The Expo Line opened to LaCienega Boulevard over the weekend, with much well-deserved fanfare and excitement. The Culver City station is expected to open over the summer, but in the meantime, there are 476 free parking spaces at the La Cienega Station, and the city…

Artist Victor Man's new show,"The White Shadow of His Talent" opens at Blum & Poe gallery in Culver City this Saturday, April 28. The opening reception is from 6 pm to 8 pm, and, as always, the event is free and open to the public.

According to the gallery's release: "With this new series of paintings and arrangements of images and…

There was an attempted break-in on the 4100 block of La-Salle Avenue this afternoon around 2 p.m.  Our neighbor arrived home to find her television outside of her house and when she attempted to go into her house, the robbers ran away from the home.  She informed us that she saw a couple of young black men, perhaps high school age or thereabouts running away from her house.  Another neighbor saw one of them casing outside the house, then using his cell phone to call his buddy to bring a…

Artist Yoskay Yamamoto has painted a new mural at the Branded Arts Building at National and Washington in Culver City. …

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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 bizarre building bulge 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 this stylish…

The Mar Vista Community Council invites you to participate in the FREE 4th Annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase on Saturday, April 21st, 2012 from 10 am to 4pm. See the gardens on the tour …

Riffing on his observation that architect Eric Owen Moss' 72-foot-tall Samitaur Tower in Culver City's Hayden Tract looks like a diving platform for Darth Vader, Twitter user @McwSimon shared this…

To prepare for his upcoming 2012 tour of North America and Europe that kicks off this week, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers rehearsed on a soundstage at The Culver Studios.

Unfortunately, several of Petty's guitars were stolen on April 12, at around 4:00 in the afternoon. The guitars included Petty’s 1967 12-string Rickenbacker and his Gibson SG TV Junior,…

Artist Hugo Crosthwaite's new show,"Tijuanerias" opens at Luis De Jesus gallery in Culver City this Saturday, April 14. The opening reception is from 6 pm to 8 pm, and, as always, the event is free and open to the public.

The Huffington Post reviewed the show earlier this month, saying the show "combines the mythical and real dangers of…

Somewhat lost in the hubbub around the new Culver City Council members was the news that Culver City voters voted 'Yes' on the city's sole ballot measure, an initiative to raise the city's transient occupancy tax from 12 percent (effective since 1989) to 14 percent. It wasn't even close: the measure was approved by more than 80 percent of voters. 

It just got a little…

Los Angeles street artist Buff Monster will celebrate the opening of his fifth solo show this Saturday, April 14, at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. The opening reception will run from 6 pm to 8 pm and -- as always -- is free and open to the public. April 14 is Buff Monster's birthday, so it reception promises to be especially fun. The show, entitled "Legend…

According to a Facebook update from the Culver City Rock & Mineral Club, which shares the Culver City Scout House at Veterans Park with the Boy Scouts of America, the building that both groups use for meetings will soon get a much-need renovation:

As you have probably heard, the CCRMC and The Boy Scouts have finally negotiated a lease from the city of…

The results of the Culver City Council election are in, and (barring any unforeseen circumstances) the new council members are: Andrew Weissman, Mehaul O'Leary, Jim Clarke and Meghan Sahli-Wells. Congratulations to all, and I look forward to a productive term.   …

Culver City is a less colorful city with the loss of two landmarks this year. Ed Massey's "Syncopation" (below) moved to Playa Vista, leaving behind the grey building above. …

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 stylish Culver City sign 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 this…

The Metro Expo Line will open to the public on SATURDAY, APRIL 28th from 7th/Metro Station to La Cienega/Jefferson Station.

 

Still there will be testing for the Culver City Station from Monday April 9 to Friday April 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trains will be running between the La Cienega Station (at La Cienega Blvd. and Jefferson Blvd.) and Culver City Station (at Venice Blvd. and Robertson Blvd.), according to METRO's Stacy S. Yamato.

 

REMEMBER: Expect train movement at…

Gallery 3209 -- a new art gallery at 3209 S. La Cienega Avenue -- will open this Saturday, the 7th, with a solo show by artist Michelle Jane Lee entitled "Love Notes." The opening reception is from 6 pm to 9 pm, and -- as always -- the event is free and open to the public. 

Note that this is 3209 La Cienega AVE., not Boulevard. That means that this is the first…

The colorful and funny street art that recently sprung up under the expo line overpass at National and Washington Boulevard in Culver City is by an artist who calls himself "Jersey Joe" Rime. I think maybe the piece, which is entitled SuperFreak, means: We all become beasts at the moment we sneeze.…