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Artist John Baldessari announced that he was resigning from the board of MOCA in protest of recent changes at the (up-until-recently) world-class museum. Like many others, Baldessari hasn't been happy with the museum's decision to fire its well-respected chief curator Paul Schimmel without bringing anyone on board to fill the spot.
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Need something to do tonight? L.A. has a lot to offer you. Smashburger opens its first L.A.-area location, Cinefamily will screen a film by the Duplass brothers, Book Soup will hold a signing with the author of an inspirational memoir, and the Hammer will host a comedic literary contest.
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A Redditor posted the video, explaining, "It's a bit late but here is DSLR footage I took of the SD fireworks at a park directly across the water from one of the barges. Behold as night becomes day."
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The polka-dotted pedestrian plaza in Silver Lake is getting its own summer film series called the "Silver Lake Picture Show." It kicks off tonight at sundown with the cartoon-noir "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
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Well folks, you know your relationship is over when you get back to your normal activities, and such is the case with no-doubt broken-hearted Tom Cruise. Now that his divorce from Katie Holmes has been finalized, the 50-year-old actor was spotted flying back to L.A. yesterday, then up to Mammoth to film his current project, "Oblivion."
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Charlie Sheen just debuted his new show, "Anger Management," but now it looks like certain TV folk are after him to do even more on the small screen: Nigel Lythgoe, "American Idol" producer, reportedly wants Sheen on board as a judge on the singing competition.
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Ever looked at the LA River and wished you could take to it on a kayak? Well, maybe it's not for everyone, but the LA Conservation Corps' kayaking trips on our much-maligned waterway are back this summer.
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LAist sat down with Marcus Hirn -- web developer and social media guru with over 17 years of experience in IT, both front and back end web development, networking, law, and marketing -- to discuss the decline of sites like Digg and Reddit and why he thinks his new social network, Thruzt, may be able to fill the resulting void.
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As we continue to run through the weeks of another great summer, stop to smell the comedy roses once in awhile. This week, Humphrey Ker brings back his fantastic WWII-inspired show to the UCB stage, a new monthly stand up show premieres downtown and Long Way Down comes back from the brink.
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Whatever form your Andy Warhol appreciation has taken over the years, you should know that L.A. has had the distinct privilege of being the city where the "prince of pop" (and pop art for that matter) made his West Coast debut exactly 50 years ago today.
