Native Intelligence archive
for September 2008

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Good time at '9 to 5'

Though a few songs and all of the first act need tightening, "9 to 5" at the Ahmanson has the elements of a likely hit when it goes to Broadway.

Are you prepared?

Just because Emergency Preparedness month's over, doesn't mean you can't get prepared now. We're heading into a season loaded with earthquake preparedness fairs and workshops.

Well I'll Be Doggoned!

Governor Schwarzenegger recently did the right thing by supporting the new law against texting while driving. We have to...

A SLAPP in the face of journalism

Will injustices go unreported for fear of retaliation? I don't know. Is two years in hell too long?

Equus on Broadway - and in Nevada

The play "Equus" is about a horse killing in the UK - the kind of thing that has been going on in the American West for decades.

The Black Rider lives! (on YouTube, in German)

Two years ago, the Ahmanson Theater was daring enough to stage The Black Rider, an avant-garde extravaganza that featured music...

Wimpy Tuesday

What better day of the week than Tuesday to sign a budget 85 days late?

Rocks in the shape of Billy Martin revisited

You know it's fall when Yankee Stadium is gone.

Happiness ...

RE: Zell's 'Dear Partners' note

She has seen the future — and it's not here

I travel a lot and I always love coming home to Los Angeles, but this was the first time I looked around in outright dismay.

News from around the L.A. Litscape

While riding the 302 Rapid along Sunset yesterday, I witnessed a miracle. A young girl with lemon-colored locks boarded the...

Art impressions

An art-filled weekend includes stops at the Getty Villa and an event hosted by the William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts.

Palin's blood spatter glasses on back order

It came from the Lifetime Channel: mom who wastes wildlife, attends PTA meetings, and loves Queen Esther becomes bizarre role model for American women.
“Feminism,” that thorny, hot-under-the-collar, outspoken bitch, got batted aside by the far more kittenish, media-friendly notion of “Girl Power.”

New LA Times Sunday magazine mostly annoys and bores

I understand that the goal of this magazine is to sell lots of ads, and so they’ve steered away from...

At least humorists refuse to be spun

American humorists — The new journalists.

Exactly who broke McCain's resolve?

George Bush compares the "angry left" with the North Vietnamese, but it's the angry right that made McCain cry uncle.

Go Home, Sarah Palin

This is one time I think the candidate should step down to spend more time with her family. A cursory...
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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