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Los Angeles returns to The Bronze Age - Off-Ramp for June 16, 2012
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Episode 5319
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Los Angeles returns to The Bronze Age - Off-Ramp for June 16, 2012

A man who built his own bronze foundry, a new documentary about a Tijuana crime reporter, steve mARTin, and something about the Kings and Father's Day.

August 2002: Bathers pack Venice Beach on a hot summer day.
August 2002: Bathers pack Venice Beach on a hot summer day.
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A man who built his own bronze foundry, a new documentary about a Tijuana crime reporter, steve mARTin, and something about the Kings and Father's Day.

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RH Greene turned his Off-Ramp documentary about 1950s TV sensation "Vampira" (Maila Nurmi) into a film that's nominated for best documentary in the LA Film Festival.
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KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman Lopez with Bernardo Ruiz, director of "Reportero," a documentary at the LA Film Festival that at a Tijuana journo who risks his life to report on crime
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Renaissance man and avid art collector Steve Martin will have the opportunity to buy art inspired by his work at the Gallery 1988 exhibit, "Excuuuuuse Meeeeeeee."
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KPCC'S Education Reporter Tami Abdollah recently learned the answer the hard way. She writes with a first person account of her experience.
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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Charlie LeDuff gave up his jet-set life to become a stay-at-home dad. "I find myself staring into the rearview mirror of my career."
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Artist Gordon Bowen collected scrap metal and used appliances to start a business. He now has his own foundry where he casts his own handmade bronze sculptures.
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Vocalist Moira Smiley and her band VOCO continue to reach into the unknown, incorporating music from Eastern Europe and using their voices to light the way.
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In an opinion piece for the LA Stage Times, writer Don Shirley laments what he sees as a Tony Awards obsession at the Los Angeles Times.