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by Jon Regardie
In the first few months of his âDowntownâ series, KCET television host Huell Hoswer has discovered community treasures including the Eastern Columbia Building, the Los Angeles State Historic Park and the Downtown Art Walk. In an episode that airs this week, however, he encounters something that many in Downtown probably would not expect: New York City.
For the episode titled âFilm Shoots,â Howser drops by the set of the TV show âCSI: NY,â much of which is actually shot in Downtown Los Angeles, not the Big Apple. Itâs the latest in a long, long line of productions that have masked Downtown as New York, or many other cities (Baltimore, Washington, D.C., etc.), for that matter.
In the episode, Howser chats with some of the showâs actors, and explores one of Downtownâs most common sights – the film crews and their loads of trucks and production workers.
“Film Shootsâ airs
by Evan George
When Dave Conway founded Little Radio, a Downtown-based Internet radio station, he was sending out clandestine playlists to friends using illegal rooftop antennas.
Three years later, Little Radio is a multimedia company that deals in brand marketing, event planning, rock shows and even the sale of environmentally friendly electric cars. Its five employees work in two large rehabbed warehouses in the Industrial District.
But at heart – and by name – Little Radio remains centered around the web streaming of music that Conway calls the companyâs âlife blood and our heart and soul.â The free 24-hour radio station informs all of the other business endeavors, he said.
Not if the recording industry has anything to say about it.
In a ruling earlier this month, the Copyright Royalty Board, which manages fees that radio stations pay to the recording industry, upheld a decision to
by Kathleen Nye Flynn
Iâm no fashion expert, but in the last few years Iâve snuck into my fair share of catwalk events. Iâve wiggled into Culver Cityâs biannual Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios a few times, either through the front door or the back.
So I had an inkling of what I was getting into when I showed up (through the front door) at Downtownâs first Fashion Week event in years, which began March 16. The two nights of shows at Broadwayâs Los Angeles Theatre, I knew, had the potential to be memorable.
I arrived at the Friday night show just in time for Jared Goldâs collection. The theaterâs ornate ceiling swooped above a crowd glammed out in avant-garde dresses, handmade hats and vintage styles.
The lustrous, colonnaded walls and wide, tumbling staircases, combined with the artsy folks on the guest list and DJs spinning tunes,
by Kristin Friedrich
If youâre committed, and your shoes are semi-comfortable, Thursday nights in Downtown Los Angeles can include endless combinations of the following: symphony, theater, live music, an art walk, sporting events, a speakeasy, and bars of the wine, dive, faux bordello, frat boy and velvet rope variety.
As if the list needs to get any more colorful, there is now a Texas-born crooner who channels Sinatra and cracks wise, Rat Pack-style, with an orchestra that does not exist.
Max Vontaine appears every Thursday at Olive Streetâs ornate Cicada restaurant, his rich baritone teasing out hits from the Chairman, Bobby Darin, Cab Calloway, Tom Jones and Elvis. He also tosses in the odd chestnut such as The Doorsâ âRiders on the Stormâ and the theme song from âThe Love Boat.â
One imagines a conversation with Vontaine to be filled with wafting smoke, deep chuckles and âYouâre moneyâ and âDaddy-Oâ asides. But
Coming Into Focus|With 162 Projects, Downtown Continues to Evolve
by Evan George, Andrew Haas-Roche, Kathryn Maese, Kathleen Nye Flynn and Jon Regardie
Excerpts from the list relating to arts, entertainment and culture follow. Complete list of 162 projects is here.
Development Map The traditionally slow winter period had little effect on the pace of development in Downtown Los Angeles. Over the last several months, even as temperatures dropped and people tended to remain indoors whenever possible, the community not only continued its residential revolution, but began adding the bells and whistles that mark the turn from a collection of separate housing complexes into an actual neighborhood.
In the last several months, in fact, the community began to come into focus, with the opening of nearly a dozen restaurants, bars and retail outlets – everything from the upscale J Restaurant & Lounge to a second installment of coffee shop Groundwork to two locales
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by Andrew Haas-Roche
With Valentineâs Day right around the corner, now is the time to plan something nice for the special person in your life. Dinner and flowers have already been arranged (right?), so this is the moment to accent the evening by finding something unique to do together.
One reliable standby is tickets to a special event. Fortunately, Downtown Los Angeles has a wealth of events taking place on Valentineâs Day that are perfect for dating couples, longtime married folk and even singles. From the Music Center south to USC there is no end to the options, which run the gamut from mucho expensive to free.
But donât wait, as some of these events will sell out.
Classic Option: For those who believe that nothing says I love you like classical music, head to the University of Southern California. The USC Thornton School of Music is putting on a concert by faculty
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