Vartabedian Handicap; Galileo at the Skirball; Taco Shop Memories; Puppets of Japan; Gunning for 100 and Still Pushing Art; Commuters looking for Community; I Am a Man Now; Hallowed Ground; From New York to LA; Birth of the Cool; Listener Comment
Vartabedian Handicap
LA Times writer Ralph Vartabedian shows John the rampant abuse of disabled parking permits. Ten percent of California drivers have them. Do they all really need them, or is it a scam?
Galileo at the Skirball
Veteran actor Stacy Keach shares insight on Galileo. Keach plays the scientist in the Brecht/Hare play, which is being performed at the Skirball Center.
Taco Shop Memories
KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, a co-founder of the Taco Shop Poets, remembers his friend John Partida.
Puppets of Japan
Bunraku is a form of traditional Japanese puppetry performed with child-size puppets. For the first time in twenty years, the National Puppet Theater of Japan puts on a puppet show in Los Angeles.
Gunning for 100 and Still Pushing Art
Tyrus Wong has two new exhibits, including one at the Academy that highlights his work in the movies. The groundbreaking Chinese artist did paintings for Bambi and The Wild Bunch.
This segment was produced by Queena Kim with animation expert Charles Solomon.
Commuters looking for Community
Writer Cheryl Klein talks to Queena Kim about her debut collection of short stories called "Commuters."
I Am a Man Now
Jeff Girod can bench-press 300 pounds but he never learned to drive a stick. And this has left him feeling like less of a man.
Hallowed Ground
Architecture critic Sam Hall Kaplan takes us to Heritage Square, one of the few places you can feel what life was like in turn-of-the-century LA.
From New York to LA
The Hammer's Ann Philbin asks LACMA's Michael Govan why the young man came West.
Excerpted from KPCC's Zocalo.
Birth of the Cool
The Orange County Museum of Art just opened a new exhibit that looks at the flowering of modernism in 1950s California.
Next week, Off-Ramp dedicates a show to the exhibit but here's a tease to tide you over.
Listener Comment
A couple weeks ago we ran a segment on the state of neighborhoods in Los Angeles. That prompted this reponse.