Wine Country: Echo Park; Wine Country: Slow Pickings; Wine Country: A Tasting; With Mallets of Forethought; United in Hate; Sisyphus has his rock and Alys his bug; Spider Pavilion; Spider's Web Snares Genius; Homeboy is Here To Stay; Wes Parker Reflects on Baseball; Listener Call: LAX Pylons
Joe and Heather D'Augustine always dreamt of having a vineyard. And so they grew one in their backyard in Echo Park. Queena Kim took a trip to the D'Augustine vineyard, which is just steps from their home.
There's nothing fast about making wine. From sun-up to sundown, Joe and Heather D'Augustine pick grapes, sort 'em, crush 'em and start all over again.
After a week of fermenting the grape juice, Joe and Heather bottle and taste the wine.
The Pasadena Symphony opens its 80th season next week with a rare performance of Philip Glass's Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra. Glass wrote the piece for Jonathan Haas, who will star at the opening night event.
Off-Ramp commentators Angela Shelton and Frances Callier say neighborhoods are alive in well in Los Angeles.
The Hammer opened a new show highlighting the work of Francis Alys, a Belgian-born Mexico resident who works in a wide range of media, including video.
KPCC's Doualy Xaykaothao watches the "Bug Guy" Brent Karner feed spiders at the Natural History Museum's Spider Pavilion.
KPCC'S Patt Morrison talks to UC Riverside biologist and "spiderologist" Cheryl Hayashi. She a newly inducted MacArthur Genius.
Homeboy Industries, the gangster rehab center, opens an expansive new headquarters in Downtown L.A. John Rabe spoke with Homeboy founder Father Greg Boyle.
KPCC's Kitty Felde takes us out to Dodger Stadium for a conversation with six-time Golden Glove winner Wes Parker.
A listener asks: why do the pylons flash red, white and green? Off-Ramp asks the question to Paul Tzanetopoulos, one of the the designers of the light shows on the LAX pylons. If you have any questions, call 213.621.3404