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for July 2013

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Mucca Pazza

LAO__MuccaPazza copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature at LA Observed.

HBO's Real Sports highlights Chivas USA's troubles

With the organization being sued for discrimination, Chivas USA was the subject of an HBO Real Sports feature that further embarrassed a franchise that has been reeling since Jorge Vergara took control last year.

A peek inside Universal's closet

uni-costumes-hats-close.jpg Universal Studios has had a costume department since 1915. LA Observed takes a walk around the place with manager Poppy Cannon-Reese.

LA Phil tackles Mahler at the Bowl, while ABT exults

AllynneNoelleRubies.jpg Big is the word to describe the city's summer scene — with the LA Philharmonic decamping to Hollywood Bowl and the whole humongous American Ballet Theatre occupying downtown's Music Center recently.

'Chinatown' screening in Union Station (photo)

chinatown-in-union-station.jpg We went to see "Chinatown" at Union Station along with a few hundred other folks for the closing night of the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles. Great film, great location.

Continuing education at the county fair

OC-Fair-bacon3--July13.jpg The fair in Costa Mesa requires traveling to another county where the food and local customs are exotic and edifying.

Adunni Nefretiti

adunni-trio-jmw.jpg Eastside artist J. Michael Walker posts on Facebook: "So, last Monday, in the warmest possible hour of a crazy-hot afternoon, two over-packed cars pulled up in front of my house, and out spilled a cornucopia of sweetness and beauty..." More inside.

Dodgers photo day

LAO__DodgerPhotoDAy copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature of LA Observed. Click on the picture to see it larger.

A community meeting, hold the community

Henry Waxman, SM City Hall July15-13.jpg Congressman Henry Waxman held a community forum on gun violence and mental health at Santa Monica City Hall. The public was welcome, as long as it held its collective tongue.

Don't get too excited about the Lakers' cap space

The Lakers may have of tons cap space next season, but there won't be any good players to use it on. Fans are delusional if they think LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony will come here, says Phil Wallace.

Echo Park Avenue

LAO__Banksy copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature on LA Observed.

An old dog at the front door

old_dog_final copy.jpg An old dog scratches at the front door. He's tired of wandering and has work to do. So we open the door and Al Martinez trots in. Home at last.

Ireland forever but not Tom Bergin's *

jerry-lazar-shamrock.jpg Two guys with eponymous shamrocks on the wall at the doomed Tom Bergin's tavern were too far away to salvage the memorial to their youth before the wrecking ball arrived. What are friends for?
kiefer-sutherland-rolling-stone01.jpg I'll leave it to others to eulogize the fabled saloon, but I'll share a tale that emblemizes the kind of place Bergin's was, a longstanding neighborhood bar where locals could cavort with the occasional drop-by celeb, ranging from Luke Perry to Cary Grant.

How Jim Buss ruined the Lakers

Make no mistake about it. Dwight Howard wouldn't be leaving the Lakers if Phil Jackson was employed by the team right now. Jim Buss' stubborn insistence on keeping the "D'Antoni Disaster" alive has resulted in a "Dwightmare" for the franchise. It will take years for the Lakers to be a viable title contending team again.

Herb Wesson's socks

LAO__HerbWesson copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature at LA Observed.

Al Martinez on Everything Else: California's golden bares

al_martinez-mug.jpg In his first occasional column for LA Observed, Al Martinez writes about the sweat and ardor behind the blackboards and books at old UC.

Letter from Chicago: Thank you and good luck

marmol-chi-grab.jpg One need only sample the tweets of Chicago Cubs fans on Twitter to understand what joy the Los Angeles Dodgers have brought us.

Nude but not vulnerable: the women of Helmut Newton

ASP Newton - Saddle I.jpg Given that many of these images appeared in the early 1960's in the pages of French and British Vogue, they were certainly shocking for their time. Now, many imitators later, we are not as shocked. High fashion's favorite bad boy never lost sight of his mission: sell the clothes.

Helmut Newton and Los Angeles

ASP Fahey Helmut and June.jpg The self-proclaimed "bad boy of photography," known for his provocative, edgy and highly sexual fashion images, had a decades-long relationship with Los Angeles. It continued until his death in a 2004 car crash outside the Chateau Marmont, his winter home for many years.
KCET control room
kcet-rehearsal-control.jpgA peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
whitts-wood-yard.jpgElon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
bcam-stairs.jpgThe Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
hockney-arrives-lacma.jpgThe artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
mountain-lion-family-martinez.jpgFrom Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
The power of 'pluribus' plays
Allegiance-9-(1).jpgDon Shirley on theater in LA
Macy's winds down
mannequin-graveyard-macys.jpgThe store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
westwood-sky-lao.jpgWestwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
la-luz-del-mundo.jpg Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
loves-bbq-valley-relics.jpg Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
melissa-barak-cost-iris.jpg Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Engine Co. 17
engine-co-17-side.jpg Inside the long-closed Arts District fire station on Santa Fe Avenue.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
wilshire-grand-lobby-wall.jpg Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
barnsdall-park-trees.jpg Under the trees.
Inside Hollyhock House
hollyhock-columns.jpgPhoto taking was allowed for one weekend. So we did.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
el-milagro-market.jpgProductos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
June 6, 1968
rfk-hearse-wide-lapl.jpgThe body of Robert F. Kennedy leaves Good Samaritan hospital. More pics
Streetscape: DTLA
spring-street-bike-lane.jpgSpring Street bike lane.
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
santa-susana-palm-weeds.jpgOak trees, sandstone ridges and fan palms? Ugh. More
Streetscape: West LA
405-at-smblvd.jpg405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
grman1.jpgThe hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
arcana-books.jpgIn the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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