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July 23, 2007

As Guest Day Editor, Siel, a.k.a Green LA Girl, will be joining LAist with a few posts throughout today. Read her interview here and check out her site. Junk mail's one of those things that annoys people on a daily basis -- but seems unpreventable all the same. Those supermarket flyers fill up our mailboxes week after week, and for most, the unwanted mail seems like an uncontrollable influx -- What's worse -- I know......

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July 2, 2007

Under the moniker, Sacred Fools, Hanson played a secret show at the Hotel Café on Friday to promote their upcoming record, The Walk (July 24 / 3CG). More than a handsome-band gimmick and no longer the teeny mmmboppers of the late 90's, the brothers H have grown into confident and relaxed professionals, blessedly talented musicians, and gifted vocalists with three-part harmonies that borderline on supernatural. Zac, in dark tight Levis, Taylor with a flowing,......

Continue Reading "I've Never Been To Heaven, But I've Been To Oklahoma: Hanson @ The Hotel Cafe - June 29, 2007"

April 19, 2007

Former Senator Bill Bradley is currently on a book tour promoting his book, The New American Story, and LAist had the opportunity to hear him speak at UCLA through the School of Public Affairs on Friday before his appearance on HBO's The Bill Maher Show. About 35 students, political activists and fans came to hear Bradley speak. An esteemed resume, Bradley is a former senator and presidential candidate, basketball champion, Rhodes Scholar and Olympian.......

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March 20, 2006

MONDAY: Never The Girl Next Door Gretchen Mol plays Bettie Page in the upcoming movie, The Notorious Bettie Page that opens April 14. Join Mol and director Mary Harron at Reel Talk with Stephen Farber at the Wadsworth Theatre in Brentwood. Tuesday: Decruited “We [in show business] are experts in the field of rejection.” It began in L.A. when Annabelle Gurwitch collected stories from comedian friends to produce an event called Fired. Now, it’s......

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September 2, 2004

California Peace Action is an organization that honors legislators for leadership on human rights and foreign policy. This Friday, September 3rd, at 7:00 P.M in Monterey Park, the Southern California branch of the organization will honor Representatives Hilda Solis and Henry Waxman with the 2nd Annual Democracy in Action Award for their leadership in Congress and their support for Peace Action's Campaign for a New American Foreign Policy. State Senator Gloria Romero will introduce......

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