The Culver City Historical Society, with Samitaur Constructs, has organized a public art project at the iconic Samitaur Tower in the Hayden Tract area of Culver City from Sunset (around 8 pm) until 9:30.

Student artists from Savannah College of Art and Design and University of New Mexico…

The City of Culver City received notification from Metro last week that the city has been awarded a $453,600 grant to host Culver City CicLAvia in July 2015. 

During these CicLAvia events, whole streets are shut down to car traffic, encouraging bicyclists and pedestrians to explore the…

If you love the food at Akasha half as much as I do, you'll be interested in this video profiling the restaurant's owner Akasha Richmond -- who was a cooked healthy meals for Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, and Billy Bob Thornton before opening her own restaurant. …

Red Bread Bakery (on Washington Blvd almost as far west as CostCo) has closed its doors -- after being in it's current location for about a year. That's terrible news for fans of the bakery's dark, dense, bitter, and wonderful rye bread. According to the…

On April 22, 2014, the Culver City Cultural Affairs Commission considered an agenda item pertaining to the nomination of the Culver City Ice Arena for designation as a 'Culver City Cultural Resource.' After reviewing the material of record (which included a historic resource evaluation)…

Periodically, I post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.' Last week ago I asked: Do you know where in Culver City this colorful wall is?…

The Culver City Public Works Environmental Programs and Operations Division is offering a Beginning Home Composting Workshop this Saturday, July 26, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Complex, Garden Room.

The workshop will provide hands on instruction in…

The Summer Music Series in Marina del Rey's Burton W. Chace Park continues this Thursday, July 24, with a "symphonic celebration" featuring the Marina del Rey Summer Symphony playing "Violin Concerto" by Tchaikovsky, "Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev, and "Pictures at an Exhibition" by…

Mayor Eric Garcetti, in partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The California Endowment, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, have launched of the Los Angeles Summer of Learning program, a citywide initiative to keep youth engaged in learning this summer. 



Los Angeles youth age 3 - 24 can access 100 valuable learning opportunities online and in person at City parks and libraries, LAUSD schools,…

A new show by Hikari Shimoda, "Fantastic Planet, Goodbye Man," will open this Saturday, July 19, at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. The opening reception will run from 7 pm to 10 pm and -- as always -- is free and open to the public. 

Says the gallery about Shimoda's…

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 colorful wall is? If you know, enter your response in the comments box of this post.

If…

French chanteuse Jessica Fichot will perform at the the Culver City Boulevard Music Summer Festival this Thursday, July 17, at 7:00 pm. It's the second of six free concerts presented in the Culver City Hall Courtyard this summer. 

Here's…

Each Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 from this Saturday July 12 to August 17, the Culver City Public Theater will perform Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The play, one of Shakespeare's most effervescent comedies, centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in…

A group exhibition entitled Augment This (Meditations on the Image) will celebrate its opening this Saturday, July 12, from 4 to 6 om. The show, curated by Christopher Eamon, includes an international list of artists, including Jennifer Boysen, Gintaras Didziapetris, Gary Hill, Tobias…

LA.Racked points out that there's as real advantage to having the ultra-stylish shoe company Sole Society be headquartered in the Hayden Tract of Culver City --…

Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic will kick off the Culver City Boulevard Music Summer Festival this Thursday, July 10, at 7:00 pm. In the first of six free concerts presented in the Culver City Hall Courtyard, this Grammy-nominated artist will bring a mix of traditional Creole Music and…

Eight Los Angeles food experts have named Honey's Kettle in downtown Culver City the city's best fried chicken. The judges included Lesley Bargar-Sutur, the food editor of Los Angeles Magazine; Jason Kessler of FlyandDine.com; and Matthew Kang, the editor of EaterLA. 

Here's what Jason…

The Culver City Exchange Club’s 2014 fireworks show are being held at West Los Angeles College (at 9000 Overland Avenue) this July 4. 

Gates open at 4:00 pm and fireworks begin at dusk.

As in years past, guests are welcome to bring a picnic basket and a blanket. Because the main seating area will be artificial turf,…

Periodically, I post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.' Two weeks ago I asked: Do you know where in Culver City these 'dirty parts' are?…

The Summer Music Series in Marina del Rey's Burton W. Chace Park -- a must for all music lovers in Culver City -- begins on July 10 this year. On three Thursdays over the next month, the 75-member Marina del Rey Summer Symphony will set up right on the Marina-front, in Burton W. Chace…