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Award-winning songwriter and virtuoso instrumentalist Molly Tuttle turns a new corner with Rise, her debut as a solo artist. Produced by Kai Welch, the seven-song EP will be independently released on June 2. She will perform live at Boulevard Music in Culver on Friday May 8 at 8 pm.Already a familiar face in bluegrass circles and folk festivals, where she's been performing since the age of 11, Tuttle widens her reach with Rise. "I wanted to push outside the box," she says of the EP, whose songs mix the fiery fretwork of her acoustic guitar...
This was the question I asked last season. The answer was both yes and no. They lacked the elite starting pitching I thought was required. They fooled me by riding into the playoffs triggered by surprisingly good hitting. But they lost the showdown with the Cubs that could have put them into the World Series when they started two rookie pitchers in games 4 and 5 against two experienced opponents and lost both games. I wondered why the Dodgers hadn’t bid for elite free agent starting pitchers i...
Although some just might think the election ended in November (and for many it did), for others the preparation for the next Culver City council race just began. We know the reason the conservative Republican group seems to elect their number is because they start early building a resume of achievements and organizations. Unfortunately, the progressive Democrats seem to wait until the last minute and no doubt they will feel their huge plurality makes the election a snap for Demos. Let’s get s...
The Whole 9 is proud to present the 8th Affair of The Arts taking place on May 5, 6 & 7 in Downtown Culver City on Town Plaza surrounding the historic Culver Hotel. This free outdoor festival showcases 50 of Southern California's premiere painters, photographers, sculptors, and glass, ceramics and jewelry artists. In addition to visual arts, Affair of the Arts features eclectic music from some of LA’s most loved DJs and musicians. Adults and children will also be able to participate in interactive art projects, plus there will be other a...
To kick off International Compost Awareness Week May 7-13 Culver City Public Works Environmental Programs and Operations Division (EPO) and American Organics (AO) is holding a free compost giveaway event in the parking lot adjacent to the Bone Yard Dog Park. Compost is used to improve or maintain high quality soil, to grow healthy plants, reduce the use of fertilizer and pesticides, improve water quality and protect the environment. Where: Bill Botts Park 9800 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, Ropes Course PARKING LOTWhen: The event is on Saturday...
Working closely with the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, volunteers for the Backpacks for Kids program netted more than $7,600 in food, gift card and monetary donations during their weekend food drive at the Pavilions at 11030 Jefferson Boulevard in Culver City. “We had a tremendous amount of help from the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority,” said Jamie Wallace, co-coordinator of the program. “These gals are dedicated to serving the community, and they sure came through for us. They staffed our drive with volunteers for two straight days, and their enthu...
The GRAMMY Museum® announces that Culver City High and six other economically underserved across the United States have been selected as GRAMMY® Signature Schools Enterprise Award recipients for 2017 and have been awarded cash grants totaling up to $106,500 for their quality music programs. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program is a GRAMMY in the Schools® initiative that recognizes U.S. public high schools that make an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year. “We are honored to receive this speci...
A TED speaker and national best-selling author, Walt Disney Animation senior vice president, SpaceX manager, virtual reality innovator, and music composer for film / television / art will be among the distinguished speakers at WESTTalks – The Creative Edge, a conference at West Los Angeles College on Saturday, May 13. The creativity conference will be held in the college Fine Arts Theater from 9 am to 3 pm. Admission and parking are free but seats are limited. To RSVP and for more details, visit www.WLAC.edu/Creativity. Harvard Business Review...
Top news first, candy store second: My favorite film from the COLCOA French film festival won the audience award for best film. I'm sure it will get a distributor; when it finds its way into theaters, you must see "Mr. and Mrs. Adelman." You'll love it! * * * COLCOA. LAJFF. LAAPFF. SEEfest. CATE. What do these mean? There were five film festivals here last week; it's an enchanted candy store. COLCOA, charming acronym for LA: City of Light, City of Angels, superlative French films carefully...
Any sporting event between Culver City High and Santa Monica High is the definition of intense competition. Nothing epitomizes this more than the annual two-game home-and-away series between the two Ocean League archrivals on the baseball field. The 2017 heated series continued as the host Centaurs prevailed 7-2 against the Vikings in Game One on Tuesday afternoon, May 2 at the upgraded and spacious confines at Culver High. The result left both teams tied in the league standings at 5-2 and one g...
Ten local schools participated in the Culver City High Boys Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, April 29 at Del Goodyear Gymnasium. After all the spikes, digs and sets had settled Carson High clinched the Championship Game, 25-22, over North Torrance in the Gold Bracket. Beverly Hills beat Leuzinger for the Silver Championship. Besides the Culver City varsity team, Lawndale, Hawthorne, St. Paul, Brentwood and the Culver City High junior varsity also competed in the day-long format. Culver City...
Here we go again. It seems like every weekend UCLA and USC teams are involved in athletic competition. Last weekend UCLA and USC men’s and women’s track and field teams had their annual dual meet at USC and the UCLA football team played its Spring Game inside Drake stadium on the UCLA campus. This weekend the Bruins and the Trojans will battle each other in baseball at USC and the UCLA softball team will face the No. 1 team in the Pac-12 and the No. 3 team in the nation, Arizona at UCLA. The...
USC sophomore forward Bennie Boatwright has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft list and will return for his junior season. “I have decided to return to USC for my junior year to further my education and work on developing my basketball skills,” said Boatwright. “I look forward to an exciting 2017-18 season with my teammates.”Boatwright led USC with a 15.1 scoring average during the 2016-17 season and averaged 4.5 rebounds. The Trojan co-captain was limited to 19 games due to a knee injury early in the season, but finished the season strong...
The Los Angeles Chargers were very successful at the 2017 NFL Draft held in Philadelphia from April 27-29. They filled a lot of needs and did it with players who not only could start right away but should have long careers in L.A. 1st Round: Mike Williams, Wide Receiver, 6'4", 220 pounds, 4.56 forty-yard dash. Williams was the rated the top wide receiver in this draft by many scouting services. He has good size, long arms and good focus. He does a great job of winning the 50/50 catches. He does...
