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-ATE Cur-ATE July 9, 10 | 6:30 pm BP Grand Entrance | $90 members; $100 non-members | Price includes tour, dinner, and parking | Reservations required Ray's & Stark Bar, in conjunction with Maite Gomez-Rejón of ArtBites and LACMA, is bridging the gap between culinary arts and fine art. Beginning in July, visitors can experience intimate gallery discussions tracing the role of food in a historical and social context through art. Immediately following each tour, executive chef Kris Morningstar will present a three-course meal inspired by the...
Resolution Requests Ban Some words send a stronger message than others. That was the conclusion reached by a majority of the Culver City Council Monday night. The Council voted to send a resolution to the state of California and California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to place a ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in state and local oil fields, and on the disposal of fracking wastewater by injection wells, until DOGGR adopts comprehensive...
The Culver City Unified School District Board of Education announces it has selected David LaRose to be the new CCUSD Superintendent. LaRose has served for the past four years as the superintendent of the South Kitsap School District in Washington State. He was recently named South Kitsap’s 2012 Man of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce, and received the Kitsap Scouting 2011 Service to Youth Award. In 2009 LaRose received the Washington State ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Whole Child Award for his systemic and s...
By Gabrielle Bon Durant Special to the Observer This summer employers in Culver City have started to adopt President Obama’s initiative to provide summer jobs and job training for low-income, underprivileged youth. The “Summer Jobs Program” has resulted in nearly 300,000 employment opportunities for youth throughout the United States. Culver City is doing it’s part by allowing internship opportunities with corporations like Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sports Studio, and Symantec just to name a few; as well as providing employment opportunities...
June 22, 2012 City Manager’s Office • Metro Expo Line-Culver City Station Opening - Metro officially opened to the public the Culver City Station on Wednesday, June 20th at 12 noon, following a Press Conference at 9 am. City Staff and Volunteers in Patrol acted as Ambassadors at the station to distribute information and assist with way finding. The opening of the station coincided with the Culver City Downtown Business Association’s Third Wednesday "Summer Solstice" evening Happy Hour which featured special offers from participating busin...
The public is invited to a community dinner presented by the Culver City Sister City Committee. The committee will be welcoming the visiting Sister City delegation of students and chaperones from Iksan City, South Korea, the Trilateral Youth Exchange students from both Uruapan, Mexico and Lethbridge, Canada and Culver City Student Ambassadors who will be traveling to Uruapan and Washington, D.C. in late July. The dinner will be held on Sunday, July 22 at 6 p.m. at the home of Ed and Marla Wolkowitz, 10811 Ocean Drive, Culver City. The cost is...
Are we ready to live in a world where the Clippers do things right and the Lakers fumble around like the Clippers did for decades? Well, we don’t yet know what the Lakers are going to do this off-season. The free agency period has just begun. But the Clippers have left no mistake about their intentions. Acquiring Lamar Odom and making Chauncy Billups their primary target in free agency sends the clear message that the Clippers are trying to win the NBA championship next season, or at least t...
Kentwood Players will hold auditions for the musical “SCREAM QUEENS - The Musical” with book, music and lyrics by Scott Martin on Saturday, July 14 from 11 am to 4 pm and Sunday, July 15 from 6 pm to 9. at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester, CA 90045. Callbacks, if necessary, will be held on Monday, July 16 at 6 pm. The production is directed by its author Scott Martin with Susan Goldman Weisbarth producing by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Choreographer will be Victoria Miller. Production dates are Sep...
