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MCLM in association with the BADWest St. Clair Bourne 4th Monday Documentary Series begins the 2014-2105 with the 2001documentary film Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake directed by Sean Long on Sept. 22. Before I Wake is unique in that it is the only known documentary that chronicles the last year of Tupac Shakur's life as seen through the eyes of the one person that was closest to him, his bodyguard, Frank Alexander. For the first time see intimate details, including behind the scenes studio footage of Tupac creating some of his most innovative...
Established by the City Council to provide advice on matters affecting persons with disabilities in the community, the Disability Advisory Committee has welcomed a new member, Dr. Janet Cameron Hoult, a professor emerita from CSULA. Dealing with her own disabilities has given her a deeper understanding of what we as a community need to do to provide support for our disabled citizens. Some years ago, following the lead of City Council member Mehaul O’Leary, she presented the Council with information about the crosswalks at the intersection of O...
City of Culver City Parks, Recreation & Community Services Commission September 2, 2014 Here are some highlights from the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services (PRCS) Commission meeting of September 2, 2014. At this meeting, the PRCS Commission: • Elected Laura Stuart as Chair and Scott Zeidman as Vice Chair of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission. • Formed the Youth Sports Advisory Ad Hoc Subcommittee and appointed Vice Chair Zeidman and Commissioner Garland as mem...
October 13, 1930 - August 30, 2014 Husband of Alma . . . Father of Ronald Dean, James Albert, and Tony Patrick . . . Grandfather of Ron Ryan, Matthew, Nathan, and Ariella. Ronald's father Jim was born in Culver City in 1909 before the city was even established. He attended Culver Grammar School in 1916 and worked at MGM Studios as a light man from 1929 to 1959. Ronald's mother, Kathy, was a waitress at Petrelli's in the 1930's. Ronald attended Culver Grammar School in 1937 and was a Hamilton...
On May 26, 2014 well over 5,000 attended the Memorial Day program at the Los Angeles National Cemetery. 48 hours prior, approximately 6,000 Boy and Girl Scouts from troops across Southern California placed American flags on 88,000 graves. Although this special Memorial Day event occurred almost four months ago, it is worth noting, as I’m sure you will agree after reading the following narrative by 96-year-old Lt. Yoshito Fujimoto regarding his occupational duties in Japan, which has been r...
“I don’t think we’ve ever had a ‘double whammy’ before,” said Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells, as she took to the “well” in the Mike Balkman City Council Chambers on September 8, to swear in both the new police and fire chiefs of Culver City. Lines of police officers and fire fighters stood in the back and on the sides of the auditorium as a full house lauded the new Police Chief, Scott Bixby and the new Fire Chief David Lawrence White. Sahli-Wells, before administering the oaths of office, describ...
“Race,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, opened last Sunday at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Performances run through September 28. Directed by longtime Mamet collaborator Scott Zigler, “Race” features acclaimed stage and screen actors Chris Bauer (“True Blood,” “The Wire,” Broadway’s “A Streetcar Named Desire”), Dominic Hoffman (Mamet’s world premiere of “Faustus”), Jonno Roberts (Broadway’s “Take Me Out”) and DeWanda Wise (ABC’s “Firelight”). “Race” has set design by Jeffery P. Eisenmann, cos...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor It’s been quite a start to USC’s football season. In the first game, before 76,000 in the Coliseum, new head coach Steve Sarkisian introduced a go-go offense that resulted in the Trojans running 105 plays, more than 20 more that they averaged last season as USC won, 52-13 In the second game, Stanford dominated play but had trouble getting into the end zone and USC won, 13-10. The drama occurred in the second half when Sarkisian was arguing with the officials and...
Re: The Culver City Red Light Camera Contract - Has It Been Signed Yet? Save $$$ Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers: I wrote you the attached letter a few days before the May 12 meeting during which you voted to continue the City's red light camera program and re-elect Redflex as the vendor. Then after the meeting I sent City Manager Nachbar the May 19 letter included in the thread below. Early last month I used the Public Records Act to obtain some City documents, and those showed that as of...
By Fred Altieri Observer Reporter The Culver City High 2014 varsity football team customarily began another year with a very tough pre-league season schedule. Last year was a prime example of this forging process that has served the Centaurs well during the past five years culminating with a 5-0 record and the 2013 Ocean League Championship. Last Friday the Centaurs took a short excursion south to the ‘friendly’ confines of West High School in Torrance to take on the CIF Southern Section div...
Long have we heard the old adage that "marriage is hell", but what about the honeymoon? Thanks to first time writer/director Leigh Janiak and HONEYMOON, couples may now want to start rethinking their own post-marital celebrations as Janiak gives new meaning to honeymoon hell and marital bliss. Deconstructing a relationship thanks to over-zealous paranoia and that omnipresent question, "How well do you know the person you married?", Janiak delivers an intriguing story fueled by doubt and uncertai...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Rita Zide, owner of Roll 'N Rye in Culver City, has announced the restaurant will close after 51 years in business. She plans to retire. "I started here in April 1963 when my Dad opened the original restaurant. I started as a cashier." She went on to purchase the restaurant from her father 35 years ago and built the new Roll 'N Rye in 1989. Panera Bread will be moving into the Roll "N Rye location after extensive remodeling. Zide has been a major benefactor...
The Culver City Sister City Committee invites the public to attend its annual quarterly membership meeting and picnic, honoring the students and families who participated in this summer's youth exchange programs. It will be at Lindberg Park on Sunday, Sept. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 pm. The picnic will feature an El Pollo Loco Lunch & beverages for $10 a person, $5 for 16 and under (no charge for the program participants). Students and adults will share their experiences related to visiting Kaizuka,...
Kentwood Players will present "ORPHANS" by Lyle Kessler from Friday, September 12 to Saturday, October 18, 2014 for a six-week run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm with Sunday matinees at 2 pm at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester. The production is directed by Kathy Dershimer and produced by Susan Goldman Weisbarth by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. "ORPHANS" centers on two abandoned grown-up boys who live in a dilapidated North Philly row house. Treat, the...
Get ready for a blast-from-the-past as the triumvirate of famous classic rockers - Stephen Bishop, John Ford Coley and Bill Champlin make an appearance at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on September 20. Collectively, having sold over 100 million records, these three musical giants will take the stage simultaneously performing all of their great hits and also entertain the audience with stories from their experiences on the road and background of the songs they wrote…a trip down memory l...
