Little less than a year ago, Haiti weighed heavily on many people's minds as the small nation on the island of Hispaniola that suffered a massive earthquake that devastated the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Read more...
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FOWLER MUSEUM
This oil on canvas painting, “Dessalines Ripping the White From the Flag,” by Madsen Mompremier is on display in the Haiti exhibition that opened on Sunday.
The band Cake has fascinated me since I first heard their song "Never There" a few years ago, mostly because the '90s band from Sacramento is pretty much unlike anything I've ever heard. Read more...
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COLUMBIA RECORDS
For those who don't like coffee or tea, there's always been a simple, classic hot beverage to fall back on: hot chocolate. Rumored to have been created by the Mayans more than 2,000 years ago, this delicious drink is the alternative to more caffeinated and potent choices. This week, I went on a quest, a journey to hot chocolate Mecca, to sample and rate the hot chocolate at all the nearby Westwood cafes. So the next time you're studying in Westwood and feel the urge for something chocolate, you know what to order. Read more...
Los Angeles-based designer and Study Footwear founder Chris Stamp would never have founded his own shoe company or even pursued the arts without the support of his parents. Read more...
This weekend, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards, in the midst of a long awards season dedicated to acknowledging those people almost anyone would recognize on the street over and over again. Read more...
At two and a half hours and with a pretty harrowing storyline, "Biutiful" is no walk in the park. Read more...
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ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
Back in the early 1970s, Billboard Magazine called Fred Walecki, owner of Westwood Music, asking him if he wanted to buy a one-page advertisement thanking the Beach Boys for all the business they had given his guitar and amplifier store. Read more...
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Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements will be the first musical group to play at the new performance space in Fred Walecki’s Westwood Music store.
Courtesy of TRACY NEWMAN
