Describing a feeling of "shock, marvel, delight and confusion" that Culver City's Museum of Jurassic Technology  regularly engenders, New York Times reporter Edward Rothstein spends some lines of his January 9 article describing the museum's many marvels (or perhaps "marvels:):

"I had never been in a museum where the persistent question…

One of the strange perks of living in Culver City -- as opposed to, say, Des Moines -- is that celebrities sometimes show up at the city's Cultural Affairs Commission meetings. Last night, for example, actor Tim Robbins appeared at the city's annual Cultural Affairs Town Hall to speak on behalf of the Actors' Gang Theatre, of which he is Artistic Director. 

Robbins…

Culver City's 7th Annual Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday, January 15, will include a staged reading of the award-winning play "The Dreamers," written and directed by Christina Harley (above). The play follows a poor African-American family in the south and begins the day that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. 

The celebration --…

Japanese restaurant K-Zo topped Zagat's Top 5 List of Culver City restaurants, posted December 21, 2011

Number 1: K-Zo

At K-Zo, says the guide, "master chef Keizo orchestrates a divine experience of beautiful sushi and Japanese small plates with impeccable sauces."

Number 2:…

Improv for the People in Culver City is offering a free comedy improv class for first-timers. Classes are every monday night from 7:00 to 9:30, and the cost is normally $100 a month. 

Ray M. at Yelp recommends it:

This is such a great class to take…

Due to popular demand, The Actors' Gang Theatre in Culver City has extended its Atomic Holiday Free Fall show for two more days -- January 7 and 17 at 8 p.m. You can buy tickets on-line at here. Use the special discount code REPEAT to get tickets for only $20 (normall they're $35!). The Actors' Gang Theatre is…

Jam in the Van, which is described on this web site as "a mobile live music showcase" apparently had some transmission problems in West Culver City in December. The vehicle was gone a few days later, so hopefully Paul's Transmissions was able to get the Jam back on the road. 

I'm quite sure that's John Lennon…

("Head Above Heart" from Tim Bavington's show, opening this Saturday, January 7, at Mark Moore Gallery in Culver City)

Many of the galleries up and down Washington Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd. in the Culver City will celebrate new openings this Saturday, January 7, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  As always, these openings are free and…

Here's a short, fun video posted on Vimeo a couple of days ago, showing off one of Culver City's real treasures: the Culver City Skate Park.

Opened in October of 2007, the 1,300-square-foot skate park was designed through a series of community workshops, and local skateboarders got all of the features they asked for, including a Trog…

In the week between Christmas and New Years, street art duo Dabs Myla painted a new work on the BrandedArt Building on Washington Boulevard, just west of National. The work took four days to complete and was inspired by the couple's Christmas tradition of donating bags of essential supplies including fruit and toothpaste to the homeless in and around…

The California State Supreme Court has upheld the legality of ABx1-26 -- California Governor Jerry Brown's bill to abolish redevelopment agencies statewide. The move puts at risk many Culver City projects that are funded all or in part by the city's redevelopment agency.

Former Culver City Councilman Soctt Malsin attributed much of the city's revitalization over…

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 swirl of color 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 charming hand-painted…

A woman identified as "petite and stylish, in her 50s, wearing a skirt and a beret" walked into the Toys R Us in Culver City and paid for about 50 people's purchases. According to reports, the woman, who would identify herself by name, had one Amex card, and she encouraged people to back and forth between two lines swiping and signing

“People were excited and crying,"…

My favorite movies in 2011

Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011)

The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2011)

Attack the Block (Joe Cornish, 2011)

Le Quattro Volte (Michelangelo Frammartino, 2011)

Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzman, 2011)

50/50 (Jonathan Levine, 2011)

Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)

The…

1) Wayne White's show at Western Project in May

Wayne White -- who won three Emmys for his set and puppet design on Pee Wee's Playhouse and served as Art Director on Peter Gabriel's memorable video for "Big Time" -- brought his detailed and…

There's plenty to look forward to in Culver City in 2012. Here are three things I'm particularly excited to see.

1) Tony Tasset's 9-Story-Tall Rainbow

Tony Tasset's massive Rainbow  -- nine stories tall and spanning 188 feet -- is currently being fabricated off-site, and will be installed in early- to mid-2012 in…

1) Parcel B as an Empty Lot

Now that Combined Properties has been selected as the developer to create downtown Culver City's newest building, they'll likely be breaking ground some time in 2012. I'm hopeful that Culver City will be getting a great new building. But I must admit that I will be sorry to lose the big, open…

Last week, Glee stars Dot Marie Jones and Jayma Mays -- that's Coach Beiste and Emma to you and me -- were in Culver City to present Culver City Middle School a check for $10,000 as part of the “GLEE Give A Note” competition. Culver CIty Middle School was one of 60 second-place winners of a contest that challenged schools to submit videos  arguing for why they…

It's Christmas in Culver City, and the decorations are out. I can't decide whether I prefer the houses that are completely decked out or the ones with one sagging string. I took all of these pictures on the morning, afternoon, evening, and night of December 22, 2011.

Do you have a favorite, or is there one on your block that you love? Post a…

The Corsair, the newspaper of Santa Monica College, profiled alumnus Carlos Valverde, who teaches an inspirational class on "social justice and the idea of inequality" at Culver City High School.

In the article, SMC…