Dinner Party Download: Citay Beats; The Wish Tree; Landscape-Goats; The Immigrant's Dream; Give me LHC or Give Me Death!; The LARGE Hadron Collider; Getty Preview; George Putnam R.I.P.; The Lawn Bowling Life; This Citay's Rockin'; Stay Funky, Froggy's; Creating Vintage Photos
Dinner Party Download: Citay Beats
Dinner Party Download is a fast and funny 12-minute "cheat sheet" of news and culture... designed to give you enough conversational firepower to dazzle friends and family at this weekend's dinner party.
This week: A sober chat with Ezra Feinberg about his psych-rock band Citay...We remember the Great Fire of London with a conflagrant cocktail...and a champion barista drinks deep the mad flava of competitive coffee-making.
The Wish Tree
Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim goes to Pasadena to check out Yoko Ono's latest art project, trees where people are invited to hang their wishes.
Then Queena wishes she could ask Yoko about how she came up with the idea. And guess what? Her wish came true!
Off-Ramp Exclusive Video: Yoko Ono's Wish Tree in Pasadena
Landscape-Goats
KPCC's Brian Watt finds out why a hundred goats came to downtown Los Angeles this week. (Hint: NOT a sacrificial offering.)
Off-Ramp Exclusive Video: John Rabe Gets Goats
The Immigrant's Dream
Queena Kim explores the quintessential California immigrant experience by talking with a Korean businesswoman...who happens to be her mom.
Give me LHC or Give Me Death!
Physics genius and bestselling author Brian Greene tells us why the world wouldn't end as scientist geared up to test the Large Hadron Collider - the biggest, baddest particle accelerator.
The LARGE Hadron Collider
They weren't kidding when they named it. In case you were wondering, the LHC cost around 5 billion dollars to build.
Getty Preview
John Rabe attends a snazzy lunch where the Getty Museum director Michael Brand talks about the 2008-2009 offerings.
George Putnam R.I.P.
George Putnam - conservative talk show host, Hollywood Star and anti-gay crusader - passed away on Friday. We remember the outspoken newsman.
The Lawn Bowling Life
The Santa Monica Lawn Bowling Club opens its well-manicured "green" to the public thrice a week. Contributor Jackson Musker asked some seasoned bowlers about the historic pastime.
This Citay's Rockin'
Citay is an epic eight piece psychedelic band and is playing the 4th annual Campout music festival in Pioneertown California this weekend. Dinner Party Download's Brendan Newnam talks to Citay's Ezra Feinberg.
Stay Funky, Froggy's
Restaurant adventurer Steven Wasser samples the menu at Froggy's Fish Market & Restaurant, a no-nonsense hideaway in the Topanga Canyon.
Creating Vintage Photos
Pasadena artist Stephen Berkman makes old-fashioned photographs called tintypes, which have appeared in such films as The Assassination of Jesse James and Cold Mountain.