UPDATE: Edward Walton Wilcox, profiled with a studio visit on Off-Ramp last year, will be painting in public at the LA Art Show from January 19-23. It's worth a visit: Edward is a warm and engaging man, and we think his art is pretty phenomenal. This is a rare chance to see a potentially great work in the making. CLICK THROUGH for details and an exclusive Off-Ramp video of his work ... FROM THE ARCHIVE: In his new exhibit, "Fanatic," at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Edward Walton Wilcox asks, "How do we transform the horrifying realities of this world into something beautiful?" And there is something beautiful in his images of burning windmills, Death at the tiller, hollow-eyed women ... something -- as he told Off-Ramp host John Rabe -- that comes from Wilcox's reverence for the art of the Middle Ages and a trip to Notre Dame many years ago.

Norman Corwin died Oct. 18, 2011, at the age of 101. Here's an interview we aired just after his centennial.

Saturday, May 8th, Otis is holding a gala benefit at the Beverly Hilton to raise money for scholarships. One of the school's most prestigious alums is Tyrus Wong, who turns 100 this October. In an award-winning piece produced by Queena Kim, animation expert Charles Solomon profiled Wong in 2007.

Congratulations to Colman Andrews and the LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold, who took home James Beard awards over the weekend for their tasty food writing. It is unclear at this point whether they won because they have appeared on Off-Ramp, but we'll assume that's the case and offer these interviews from the archive. John Rabe talked with Gold when he won the Pulitzer in 2007; John talked with Andrews after discovering Andrews' 1984 guidebook to LA restaurants ("Best Restaurants LA"), which is a time machine to an entirely different era for food in Southern California. Gold won the Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews award for his LA Weekly pieces “Sauced,” “Hot Birria, Cold Cerveza,” and “Hare Today”; Andrews won Cookbook of the Year for "The Country Cooking of Ireland." COME INSIDE for the James Beard news release, a way to buy Andrews' book on Irish cooking AND help KPCC; and the entire Gold LA Weekly archive.

Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with 3D expert Ray Zone about the Stereo Club of Southern California's 7th international independent 3D movie festival, with more than a dozen shorts and a feature from around the world. It's Saturday, May 15, at the Downtown Independent theatre, 251 S. Main Street, LA CA 90012. COME INSIDE for links.

We just got word that the Adam’s Forge Blacksmithing School is moving to a perfect historical setting --the collection of Victorian era buildings in Highland Park along the Pasadena Freeway, called Heritage Square Museum. It’s called “Adam’s Forge” for Adam Leventhal, an artist and blacksmith whose family donated his equipment and art to a group of blacksmiths who formed the school. The faculty members are all local artists, from hobbyists to full time artist blacksmiths. Their president is Heather McLarty, who gave Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim a lesson in blacksmithing in 2007. COME INSIDE to find out how you can visit Adam's Forge for FREE on May 16th.

CyberFrequencies digs into the archives to bring you an interview with Weekend Edition's Scott Simon.

We’re just months away from seeing electric cars for sale in the U.S. The Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt will be out by the end of this year. By next year, you’ll have a half-a-dozen EV models to buy and drive. One of them will be the Mitsubishi iMiev. KPCC’s Shirley Jahad has been driving an iMiev prototype – and she’s sharing the story in "EV Diaries."