calder Quartet, a group based out of the based out of the Colburn School in downtown Los Angeles.
The bad news is the tickets are $100 apiece. The good news is…
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Musician Moby (real name Richard Melville Hall) will appear at the Kopeikin Gallery this Saturday, September 10th, from 6:00 to 8:00. He will be available to sign his new book of photography, featuring images taken while he was on tour this past summer in support of his latest album. Kopeikin Gallery's latest…
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