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Off-Ramp

Off-Ramp for December 2, 2006

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It isn't easy being Green; Cello Fellow; Crime Buster; How Great Art Thou; Road to Hollywood; Blade II; Wining and Dining; Bozo The Bling-Bling Clown; Call Sheet; Reporter's Roundtable; WEB EXTRA: A Year-Round Winter Wonderland
It isn't easy being Green; Cello Fellow; Crime Buster; How Great Art Thou; Road to Hollywood; Blade II; Wining and Dining; Bozo The Bling-Bling Clown; Call Sheet; Reporter's Roundtable; WEB EXTRA: A Year-Round Winter Wonderland

It isn't easy being Green; Cello Fellow; Crime Buster; How Great Art Thou; Road to Hollywood; Blade II; Wining and Dining; Bozo The Bling-Bling Clown; Call Sheet; Reporter's Roundtable; WEB EXTRA: A Year-Round Winter Wonderland

Cello Fellow

Off-Ramp for December 2, 2006

If you live in Los Angeles, you might have seen the L.A. Philharmonic's banners around town. They read: 106 strong.

Cellist Ben Hong is one of those members and what's more, he races motorbikes. Queena Kim met Hong at Disney Hall.

The List

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Writer Jesse Katz talks to John Rabe about the lesser-known names from Los Angeles Magazine's list of the city's most influential people.

Crime Buster

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Off-Ramp commentator Mimi Pond and her Barney Fife moment.

Crime Buster: The Chase

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Mimi Pond tells us how she - and a rainbow coalition of amateur crime stoppers - chased down a mugger.

Crime Buster: The Finale

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Mimi Pond fingers the perp.

How Great Art Thou

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John Rabe interviews sculptor and recycler Joel Morrison, another artist at the 2006 California Biennial.

Road to Hollywood

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In her public art project, artist Erika Rothenberg set out to show that "The Road to Hollywood" is paved by luck.

Blade II

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John Rabe takes a spin at the outdoor ice skating rink in downtown Los Angeles with Garment and Citizen editor Jerry Sullivan.

Wining and Dining

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The wine guys are back! This time, John Rabe asks the co-owners of the Silverlake Wine: How do you select wine for a dinner party?

Bozo The Bling-Bling Clown

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Humorist Hank Rosenfeld runs into Bozo the Clown in the parking lot of a Wilshire Blvd. High Rise.

Call Sheet

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The Call Sheet gang tells us whether Tom Green will sink or swim in the World Wide Web.

Reporter's Roundtable

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KPCC reporter Frank Stoltze goes to New York for a seminar just as the city goes through a controversial police shooting. He'll talk with John about how the NYPD is handling it.

WEB EXTRA: A Year-Round Winter Wonderland

Off-Ramp for December 2, 2006

The Tropical Ice Gardens, Westwood Village, 1939. This outdoor rink was open from 1938 to 1949, billed as the world's only year-round outdoor rink. (Credit: LA Public Library)