LA Community Brings Thanksgiving to Venice
With the help of 500 volunteers, Lost Angels Org holds their 10th annual Thanksgiving food drive and provided warm meals and basic necessities to the unhoused in Venice.
L.A. Gets a Taste of Soul
The Taste of Soul Festival returns after a three-year hiatus to bring live music, food, and family entertainment to the community.
The Dangers of Party Culture
As another college semester continues, so does party culture and the negative impacts it has on college students.
Rollin' Around Cupid's Hot Dog Carhop
With roller skating making a comeback, the sisters who own Cupid's Hot Dogs decided to start serving by carhop every Thursday at their Winnetka location.
Fashion Design Students Design from Home
Santa Monica College's (SMC) yearly fashion show, "La Mode," will be held online this year as a result of COVID-19. When the pandemic hit the US in March, the fashion department closed immediately on March 14, according to Professor Lorrie Ivas.
35th Annual Abbot Kinney Festival
The 35th Abbot Kinney Festival took place this past Sunday, September 29th, on Abbot Kinney Blvd., in Venice. The festival featured over 350 vendors, including local businesses of all types, craft booths (art, clothing, jewelry, etc.), and a variety of kids' rides and games.
SMC Hosts Former CA Poet Laureate Dana Gioia
Choosing to ditch his microphone and orate directly to the audience, Gioia presented testimonies to the art of experience and the passing of time. The poems Hot Summer Nights and Psalm of the Heights explore a tableau of the city; each experience is unique, including dynamic and entangled relationships. The poems meditate on the human condition from a point of observation and reflection.
Disney Plus: A New All-in-One Entertainment Destination
Disney+ is an upcoming streaming service owned by the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International Division of The Walt Disney Company. The service will be filled with content from Disney's main entertainment studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, National Geographic, and includes some films from 20th Century Fox.
"Skid Row Marathon" Documentary Screening Comes to DTLA
The documentary, which took four and a half years to make, tells the story of Judge Mitchell, a criminal court judge who starts a running club with residents from a homeless shelter on Skid Row, leading to the unlikely group to run marathons around the world. The film follows them on early-morning training runs around L.A. to marathons in Accra, Ghana and Rome, Italy.