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An Old Fashioned Challenge And Prosperity Market At The African American Museum – Here’s The What’s Popping Up
As part of Black History Month, Uncle Nearest whiskey has launched the Uncle Nearest HBCU Old Fashioned Challenge, where locals can drink Old Fashioneds at some of LA’s top bars and restaurants to help raise $1 million for Black colleges ...
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A Dachi Nook Pops Up At UCLA For The AAPI Community
The UCLA Student Association’s newest addition of dachi products is diversifying the available snack and beverage options on campus with a variety of Asian snack selections. The dachi nook is located in Ackerman Union with offerings ...
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Yinka Gets Romantic
Yinka Gets Romantic: The journey from Nigeria to Los Angeles via New York is a long one, but for singer and songwriter Yinka, the whole adventure has proven to be fuel for her music. The blend of culture, the multitude of experiences...
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Good Cali Vibes in Long Beach
Good Cali Vibes in Long Beach: Long Beach’s annual reggae fest (with a touch of rap) returns with local hero Snoop Dogg and Jack Johnson topping the bill. Other highlights include Steel Pulse, Damian Marley, Cypress Hill, the Long ...
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New Ant-Man Crawls into MCU Phase Five via Formulaic Realms
Following the success of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the Marvel Cinematic Universe kicks off Phase Five of its superhero slate with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. After Phase Four theatrical efforts including Black Widow, Shang-Chi ...
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Somebody I Used To Know— A Restrained Take on the Rom-Com
Somebody I Used to Know, directed by Dave Franco and starring his real-life partner Alison Brie, creates a sticky situation we’ve seen in more than a few 90’s rom-coms, particularly My Best Friend’s Wedding. Halfway through this charm...
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Meet Layered Topography Painter Pamela Smith Hudson
Though dedicated to abstraction, painter Pamela Smith Hudson’s layered compositions evoke the topography and emotion of the landscape. In a sense creating paintings about painting itself—the literal physicality of pigment, graphite, wax...
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City of Art Fairs: Arts Calendar February 16-22
With the confluence of art fairs in full citywide swing this week, prepare for a wave of big ticket intentionally timed local gallery openings, as well as a host of satellite projects, book releases, studio parties, design events, branded ...
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California Seeks To Remove Proposition 8 From Its Constitution
While the Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage was rescinded by a federal judge in 2010, the state is making a push to completely remove the inactive prop from its constitution. California Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblyman Evan Low pre...
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Unvaccinated Los Angeles Employees No Longer Required To Test For COVID
An order that required unvaccinated Los Angeles City employees to test for COVID-19, was officially rescinded Tuesday. The 13 Los Angeles City Council members unanimously voted to remove the COVID test ordinance for employees, with the a...
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2023 Wave of Cannabis Bills Filed in Sacramento
Numerous cannabis-related bills were filed in Sacramento this week.  There is still a lot of work to do to fix California’s cannabis industry as many hold on by a thread. That work is reflected in the annual wave of cannabis bills we ...
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Medical Cannabis Prisoner Luke Scarmazzo Free
Luke Scarmazzo was California’s most prominent medical cannabis operator serving federal time and he did so for nearly 15 years until his release on Feb. 3.  For those many years, Scarmazzo served as the face of the worst-case scenari...
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