Culver City is trying to figure out what would be the best way to help people get the three long blocks from the Culver City Expo Line Station to downtown Culver City--or as they say it, they're "exploring various grant options for the funding of multimodal transportation options."

If you have an opinion about what would be best,…

On Saturday, October 25, 2014, the Mayme Clayton Library and Museum will be collecting donations to its Goodwill Donation Drive Fundraiser.

Come and drop off gently used apparel, household items, books, DVDs, electronics (working or not) at the Goodwill Collection Truck parked in the parking lot of the Mayme Clayton Library and Museum from 9 AM to 1 PM.  

Mayme Clayton Library and Museum receives money for the goods collected at the Goodwill Drive.

Mayme…

LA Eater is reporting that Culver City's own Muddy Leek restaurant has closed.  The "farm-to-table" restaurant in city's Art District that Jonathan…

Aljean Harmetz, author of The Making of the Wizard Oz, will discuss her book about the classic movie (made in Culver City, of course) at the next general meeting of the Culver City Historical Society on October 15th at 7:30 pm in the Culver CIty Teen Center. The Wizard of Oz is marking its 75th anniversary this year. The public is welcome to join the members…

In June, Ford's Filling Station in downtown Culver City abruptly closed up shop. Now the Los Angeles Times has some great news: Akasha Richmond, the mastermind behind one of my very favorite Culver City restaurants (uh...Akasha) has signed a…

IndieCade is huge -- and fun  -- independent video games festival, held in downtown Culver City each October. The "industry" side of the event includes a professional conference track and business networking opportunities, but the stuff that's the most fun for the public is the chance to play more than 150 new independently developed video games. Although they're…

There is really an incredible amount of construction around Culver City right now -- both the erecting of new structures and the renovation of old ones. The landscape...she is changing, changing....

Some examples:

Eric Owen Moss's rather Jaw-dropping new office structure - "the pterodactyl" on Hayden Avenue (more on this one later)…

The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) will be performing a free concert featuring Matt Barbier, Sarah Petersen and "Southern California Sonic Ecology" at the top of the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook in Culver City this Sunday, October 5, from 4-7 pm.

The concert is described as "an exciting aural re-­imagining of one of the most…

On September 10^th, Culiver City-based AssetAvenue celebrated their launch party at Edge Grip Studio at 1388 S. Longwood Avenue. AssetAvenue is a leading online peer-to-peer lending platform providing individuals with fixed income investments in loans secured by commercial real estate,…

Venice-based artist Patrick Marston has been commissioned to paint a mural at the corner of Washington Place and McLaughlin Ave. He has already begun sketching the piece on the wall, and he says the whole process will take about three weeks. The subject will be a couple of luminous fish -- something of a speciality for the artist.

If you go to Marston's…

The Argonaut newspaper just published its Best of the Westside 2014 issue, and Culver City held its own. Here’s a survey of the categories Culver City placed in:

Best Cheap Eats & Best Tacos

1^st Place: Tito’s Tacos at 11222 Washington Pl.

Best Gastropub

2nd Place: Waterloo & City at 12517 W.…

Culver City's Roll 'n Rye Deli closed this month after more than 50 years in business. Many will miss the restaurant's always-dependable matzo soup or pastrami burger. But now you have an opportunity to keep a bit of the restaurant in your life. The restaurant is liquidating its equipment and fixtures at…

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 moon is?

As two Culver CIty Times members --…

Celebrate National Rice Month with Chef Kaumudi from Un-Curry Restaurant, who will give a demonstration of delicious rice recipes at the Culver City Julian Dixon Library this Saturday, September 27 from 3 pm to 4 pm. There will be samples of rice dishes and recipes to take home. The event is free and open to the public. 

If Un-Curry's Yelp reviews are any indication,…

The latest Thrillist.com survey focuses on LA's best ramen -- and begins with Culver City's own Ramen Yamadaya. Here's what the site has to say about the restaurant:

To make the intensely rich soup at this place, they boil pork bones for TWENTY hours, and once your bowl arrives, you can ask for a press to smash fresh garlic…

Fans Have the Opportunity to Meet and Take Photos with LA Feline Film Festival Host

Interviews, Photos, and Video Footage Opportunities Available

WHEN: Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.

WHAT: Lil Bub will have LA-based fans purring as she makes a special appearance the day before the LA Feline Film Festival at Adopt & Shop…

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 moon 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…

The Culver City Historical Society presents its Car Rally & Scavenger Hunt fundraiser on Sunday, September 21st, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Participants will start at the Society’s Archives and Resource Center in back of the Veterans Memorial Building at 4117 Overland Ave, where they will check in and receive their first set of directions. From there, they will…

The Ballona Creek Cleanup is the City of Culver City's contribution to Coastal Cleanup Day -- this Saturday, September 20, 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:

• Syd Kronenthal Park at Washington Blvd. and McManus Ave. (at the bike path…

Long term Culver City resident, Carole Yu has opened a new leather goods store in Santa Monica.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

m0851 Concept Store Now Open in Santa Monica 

Santa Monica, September 15, 2014- There is a new exclusive m0851 concept store at 1426 Montana Avenue, Unit 2, in Santa Monica.

Established in 1987, m0851 is a Montreal-based company…