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A Cultural Atlas of the LA River: Take Me To Your River
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A beautifully realized history of the cultural importance of the LA river to its surrounding neighborhoods. Full of local stories, joy and pain, And a really lovely visualization of the timeline of the history of the LA river. Soon to be a book as well.
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LA Public Library Blackout poetry
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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the central library, LAPL has a bunch of fun activities, including this one where you get an envelope full of old card catalogue cards, to turn into poetry, art, or whatever you want, like this one At the Robertson branch.
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Heavy Manners Library
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Independent arts library, bookstore, record shop, and events space in Echo Park. They host workshops, screenings, concerts, readings and more, on top of having a free to access collection of arts books for you to browse. An absolute community resource and one of my favorite spots in LA.
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Elements of Los Angeles
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Los Angeles area histories sublimated through the elements of earth, water, air, and fire. A great collection of essays full of tendrils connecting past to present, nature to culture, and LAs peculiarities to the wider world. My copy has soooo many sticky notes in it.
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Revival Hub - LA's Home for Repertory Cinema Since 2017
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The best way to find out about screenings of historic and arthouse films playing in LA’s many gorgeous classic theaters. The site was revamped last year and it’s gorgeous and easy to use. Go support some local movie theaters.
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This Millard Sheets mosaic on a bank in Beverly Hills
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It’s gorgeous and unexpected. In the middle of a stretch of Wilshire which is stultifying in its architectural tedium, you stumble upon this mural, and if you are anything like me, you’re sucked in. Beautiful colors, intriguing figures, strange shapes. 9425 Wilshere. Check out more about Millard Sheets in the link
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La Indie Book Crawl
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An excuse to visit an independent LA bookstores you haven’t been to yet! For me it’s Vroman’s.
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