|
Landmarks &
Treasures: VIII IDIOSYNCRATIC ICONS:
THINK TANKS
photos by Chris Zielin
The RAND Corporation (1951,
1963)
Project RAND (Research and Development) was founded in
1948 and had offices at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica.
Subsequently... 
Chiat-Day Advertising Agency
(1985)
In the 1980s, Chiat-Day was the hottest ad agency in
America and, not surprisingly, it commissioned Frank Gehry, a very hot
architect on his way to becoming the world’s most renowned
architect...
Dalton Trumbo’s wife Cleo took this photo of Mike
Butler and her daughter Nikola and their horses in Mexico.
Books in the Mirror: Bad Times, Hard
Times, Good Times
Like everything else in the last couple of weeks, my
conversation with Jean Rouverol is colored by the events of September
11 and their potential consequences...
At The Movies: Strength in What
Remains Behind
There are several themes that run through Stephen
King’s work — when you push aside his gift for involving his reader in
horror — and one is the notion of being trapped in a situation that is
so unbearable it requires...
Novelist Garcia At SMC Thursday
Cristina Garcia, novelist and scholar, is scheduled to
give a free talk, “Dreaming in Cuban,” Thursday, October 4, in the
Santa Monica College Concert Hall...
Of Particular Interest II: Music From
The Heart
On Sunday, October 7, UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program’s Art
of the Brain will host “Music from the Heart,” a blend of popular
opera favorites and live theater...
SMC Series Looks At Legendary Houses
Santa Monica College will inaugurate “Architectural
Treasures of Los Angeles” on Friday, October 5, with a lecture on the
Adamson House in Malibu...
Mirror Orphan Of the Week
Bargain CD of the Week: YOU GO, GIRLS
Suzanne Vega’s entire musical essence was shaped right
here in Santa Monica. (OK, she only lived here until she was two and
then moved to New York but that still makes her a local, doesn’t it?)
Anyway...
Center Stage: The Watts Prophets
Starry Skies Above Santa Monica
This time, we will follow the astronomical events of
the Saturday/Sunday night, October 6/7. The Sun is already more than 5
degrees below the celestial equator...
CyberBabble: Hate the Symbol
Because of the magical TV home delivery of horror, the
moment of impact seemed never-ending. Even as the tape looped
relentlessly...
Farmers Market Report: The
Thumbnail Nuts are Dropping
It’s hard to imagine a more remote location as close to
Los Angeles as the Cuyama Valley. Situated at the junction of
California State Roads 166 and 33 and occupying parts of four
counties...
Of Particular Interest: L.A. Arts Open
House At 18th St. Complex
The L.A. Arts Open House, an annual, Countywide arts
festival sponsored by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission will hold
its festivities on the westside at the 18th Street Arts Complex on
Saturday, October 6...
SMC Students Take Prizes In Photo
Show
Santa Monica College student Erick Bartolome has won a
first-place award in the 2001 Los Angeles County Fair Photography
Exhibit, and 13 other SMC students won awards in the fair’s college
division...
Conal Creates Wetlands Piece
Renowned guerilla poster artist Robbie Conal has
created a special art piece inspired by the plight of frogs at the
Ballona Wetlands...
Fall SMC Review Is At Bookstores
The fall edition of Santa Monica College’s Santa Monica
Review, its national literary arts journal, is now in bookstores...
On The Stage: No Road To Moscow
If art were just decoration, then putting on a play
during a major crisis would seem pretty silly. But as the three men of
“Moscow” discover, art isn’t ornament or even just escape...
Traveling Through It
I heard about the terrorist attacks on September 11 en
route to LAX... |
