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While in Culver City Obama Professes His Love for Spiderman

According to DailyIndia.com, President Obama briefly geeked out about his love for Spiderman during his recent trip to Sony Studios:

At the three fundraisers at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City and Tavern restaurant in Brentwood, the President appeared most star struck not at the sight of Steven Spielberg or George Clooney but by the fact that he spoke…

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Added by Scupine on April 26, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Murals of Culver City

The newest mural in Culver City is also one of the most jaw-dropping.  In conjunction with his solo show at the Corey Helford Gallery, British street artist D*Face painted this piece across the entire side of the gallery building during the first week in April. 

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Added by Scupine on April 25, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Laurel and Hardy Walk the Streets of Culver City





Reminding us that all movies are, on some level, documentaries, this video does an great job of identifying the locations around Main Street in downtown Culver City where Laurel and Hardy did their thing. Their "thing" being, in this case, involving things like inexpertly stealing a bicycle and being persistently pursued by a goat. That's a clip from…

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Added by Scupine on April 21, 2011 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Screenwriter gives LA Times shout-out to Museum of Jurassic Technology

 

In a recent profile in the Los Angeles Times, screenwriter Max Winkler -- son of the Fonz himself -- said he wrote most of the script to his new movie "Ceremony" while sitting in the tea room at the Museum of Jurassic Technology. One can only hope that some of that museum's weird vibe made its way into the finished product.

Read the whole story…

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Added by Scupine on April 20, 2011 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Art and Wine Walk on April 20

Gallery 9 on Washington Blvd. is hosting an evening of art and wine this Wednesday, the 21st, between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Participating galleries include Cardwell Jimmerson,…

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Added by Scupine on April 20, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

President Obama To Speak in Culver City on April 21

 

The good news is that if you want to see President Barack Obama in person, you'll be able to do so right here in Culver City on April 21.

The bad news is that it's a re-election fundraiser at Sony Pictures Studio, so I'll cost you. Tickets for the event are $250 for general admission and $2,500 for VIP seating.

Go to President Obama's re-election…

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Added by Scupine on April 18, 2011 at 6:02pm — No Comments

2016 Culver City Car Show is This Saturday, May 7

The Annual Cruisin' Back to the 50's Culver City Car Show is this Saturday, May 7th, from 9 am to 3 pm. As in the last eleven years, downtown Culver City will be shut down to display hundreds of classic cars and hot rods from all across California. The event is always a huge success - attracting car enthusiasts from across the city and beyond -…

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Added by Scupine on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Citizine Profiles Culver City's Arts District

Citizine just published a really nice guide to the Culver City Arts District written by Bill Burman. The guide highlights district highlight such as Cognoscenti Coffee, Father's Office & Lukshon, Pinches (!), and cool furniture store Room & Board.

Here's…

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Added by Scupine on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Local Artist Patrick Marston Painting Another Mural in Culver City -- This one on Apex Aquarium

Culver City's beloved Apex Aquarium (at the corner of Sepulveda and Lindblade) is getting an amazing makeover -- thanks to Venice-based Patrick Marston.

As some of you might remember, Marston also painted the luminous fish mural at the corner of Washington Place and McLaughlin Ave last October.

Patrick will be working on the mural -- which will…

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Added by Scupine on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Rock Musical Based on Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" Opens at the Kirk Douglas in Culver City

Ok, this one is kind of crazy in a great way. If you're of a certain age (mine), you may well have fallen in love with a largely unheralded 1991 album by Matthew Sweet. The album is full of classic pop melodies (AllMusic cites "the Beatles, Big Star, Byrds, R.E.M., and Neil Young," and, uh, yeah) as well as soaring guitar leads from Sweet himself as well as guitar gods Robert…

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Marina Del Rey Fisherman's Village to Headed Toward a Makeover

As someone who remembers what Fisherman's Village in Marina Del Rey looked like 40 years ago (pretty much exactly the way it does now, folks), I think its redevelopment is a mixed blessing. I can't really tell whether its current shabbiness is charming or depressing -- do I have to choose?

As the latest renderings from Studio One Eleven (a division of P+R…

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Added by Scupine on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Sound Off About Mansionization and Fiber Optic Internet Service at Tonight's Culver City Council Meeting

The Culver City Council invites your input on two issues at tonight’s council meeting: the increasing development of large single-family homes in the city (“mansionization”) and a proposed municipal fiber network project. The meeting is tonight, June 8, at 7:00 pm in the Council Chambers of Culver City Hall, 9770 Culver Blvd.

Mansionization

The…

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Added by Scupine on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Four Culver City Establishments Make Thrillist's List of the 24 Best Dive Bars in Los Angeles

Just go ahead and dub Culver City the Dive Bar Capital of the City. Evidence? When Thrillist assembled its look at the finest dive bars in Los Angeles, a full 16 percent of the bars were located in our fair burg. 

Scarlet Lady was called "The best dive for free…

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Added by Scupine on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Kevin Lachoff Installed as 2015 Culver City Chamber of Commerce Chair

Congratulations go out to Kevin Lachoff, who was installed as Culver City Chamber of Commerce Chair for the 2015 year at a ceremony last Thursday, January 5. Lachoff is a commercial real estate leasing and sales agent at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and had previously served as Chair-Elect of the Chamber for 2014 and on Culver City's Planning Commission. Kevin, a father of two,…

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Added by Scupine on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

CYRCLE Create Five New Murals on Jefferson Blvd. in Culver City

Over the last couple of weeks, the art collective CYRCLE painted five new murals on the walls of the creative offices at 10301 - 10395 Jefferson Blvd. in Culver City. Here's what the duo had to say about the pieces:

"The plan for the murals is to create a modern, contemporary reinterpretation of Neoclassical and Renaissance iconography, combined with the feel of…

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