Native Intelligence archive
for March 2015

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The California desert welcomes spring

Ellen Alperstein | March 28, 2015 8:39 PM
JT, chuckwalla, Mastodon Peak35 3-15 - Copy.JPG For our money, the best version of March madness plays out not on the hardwood, but the desert floor.

Time to ratchet down on water

Jon Christensen and Mark Gold | March 28, 2015 11:09 AM
Hitchster aqueduct.jpg Jerry Brown's approval of more than $1 billion in bond funding for drought response has led to statewide discussions on the adequacy of the response. Here are a number of other ideas that could move California closer to sustainable water management.

On famous actors and 99-seat theater*

Don Shirley | March 26, 2015 1:35 PM
blythe-danner-country-house-lamont.jpg I don't understand why Blythe Danner's words were chosen to receive the spotlight in a full-page LA Times ad about Actors' Equity and minimum wage.

Carlos Guitarlos

Gary Leonard | March 26, 2015 1:15 AM
LAO_Carlos copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs weekly at LA Observed.

Farm fresh wind

Ellen Alperstein | March 24, 2015 3:45 PM
Vestas, 1 of 2 in Windmill Tours 37 3-17-15 - Copy.JPG How Coachella Valley's wind farms flip nature's switch. A side trip into eco-technology.

Bruce Lisker gets good news from U.S. 9th Circuit

Iris Schneider | March 20, 2015 11:31 PM
lisker-juryduty1.jpg A three-judge appeals panel wastes no time in siding with Lisker on a key legal point in his lawsuit against two LAPD detectives.

Prayer vigil for 'Africa'

Gary Leonard | March 19, 2015 10:25 AM
LAO_Vigil_Africa copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature of LA Observed.

Ventilating radioactive ideas at the Aquarium of the Pacific

Jon Christensen and Mark Gold | March 16, 2015 9:05 AM
schubel300.jpg "When ideas are seen as dangerous, some people think the best thing to do is to kill them," Jerry Schubel, president of the Aquarium of the Pacific, recently told a group of reporters. "We want to keep them in play."

Encino Little League

Gary Leonard | March 12, 2015 8:32 AM
LAO_Encino_LittleLeague.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears weekly at LA Observed.

Josef Koudelka exhibit at the Getty

Iris Schneider | March 10, 2015 11:34 PM
koudelka-gypsies.jpg Koudelka brought us into the Soviet invasion on the streets of Prague in 1968 by smuggling out his film. In a gripping show of his black and white images, we are thrown back into those days.

Author interview: Mort Zachter on Gil Hodges

David Davis | March 10, 2015 12:15 PM
gil-hodges-cover.jpg Zachter follows up 'Dough' with a biography of the Dodgers' 'Boy of Summer' -- 'a mensch who is unknown to most people under forty.'

Looking beyond the minimum-wage mess in LA theater*

Don Shirley | March 8, 2015 11:41 PM
End of the Rainbow_1NC copy.jpg LA's theatrical landscape would still offer plenty of options for dedicated theatergoers, even without Equity's 99-seat plan.

Sunday arts: Chamber music at Doheny Mansion

Iris Schneider | March 8, 2015 11:34 PM
dacamera-doheny-iris.jpg The Da Camera Society's mission is to promote and enhance chamber music. Doheny Mansion "is the perfect setting to play this music."

'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Ghosts of Versailles' plus more

Donna Perlmutter | March 8, 2015 11:06 PM
alice-dp-mathew-imaging.jpg The LA Philharmonic and LA Opera are going head to head with major contemporary works at the same time.

The end of our outside in lifestyle

Jon Christensen and Mark Gold | March 8, 2015 1:09 PM
crestwood hills.jpg Will we look back on late 20th century LA--often thought of as the worst of times with the city's sprawling conquest of nature--as paradoxically the best of times when a style of architecture briefly prevailed that invited the outside in, and the inside out?

Making music from natural resources

Ellen Alperstein | March 6, 2015 3:46 PM
salon 2 Sound Investment, STeinway Gallery4 3-5-15 - Copy.JPG Take one chamber orchestra with innovative composer, add dollops of noise to melody, mix well and serve to the patrons who subsidized it.

Miss LA Chinatown court

Gary Leonard | March 5, 2015 8:15 AM
LAO_chinese_new_year.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a weekly feature of LA Observed.

Alex Johnson, 1942-2015

Bob Timmermann | March 4, 2015 12:25 AM
alex-johnson-cover-si.jpg Johnson won the batting title with the Angels in 1970, but baseball did not know how to handle his mental illness.

Ride & Prejudice

Adrienne Crew | March 2, 2015 11:35 AM
compton-cowboy.jpg A new film is raising funds on Kickstarter to document the story of the Compton Cowboys, black cowboys who have been a South LA tradition since the 19th Century.

Only in LA: The lawn order edition

Steve Harvey | March 1, 2015 9:51 PM
viagra-sh.jpg Steve Harvey's signs from all over. Check it out.

A portrait of the ecologist as an old misanthrope

Jon Christensen and Mark Gold | March 1, 2015 2:32 PM
12monkeys300.jpg It's still shocking to see that for some environmentalists, a love of other living beings goes hand in hand with a hatred for their fellow human beings.
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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