We spend a few minutes in the Idle Hour; talk bars with atmosphere with 1933 Group's Bobby Green; talk judges' robes with Kevin's dad; and meet radical quilters.
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Roll out the barrel — more than 30 years after it closed, the historic, barrel-shaped Idle Hour Cafe in North Hollywood is set to reopen in mid-February.
Armin Hansen was one of greatest marine painters ever born in this state. His portrayals of the men who worked on the oceans off Monterey that brought him lasting fame.
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Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" is breaking box office records, but it's also getting Americans to talk about how Hollywood portrays the military.
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Where do set decorators get the art featured on TV shows? Collin Friesen tells us about that —and the lawsuit that made it lucrative for artists.
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We make a lot of assumptions about quilts: They're not art. Only women make them. Sometimes it takes an exhibit dedicated male quilters to combat that.
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This month, 27 new judges have been sworn into state courts all across California. Where do their robes come from? A small company in Chatsworth.
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He was a bigot, but scholar Leslie Klinger says he turned that anger and angst into great horror fiction.
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Writer and director Damian Chazelle says he based the screenplay on his own life, but the Academy nominated the film for Best Adapted Screenplay. Which is it?
Long before the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks, Paris was a place where satire — especially satirical cartoons — has been taken very seriously, both by its people and their leaders.