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Community >> A Day in the Life of Officer John Catalano
I was stopped in the street by someone screaming for help. I recognized him from someone I arrested about month ago for a possession charge while hanging out in an area McDonalds. Today he told me...
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Health >> Rocket your health to new heights
Rocket your health to new heights With Whole Foods Market’s 14-Day Healthy Eating Blast Off Looking for a little inspiration to make good on your healthy eating resolutions? It’s hard to stay motivated...
View ArticleNoHo's Rubans Rouges Dance Company
We love to feature the folks that make our North Hollywood neighborhood unique and a great place to live, work and play. Meet Noelle Andressen from Los Angeles Valley College who started Rubans Rouges...
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Giveaway - Free Pizza for a Year - LA Pizza Land!
Enter to win one pizza a month free for all of 2013 thanks to LA PIZZA LAND in Valley Village LA PIZZA LAND4837 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Valley Village, CA 91607 818 761-1146 www.LAPIZZALAND.COM {ckform...
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Two Great Eats - The Federal Bar and Bow & Truss
The Federal Bar The Federal Bar features vintage style with elegant furnishings and gastropub fare, a slew of American craft beers and live music upstairs. www.thefederalbar.com Bow & Truss With...
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Movie Review >> Zero Dark Thirty, The Guilt Trip
Kathryn Bigelow’s gripping Zero Dark Thirty portrays the search for Osama Bin Laden in the aftermath of 9/11, through the eyes of a determined, young, lone-wolf CIA officer (Jessica Chastain)-- and...
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Theatre Review >>“Dostoevsky's Notes From Undergound
Dostoevsky's Notes Is A Maddening Delight Of Passion! “Dostoevsky's Notes From Undergound” at Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre in North Hollywood is a wildly maddening, passionate and energetic...
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Industry Tips >> Close Encounters: How Steven Spielberg helped me make my New...
Last week I had the opportunity to shoot an interview with Steven Spielberg. You know the guy; game changer, multi-billionaire, producer, director, and visionary. I really can’t imagine there are many...
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Art >> Art Research Is Easier Than I Used to Think
When I was in college and grad school, research was for papers, and papers had to be carefully defended. I had to read all or part of several books and/or articles for each paper and provide a...
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Spotlight >> Meet Rick Shaw, Owner of The Secret Rose
Meet Rick Shaw, the new owner of the Secret Rose Theatre. He is no stranger to the entertainment world. Rick began as a stand-up comic and became a comedy writer and producer for TV, radio, other...
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Left Turn In NoHo >> Living the Dream
An excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last speech, the day before he was shot and killed: I’ve Been to the Mountaintop “……We have been forced to a point where we’re going to have to grapple...
View ArticleMonday, January 21 is National Hug Day - Instead of a handshake - Give a Hug
Monday, January 21 is National Hug Day - Instead of a handshake - Give a Hug Kevin Zaborney created National Hug Day in 1986. The date of January 21 was chosen because it marks a midpoint between...
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An Interview with - Layon Gray - Black Angels Over Tuskegee
It is not an everyday occurrence that a show mounted in the NoHo Arts District has a three-year successful run Off Broadway and has a chance for a Broadway production. I had the pleasure to interview...
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Theatre Review >> Peter Pan at The Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
Cathy Rigby Really Takes Flight In ‘Peter Pan’ At The Pantages Theatre In Hollywood Originally opening in 1954 to roaring Broadway crowds, the legendary adventures of ‘Peter Pan’ have been embraced by...
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Independent Filmmaking >> Success
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” ― Woody Allen ‘Across The Pond’ TV pilot, England, 2008 So what is success? When I first began making films as a producer 15 years ago, we did everything by...
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LA Music Scene >> And So I Watch You From Afar
"It was surreal being there," bassist Johnny Adger says of touring Europe in 2010 with Them Crooked Vultures. "On the first night, [Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones, and Josh Homme] introduced themselves...
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News >> 2013 African American Heritage Month Poster Competition
MAYOR ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA, WELLS FARGO, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH COMMITTEE, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND OTHER SPONSORS INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE...
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Event >> Life Size Pin-Ups at Cella Gallery
Well, NoHo, 2013 is starting off right and it looks like it's going to be an art-filled year! Cella Gallery is hosting an artist reception for the TG DOLLS Illustrated Series on Saturday, January 26...
View ArticleCan Rejection Be Your Protection? Yes!
Dear Maddisen:Have you heard the phrase: Rejection is God’s protection? I just overheard this in a conversation while I was getting a coffee. I don’t get it but I can’t get it out of my head. Have you...
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