Adrienne Crew

Meet Chevon Hicks, graphic designer, animator, DJ and the mastermind behind the notoriously naughty online game promoting New Line's latest film, Running Scared. Chevon is the owner and creative director of Heavenspot Graphic Design, which also created the animated Land of Burgers sequence in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, as well as the game featured on the film's website. Chevon and his team are currently working on a website and 3D game for...

What did you wear to your first prom? We bet you still remember. Unfortunately, teen girls in foster care can't always afford prom dresses and may opt not to participate in such a special night. In 2001 Child Advocates Office in Los Angeles County, a nonprofit advocacy group that helps foster children, started the Glamour Gown Project in order to help. Each spring, the Project collects and distributes new or gently used formal attire...

Mark Vallen has been making art in Los Angeles for more than 30 years. A native Angeleno, Mark has integrated the city's residents and landmarks into his work since his teens, when he worked on seminal LA punk publication Slash Magazine and captured the early punk scene in a series of sketches, drawings, and paintings. Mark continues the DIY spirit by supporting LA's contemporary art scene, advocating for change against the status quo and sharing...

As Valentine's Day approaches, what better way to acknowledge the holiday than highlighting the work of an Angeleno like homeless advocate, Joel John Roberts, who embodies the tenent "love thy neighbor"? Joel has lead the homeless advocacy organization PATH (People Assisting The Homeless) for ten years and maintains the LA Homeless Blog, which includes links to articles about the homeless in Los Angeles and comments about current events such as the fate of the Los...

Theresa Duncan is a writer and filmmaker who lives in Venice Beach. She is also adept at communicating her vision in any media. A veteran game designer before the age of 30, Theresa has authored several popular multimedia games for girls, including the cult classic video game "Chop Suey." In 1998, she made her first film, called The History of Glamor, an animated musical satire tweaking the pretentions of the worlds of fashion, art, celebrity...

It's hard to believe that Jordan Mechner is only in his 40s. He's accomplished an awful lot in a short period of time. Hailed as a visionary game designer, Jordan is an icon in the video game industry. His first game, "Karateka," was an immediate success. Using innovative character animation techniques, Jordan's next game, "The Prince of Persia," redefined the look and feel of video games for years to come. Currently adapting the screen...

In 1999, Los Angeles writer Janet Fitch's first novel White Oleander became a national bestseller, aided in part by its selection as a title read by Oprah Winfrey's influential book club. Deemed an "overnight success" at the age of 43, Janet obtained fame and recognition after spending more than 20 years quietly honing her craft as a writer. White Oleander showed readers unique and underexposed aspects of life in the county of Los Angeles...

Most people are familiar with the work of LA performance artist Paul Zaloom through his role as the host of the popular children's science show "Beakman's World" in the '90s, but he's also a widely admired puppeteer/artist and imaginative satirist. His work incorporates techniques such as overhead projection, government document exposé, "picture performance", and hand, rod, shadow, found object, and dummy puppets. On Wednesday, January 18, 2005, Paul's latest project, "The Mother of All...

Commuters on the PCH near Santa Monica have been privileged to witness the gradual assembly of Gregory Colbert's Nomadic Museum, near the Santa Monica Pier. The temporary museum is composed of 148 empty containers that are stacked in a self-supporting grid. Avant-garde Japanese architect Shigeru Ban designed the 45,000-square-foot space specifically to house Gregory Colbert's travelling photography exhibit, Ashes and Snow. A tentlike fabric fills in the gaps between the containers and serves as...

Eric Lynxwiler is the Indiana Jones of Los Angeles. He braves hostile bureaucrats, crumbling building sites and dangerous junkyards to ferret out Los Angeles's lost treasures. Characterizing himself as an "urban anthropologist," Eric shares his knowledge of the city's past with those lucky enough to get a seat on one of his Museum of Neon Art's Neon Cruises, a nighttime open-air bus tour of LA neon signs. Eric's latest research project is the book,...