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Will Sergeant - From the Rock Stage to the Gallery

Gregory Linton | Posted 05.18.2012

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Some artists never stop creating. Will Sergeant has spent 30 years as the lead guitarist for Echo and the Bunnymen, and now he is coming to Los Angeles for his first U.S. art show.

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Harry Gesner: Architect, Inventor, Surfer & Casanova

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.23.2012

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In the world of architects, Malibu's Harry Gesner is a legend -- a debonair longboard surfer who, at 86 years old, still paddles on his knees to just ...

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WATCH: Our Very Own Highway Angel

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.26.2012

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Driving in LA can bring out the worst in us, and sometimes Angelenos on the road can seem anything but angelic. But there's at least one exception ...

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Africa to Kony 2012: Stop Treating Us Like Victims

James Marshall Crotty | Posted 05.23.2012

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Africans want capital investment, access to global markets, and to be treated as self-sufficient players, not victims in need of continual rescue by their former colonizers. That is the respectful, tough-love attitude that will raise all boats on the African continent.

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SWEET AND FREE: A Weekend Of Fun Stuff!

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.22.2012

FRIDAY The "Other" Hollywood What: The 2nd LA Film & Music Weekend presents a plethora of film and music that you won't get anywhere else. A couple ...

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"We Grow Fastest When We Grow Greenest" ~ LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Carl Pope | Posted 05.20.2012

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Cities, the lesson is, can lead -- and sometimes there leadership can even help fix our broken capital -- Washington, Dysfunction City.

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Your Weekend Agenda: Seinfeld Fans, Rejoice!

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.15.2012

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FRIDAY Downward Dining What: "Because you needn't dog, nor dine, alone." This one-hour yoga classed will be followed by a vegetarian meal by Clean P...

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Villaraigosa Faces Racism: 'Go Back To Mexico'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.14.2012

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A man told Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to "Go back to Mexico" as the mayor was leaving the state capitol recently. Dan Morain of the Sac...

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Weekend Guide: An Audrey Hepburn Double-Header

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.08.2012

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FRIDAY ArtNight Pasadena What: Most people don't realize just how many museums and art centers call Pasadena their home. It's more than you can fit ...

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Oscars 2012 Stage Brings Back Old Hollywood Glamour (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 04.28.2012

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Last night The 84th Academy Awards once again brought sparkle to Los Angeles as the 2012 Oscars celebrated talent across the film industry. The Koda...

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PHOTOS: 'Only In LA' Funniest Tweets

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.10.2012

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What is so dang "LA" that you would only see it here? A Saturday night Botox party? Acupuncture for cats? Angelenos have been blasting the Twitters...

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I Will Be Forever Grateful

Karen Jordan | Posted 04.16.2012

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There was one student who sat pensively most of the morning, but his question ended up riveting me the most. It still haunts me to this day: "Do you think it is possible to be a success in life if you don't come from a successful family?"

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Hitting Hollywood For Awards Season

Jetsetter.com | Posted 04.16.2012

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No Oscar invite? No worries.

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Romantic Getaways, Not Diamonds, Are A Girl's Best Friend

Natalie Pace | Posted 04.14.2012

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For the past decade, I've been conducting surveys to determine what women really want for Valentine's Day, and over that 10-year period, one trend stands true.

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One Woman's Fight For Social Justice

Constance L. Rice | Posted 04.02.2012

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In twenty years as a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles, I've had my share of shattering midnight calls from police and gang intervention workers, clients and social workers. But few calls rattled my world like the one that came on a quiet Jacaranda June morning in 2008.

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Pacific Standard Time At LACMA: The Untold Story

Harris Silver | Posted 01.22.2012

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Pacific Standard Time is a sprawling cultural initiative with 68 major museum shows and 125 gallery exhibitions including California Design 1930-1965: 'Living in a Modern Way.'

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Shepard Fairey -- New Mural from the 'Leader' of Street Art

Gregory Linton | Posted 01.15.2012

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Shepard Fairey recently completed a new mural in L.A. on the same building that he used to illegally 'bomb' with his art. Now the building owner invited and hired Shepard to come paint the walls.

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I Don't Know Nothing.

Will Durst | Posted 01.21.2012

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We sure as heck do not have clue one about any of the big stuff. How old is the universe? You know, where we live. Smartest brains in the history of our civilization guess the universe started around 13 billion years ago, plus or minus 7 billion years. Nice margin of error there.

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Arthur Christmas Preview Reveals the Celebrities Who Are Hiding Under Aardman's Tree

Jim Hill | Posted 12.27.2011

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To make "Arthur Christmas" the must-see family film of the holiday season, Aardman Animations has a secret weapon. They've loaded up Santa's support staff with celebrities.

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Following the Evidence

Peter Mehlman | Posted 12.26.2011

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In LA, we think we know the sociology of the city so well that, through amateur detective work and blatant racial profiling, any mystery is solvable.

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"Nature's Revenge", LUDO in NY, Chicago, and LA

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 11.05.2011

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Parisian Street Artist LUDO brought "Nature's Revenge" to the US this month and his eye-popping surreal wheat-pasted creations are now on walls in New...

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Hey GQ I Guess Stereotypes Die Hard, Wicked Hard

Greg Selkoe | Posted 10.26.2011

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An Open Letter to GQ Dear GQ, Thank you for awarding Boston the distinction of worst dressed US city as part of your comedy issue this month. We her...

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Target's Latest Clothing Ad Plays Proper Homage to Downtown L.A.; Time Magazine Does Not (Video)

Style Section L.A. | Posted 10.05.2011

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According to a recent Time magazine article about the renaissance of downtown L.A., the reason why people go out in that part of town is because of L.A. Live. Uh, really?

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Jump!! LA: Art in the Streets

Caroline Giegerich | Posted 10.02.2011

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Jump!! is meant to re-invent art by expressing as much joy as possible in front of it.

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Los Angeles School District Redoing Its Homework Policy

Posted 09.20.2011

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A new policy that caps homework as a percentage of a student's overall grade has been suspended. Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent...

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