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Picture yourself on New Year's Day, making resolutions. You look back, asking, "Why did I do that?" or think, "I should never have done that." You know how we think about what we could have done, and we feel bad? And we wish we'd done it differently? Now imagine it's January 1 and you can change things, get the time back. Would you go for a redo? There are 82 weekdays till New Year's, and 33 weekends. That's 2,760 hours. Instead of looking backward come New Year's Day you might try looking...
Don’t miss the opportunity to visit the Catty Wagon (www.cattywagon.org), the first custom-built, mobile adoption vehicle created just for kittens in order to enable thousands of shelter kittens to find homes by bringing the concept of curb service to pet adoption. Failing to take advantage of this unique experience would be a cat-astrophic oversight, especially since it couldn’t be more convenient to check out the yellow truck that looks like a giant cat with ears, whiskers and a tail and is fu...
You are going to England stop in Kent at the Leeds Castle and see the museum with over 100 dog collars. Hearing loss may be an early warning of diabetes. Multiple researc h studies have indicated people with diabetes are approximately twice as likely to lose their hearing as those without the disease. Any visit to an audiolo gist that results in a diagnosis of hearing loss should be followed up by a c all to your regular physician. Untreated hearing loss and dementia have been li nked. Hearing...
Did I hear someone say they were going to be in Atlanta, Georgia on October 8th? If so, I just bet they will take part in the 5K Bacon Run. All runners, when they cross the finish line, will be able to sample 15 different bacon-filled dishes. Themed customers are strongly encouraged to don bacon bikinis and pig outfits. Recently, Jay, the world’s very best mail carrier, delivered the Official Publication of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council “News.” The B...
British director Ben Wheatley first caught the attention of many when he threw his hat into the feature film ring with "Kill List". Already known for his episodic television work across the pond, "Kill List" made one sit up and take notice of Wheatley's directorial storytelling skill. Now, with HIGH-RISE, Wheatley firmly solidifies himself as a visionary thanks to his stylized interpretation of Amy Jump's adaptation of the 1975 J.G. Ballard sci-fi novel of the same name which, in the hands of...
I always knew "green rooms" could be dangerous places - especially back in the 70's and 80's at the height of metal and then with 90's punk and free-flowing drugs and alcohol, but Jeremy Saulnier takes the idea of a green room to a whole new deliciously twisted level with GREEN ROOM. As we know from “Blue Ruin”, Saulnier is adept at carefully placed and judiciously utilized tongue-in-cheek double entendres, and GREEN ROOM is no different; most notably with the band's name - "The Ain't Rig...
Endgame, the new Samuel Beckett play at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, is absurdly witty. Bizarre is a good description for both the humor and the situation the audience gets to see. The acting's exceptional. Do you know anything about Theatre of the Absurd? Most people in the opening night audience loved this play. They laughed - a lot - at the craziness of the characters and the dialogue; theatre of the absurd has its moments of comedy. Certain plays of absurdist fiction are called "Theatre of the...
When I was a little girl, my mother would take me into the voting booth with her. There'd be three or four people sitting at a table with voter lists. We called them "Cake Ladies". Every election, they'd be sitting there with cakes in front of them. Last Tuesday, I was one of them. I'd volunteered to be a poll inspector in the general municipal election. Training for about 100 people took two hours. "Listen, First-timers: You'll love it!" the trainer said, then asked how many people had worked...
Celebrating more than 25 years of promoting responsible pet care, animal entertainment and debuting the newest pet trends and products, the 26th annual America’s Family Pet Expo returns Friday, April 22 to Sunday, April 24 to the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa (88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa 92626). All weekend long, guests will have the opportunity to meet, see and interact with a show-stopping display of all creatures great and small. From rare birds, exotic reptiles, colorful fish, miniature horses, fancy felines to precocious pups, the A...
Seems appropriate to go from Christopher Walken voicing King Louie to Christopher Walken being, well, Christopher Walken, in the charming comedy ONE MORE TIME. Paul Lombard was a star back in the day. Crooning a-la Sinatra he had hit after hit after hit. But as happens with time, the fans disappear. Not content to sit back and watch time pass him by, Paul spends his night secretly updating his Wikipedia page with more glowing adjectives than stars in the heavens. Ever the egotist, rationalizing...
Mayor Micheal O'Leary and Culver City Fire Chief David White recognized CCHS Student Kyle Hiroto Lorrin on Tuesday, April 5 for Outstanding Community Service for his actions in response to an alarm in the home of a neighbor who was away. Unsure of the nature of the alarm, Kyle responded to his neighbor's home with equipment suitable to handle a fire or burglary. Discovering a fire upon entry, Kyle effected the evacuation of the owner's elderly dog-sitter and her husband and grandchildren, as wel...
Congresswoman, 37th Congressional District In 2005 The Economist introduced a new term into our political lexicon: Dog whistle politics. It is the act of “putting out a message that, like a high-pitched dog-whistle, is only fully audible to those at whom it is directly aimed.” Even before he announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States last year, Donald Trump was working on perfecting his dog-whistle rhetoric to call out to racists in the United States. In 2011, Donald Trump crowned himself king of the birther movement whe...
Walk with a Doc will take place on Saturday, February 20. The group will meet at Veteran's Park on Culver Boulevard at Overland Avenue at 8:45 am. There will be a health presentation by Jeffrey Penso, MD and Sarah Carpenter, MD. Dr. Jeff Penso will speak about 'Zika and other challenges.' At 8:55 am a warmup led by Brandon Webb, YMCA fitness trainer will be held. The walk begins at 9 am. The walk will take approximately one hour. Everyone walks at their own pace. On Wednesday, February 24 the...
I could write a book about looking for a roommate; better yet, a movie. You won't believe all the funny things that happen. I was afraid to start. Who was I expecting - Jacquie the Ripper? I feared being in a closed space - the apartment - with complete strangers. I sounded paranoid, even to myself. Yet you read about people who take silly risks and get hurt. I decided to not be paranoid, but not casual; I'd aim for careful. Inevitably, you take chances. It's like looking for an apartment at...
Bending their bodies cautiously at ground balls, lofting outfield flies and ambling around the bases, some 100 senior softball players will begin the Culver City Senior Softball season Jan. 24, at Veterans Park. The quarter century- old Culver City Softball Association is a serious slow-pitch league played year round that provides an opportunity for its members to have fun playing a game they love and enjoy making new friends. Games are played Sundays at Veterans Park involving men over the age...
Thanksgiving is all about family, and what better way is there to celebrate family than to see one of the best family films of the year - THE GOOD DINOSAUR. A rare treat to have two Pixar films released in the same year ("Inside Out" being the other in 2015), THE GOOD DINOSAUR makes its mark on your heart thanks to themes that ring true for every generation of families, parents and children, punctuated by a story filled with adventure, friendship and love and complemented by the beauteous...
By Myke Williams Sports Reporter The 6-3 USC football team hopes to make it four wins in a row when it travels to Colorado tonight in a rare Friday night game at 6 p.m. on ESPN2. The Trojans will face the Buffalos in temperatures that are expected to drop into the 20’s. After they battle the 4-6 Buffalos their two remaining regular season games are against Oregon on the road next Saturday and UCLA at home on November 28. Last Saturday the Trojans beat Arizona 38-30. They were led by freshman running back Roland Jones II who set a freshman r...
Well, Boys and Ghouls, it’s that time again. When dead men walk, banshees scream, and we all prepare to be scared out of our wits. And no - I’m not talking about a presidential debate. I’m talking about Halloween! Young or old, Halloween is a holiday everyone can enjoy. Well, almost everyone. If you have pets, depending on their personality, they may not enjoy it as much as you do. But fear not. We’ve put together five tips to help make your Halloween night a screaming success instead of a barking nightmare. 1. Make Like the Walking Dead. (The...
It’s a political powerhouse this week at the theater as we are treated to David Gordon Green’s “fictional” OUR BRAND IS CRISIS based on the 2002 Bolivian presidential campaign, plus a documentary that strikes a chord on a global scale, INDIA’S DAUGHTER. A documentary from Leslee Udwin (now an advisor to the United Nations Human Rights Commission on the “Equality Studies Global Initiative” and recipient of the 2015 Anna Lindh Human Rights Award), the latter goes beyond the world shattering 20...
Now in the heart of “awards season”, as the cinematic cream starts to rise to the top and the wheat separates from the chaff, the annual definition of “best” becomes clearer and the race for Oscar begins. But one category of film always seems to stand alone out of the fray and limelight and is quite often overlooked by not only distributors and theatre owners, but moviegoers - foreign language films. Each year, countries from around the globe chose one film from their country to submit for Osc...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 526-West Los Angeles meets on the first Thursday of each month at the American Legion Hall, 5309 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City, 7:30 p.m. For more information contact John Hamilton, President at (310) 429-4512 or Post Office Box 1442, Culver City, California 90232-1442. I just bet our fire chief doesn’t want any of his engineers to hear about the three openings next year in Cobb County, Georgia. Please don’t tell the...
Sister community Theater groups Kentwood Players and Theatre Palisades are working in tandem this summer to present all three plays in Neil Simon's Eugene Trilogy, It begins with "Brighton Beach Memoirs" by Kentwood Players from July 10 through August 15, the just added staged readings of "Biloxi Blues" at Theatre Palisades on Saturday, August 29 at 8 pm and by Kentwood Players on Sunday, August 30 at 7pm, and ending with "Broadway Bound" at Theatre Palisades from September 4 through October 11...
By Neil Rubenstein Observer Columnist President Obama and his wife, Michelle, paid more than $93,000 in federal income tax last year on an adjusted gross income of more than $477,000, according to tax returns released on April 10 by the White House. Metropolitan Washington D. C. police arrested Arthur Baldwin earlier this year on a felony charge of first degree attempted burglary and destruction of property. Baldwin. a uniformed officer in the Secret Service Foreign Missions Branch, is accused...
With summer in full swing and the kids out of school and parents looking for some entertainment for not only the kids, but themselves and something they can do as a family, movies are a traditional respite. The problem becomes, however, finding that family friendly entertainment beyond the guaranteed awesomeness of Disney and Pixar which, by the way, is in top form this summer with “Inside Out.” (If you haven’t seen “Inside Out” yet, run to your nearest theatre as fast as you can). But this...
I am writing this note to thank Officer Corolla Fleeger for her amazing work. With her incredible dedication and initiative, this week she reunited an elderly, injured dog with its family. She is Culver City’s Animal Service Officer, and I wanted to share this story and also to let our Culver City residents know that we have this wonderful resource. Yesterday morning, my son Sam spotted a confused looking dog wandering in our neighborhood. The dog looked hungry and injured. I tried to a...
