According to Los Angeles Business Journal, Maker Studio, the Culver City-based online video network, has attracted Erin McPherson from Yahoo, where she served as head of programming and originals. Overseeing Yahoo's expansion into video, McPherson served as co-producer on…

It was previously estimated that the state would complete its Environmental Impact Report for the restoration of Ballona Wetlands (including the visitors center proposed by the Annenberg Foundation) by this fall. Now, the latest estimate is that the report will not be completed until the spring of 2014. After the release of this report, there will be a window for public…

Los Angeles, CA – Angel City Derby brings the 2013 season to a close by challenging two neighboring…

Every other Thursday, 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 these cogs are? 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 not! So more people can play, I'll hold all…

The premiere exhibition at the new Stone Canyon Gallery -- the newest addition to the bustling Culver Crossroads shopping center at the corner of Washington Blvd. and Sepulveda Blvd. -- features of images from the Carnivale in Venice by Stephen Verona titled "Carnivale Candy."The show features framed photographs, photos on canvas and life size cut outs of…

Curbed LA hips us to the latest renderings of a new 7-story office building soon to be erected at the corner of Hannum Ave. and Uplander Way in the Fox Hills area of Culver CIty. Yep, those are colorful exterior staircases.

As Curbed LA says,…

The Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra with Soprano Emma-Grace Dunbar will perform "An Afternoon at the Opera" this Sunday at 3:00 pm at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Culver City. The performance, which costs $15 or $10 for students and seniors will consist of the following program:

Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the…

We've been talking about it for a while, but the time has now officially come: the Branded Arts Building is coming down. If you want to take one last look at the murals that have long served as the vibrant gateway to Culver City for Expo Line riders, you better get out there quick. The Branded Arts Building is located at the corner of Washington Blvd. and National…

Mi Ranchito Mexican Restaurant in West Culver City has closed, and Fin -- an Asian fusion restaurant -- has very quickly taken its place. Despite the fact that Mi Ranchito's (charmingly crude) mural still adorns the west face of the building, the restaurant's (formerly charmingly cluttered) interior has been transformed.…

Every other Friday, 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 star-catcher is?

Three Culver City Times members --…

The Black Suits -- the new garage-band musical at the Kirk Douglas Theatre co-written by Robert Emmett Maddock and composer Joe Iconis -- has received average reviews all around. 

In his review in the …

Did you know that more than 45% of CCUSD students receive free or reduced price lunches at their schools every day? For many students, this vital resource includes free breakfast. In some circumstances, healthy, reliable meals on the weekends are not a guarantee. As we all know, healthy meals are vital for student growth, development and learning. The absence of nutrition on the weekend creates challenges for our children, families and those who serve them in our schools.

The…

Donna Sternberg & Dancers will present its latest science-inspired work, Dark Energy, at the Veterans Memorial Building in Culver City this Sunday, November 10, at 3:00 pm. The site–specific performance will begin in the Rotunda Room of the Veteran's Building, where the company will talk about some of the properties of dark energy and demonstrate how it uses them…

After an election season that some have described as the most contentious in the city's history, Culver City last night elected two new school board members -- Steve Levin (with 22.3% of the votes) and Sue Robins (with 18.4% of the votes) -- and re-elected the board's current president, Kathy Paspalis (with 20.2% of the votes).

In recent article in…

According to Besha Rodell in LA Weekly's recent review of Bucato, the Culver City restaurant "turns out some of the most glorious pastas this city has ever seen, each bowl a small miracle....This pesto is revelatory in its vast difference from run-of-the-mill…

Every other Thursday, 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 star-catcher 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 not! So more people can play, I'll hold…

The Culver City Symphony's season opening concert will pay tribute to the 200th Anniversary of the births of Verdi and Wagner -- this Saturday, November 5, at 8:00 pm at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium. The evening will also offer a unique concert aria by Beethoven, and a Mozart symphony. 

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll…

Los Angeles-based artist Jim Shaw's first solo show at Blum & Poe in Culver City is dominated by an 18 by 40 foot work called Mississippi River Mural, described as "an old theater backdrop layered with a frieze of figures painted in illustrative comic style in battle-ready stances." 

The gallery goes on to describe the three-decade-spanning retrospective in…

The latest show at Kopeikin Gallery in Culver City offers serene images of industrial parks and other landscapes by photographer J. Bennett Fitts. As the New York Times noted back in 2006, the young California artist's work "owes something to Ed Ruscha and Bernd and Hilla Becher. Like them, Mr. Fitts has inventoried an unlovely feature of the modern environment in…

Over the last three months, Culver City's Economic Development staff has been meeting with various business owners along Sepulveda Boulevard between Culver Boulevard and Franklin Avenue regarding forming an independent business district.  The group has collectively decided to call themselves “Culver Village” to emphasize the variety of businesses in the area and will be…