George Takei tells us how his internment camp musical "Allegiance" got to Broadway. How to plant the right milkweed and help monarch butterflies. Suzanne Lummis on good and bad poetry. New doc "Being Canadian" looks at ... well, you know.
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The owners of the quirky downtown bar say they'll continue paying rent "until the state marshall shows up."
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After a New York run in 2015, the show is set for its Los Angeles premiere at the Japanese American Cultural Center.
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During the Great Depression, biology teacher Raymond Alf decided to take his students on fossil hunting trips to Barstow. The Webb Schools have found 165,000 to date, many of them important scientific specimens.
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"It is a bitter thing to be a woman," says Euripides' Medea. In a new adaptation at the Getty Villa, with the action moved to Boyle Heights and mixed with the woes of ambitious undocumented immigrants, it is still very bitter.
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Did the bar or nightclub you went to last night seem more lively than usual? A new app may have paid some of the people to be there.
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“Like most Canadians living outside Canada I think you're constantly under attack because people don’t know or care about Canada and you constantly hear comments that make no sense.”
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• 7:23
How to plant the right milkweed in your backyard to help bring back the dwindling population of monarch butterflies.
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Suzanne Lummis, one of Los Angeles' most venerated poets, has two new books this year. Marc Haefele talked to her about L.A. poets, Philip Levine and what makes a bad poem bad.
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• 10:36
The Pasadena native says he's glad fans are rediscovering funk music as a legitimate genre and not "some Dave Chappelle, Rick James joke."
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• 5:56
Well before the Stonewall riots, Los Angeles was home to an early LGBT rights movement - birthed from science fiction.
You can see the Los Angeles soul band live this Tuesday, September 8 at the El Rey Theatre ... before they kick off an international tour.
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A sampling of Southern California's Oktoberfest celebrations includes the weirdest spectacle you will ever see, unless you already know about Heino. Also: there will be beer.