SOMETIMES, the stars align themselves perfectly.
LMU is presenting a series of on-campus, Los Angeles related events that explore, unearth and celebrate the city. Hosted at the William H.
Hannon Library a
calendar of screenings ("Celluloid City: L.A. on Film") and author talks and readings will be held throughout the Spring semester. Past events: A screening of the
Billy Wilder classic, Sunset Boulevard (above) and author Charles Phoenix's one-of-a-kind take on
kitsch, mid-last century So Cal and the lens through which we -- and the world -- see ourselves. But you're not too late. Of course, there's a whole lot of Los Angeles still to explore over the next few weeks.
Upcoming screenings in the series:2/17/10
Devil in a Blue Dress 3/3/10
Blade Runner3/17/10
Real Women Have Curves4/14/10
Fast Times at Ridgemont High4/18/10
500 Days of SummerUpcoming readings/lectures in the series:2/25/10: Celeste
Fremon,
G-Dog and the Homeboys L.A.-based freelance journalist
Fremon profiles the work of father Greg Boyle, founder of
Homeboy Industries.
3/18/2010: Mark
Arax, W
est of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders,and Killers in the Golden StateFormer Los Angeles Times writer
Arax as he reports up and down the state: on the last of the
Okies, the latest migrants from Mexico, the tree-sitters of Berkeley.
4/22/2010: Tony
Lovett,
LA Bizarro: The All-New Insider's Guide to the Obscure, the Absurd, and the Perverse in Los Angeles.The tour book to beat all tour books, this is
Lovett and co-writer Matt
Maranian's best-selling "only-in-L.A." view of the
Southland featuring morbid museums, culinary curiosities pet cemeteries and
who knows what else. . . .
Film events will be held from 7:00pm - 9pm at the Hannon Library in the in the Von der Ahe Family Suite (L3)
Book events will be held Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:00pm also at the Hannon Library in the Von der Ahe Family Suite (L3)
-- L.G.
(top caption: a.k.a watching sunset boulevard
top photo credit: Drag 101 on Flickr Commons
bottom photo caption: frolic room cocktail bar, hollywood, california,
bottom photo credit: vistavision, from Flickr Creative Commons)
JOURNALIST, TEACHER and poet, Mike Sonksen, (BKA, Mike the Poet) touched down in class last Monday night and spun L.A. history via shimmering rhyming couplets. He threw out names of some of his favorite books, authors and hidden places in L.A. Full list to follow but here are a few of the books and/or authors he made mention of both in conversation and verse:
