In the LA Weekly,Steven Leigh Morris reviews the new play at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose, by Richard Montoya and his sketch comedy troupe, Culture…

Join Us this Saturday Night - March 24th, from 6-10pm!

In a collaboration with our neighborhood friends, Lot 27 and LA Coffee Club, Chalk is hosting a free event to showcase some local art, music, and coffee purveyors.



Come by this free event for some fresh, locally roasted coffee and mellow tunes. Stay for the good conversation and rad art. New works up by brazilian painter…

It's back! As previously reported, the owners of the property at 4436 Sepulveda Boulevard, at the southeast corner of Braddock Drive, are proposing the building of a 7-Eleven convenience store on the property. The Culver City Planning Commission invites your participation in a public hearing concerning whether it should be built. The hearing (rescheduled from February…

New York-based Russian artist Vitaly Komar will make a special appearance at the Wende Museum in Culver City on March 23 at 4 pm. Komar will comment extemporaneously on selected images from The Wende Museum's collection of more than 200 Perestroika-era hand painted poster artworks. Space is limited and reservations are required:…

Doggie Central, a cage-free, 24-hour dog day care in Culver City, has announced the grand opening of a new feature, Splash Central, this Saturday, March 24, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Splash Central is swimming pool for dogs, where dogs can swim with an experienced canine swim coach who is in the water at…

I found this beach bootcamp of 200 people in Santamonica beach!

Who do you know is interested in getting sexy and fit for summer?

I have free trial 1 month pass if interested! 

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On the LA Weekly blog, Barbara Hansen reviewed E.K. Valley, the new Oaxacan restaurant on Washington Boulevard in the Art District of Culver City. Explaining that the owner, Epy Garcia, and his wife, Tobias, are both from San Miguel del Valle, Oaxaca, Hansen says…

Yep, that's an Expo Line rail car (stopped) high above Jefferson Boulevard -- west of La Cienega, in Culver City. I took this picture at about 5:30 on Thursday. Metro officials have said that they have entered the final phase of testing along the Expo…

The students and faculty at West Los Angeles College are celebrating the opening of two new buildings right next to each other on campus:  a new four-story Classrooms building as well as a new Student Services Building.

The $19 million, 47,989 square foot Classrooms building provides modern “smart classrooms” which allow instructors to better integrate…

The City of Culver City and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association present a free string quartet performance featuring members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the Mike Balkman Council Chambers at Culver City City Hall, on Thursday, March 22, at 7pm. Entitled Music in the Chambers, the concert will feature a string quartet arranged by Los Angeles…

The City Council candidate adds endorsements from leading organizations to her impressive roster of supporters.

Meghan Sahli-Wells was recently honored with endorsements from the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters, 47th Assembly District Democratic Club, the Sierra Club, and Culver City Employees Association, and as well as the support of the…

Join Vox Femina this Sunday, March 18, at 3 pm, at the Culver City Presbyterian Church for a free choral music performance. The Culver City-based Vox Femina promises classical works and folk songs celebrating the traditions of England, Ireland and Scotland, including choral settings for some of Shakespeare sonnets as well as authentic Irish…

Definiens, a Los Angeles-based chamber music ensemble, will present a concert of chamber music from the 20^th and 21^st century on Tuesday, March 20th at 8pm at the Ivy Substation at 9070 Venice Blvd.  This program will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s piano trio Pale Yellow and Fiery Red, French composer Albert…

Leah Ollman, on the LA Times Culture Monster blog, saluted the seven painters featured in the latest show at the George Lawson Gallery in Culver City, saying, "it’s a quietly invigorating experience to look…

Attend the 7PM City Hall meeting about creating a new vision for Sepulveda Boulevard.

Build on the successes of Parcel B and create a Specific Use Plan for our neighborhood.

WHY SHOULD I ATTEND THE MEETING?

We don't have a Specific Use Plan on file in the City Municipal Code to govern the specific usage of the commercial properties on Sepulveda Boulevard from Farragut Drive up to Venice Boulevard. The City will hold site plan hearings…

The pastor of the Southern Baptist Church located on the corner of Braddock and Lafayette - just a block away from our bustling downtown is hosting a BBQ for all who would like to stop by.  The church was Culver City's original library.  A sister congregation from Lubbock, TX is helping with new landscaping and refurbishing the inside of this historic structure.  

Please come to visit at 5:00 for the BBQ and if so inclined stay for the 7:00 PM service.

Parent-Supported Services: Just Exactly Where Do the Candidates Stand?

A number of City Councilmembers and City Council candidates have signed the petition and/or have clearly stated their support for parent-funded services within our schools.  Indeed, Mayor Mehaul O'Leary, Councilmembers Jeff Cooper and Andrew Weissman, as well as city council candidate Scott Malsin are all in support.…

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 flag-topped architectural detail 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…

Culver City Times Founder and Managing Editor Justin Scupine (in other words, I) will be live on the air on KNX 1070 tomorrow, Friday, March 9, at 3:20 p.m.

KNX 1070 will be…

LA Racked is reporting that cosmetics giant Sephora will open a new, 3,623-square-foot location at the Westfield Culver City this Friday, March 9th. Until now, shoppers had to be satisfied with the limited-selection "store-within-a-store" Sephora inside…