Fairey plays influential role in evolution of street art


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Street artists are usually seen as troublemakers. Many tamper with public property, create controversial pieces with charged messages and sometimes end up being arrested for the art they create. One of the biggest issues any street artist encounters is getting his or her work accepted as actual art. It’s tough to convince the average civilian […]

Haute Highlights


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Festival of California Poets Writers, poets and all lovers of the arts, for that matter, have a lot to look forward to this weekend at the Festival of California Poets at the Hammer Museum. The Hammer Museum, Poetry Society of America and PEN Center USA will present this fifth annual event. This year’s festivities will […]

Letter to the editor


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Same-sex classes beneficial Leslie Chang’s “Same-sex education not as detrimental as it seems” (Oct. 6) discussing the pros and cons of same-sex education reminded me of an experiment we did when I was finishing my graduate work in the School of Education in the mid-1980s. I was a teachers assistant in the program for the […]

Steve Jobs, the modern American hero


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Every generation has its heroes. These figures all have critics, but people in almost every demographic category revere them. Their importance shapes our culture. What about this generation, though? Our hero is more difficult to find. We could look to politics, but even President Barack Obama, who conducted one of the most inspiring campaigns in […]

The Academy Is… officially disbanded


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Looks like there are no awards in sight for The Academy Is…, one of the most recent bands to end its run in the music biz. Apparently, the band has been growing apart since its inception nine years ago. Three albums later, it was time to cut the chord. The Academy Is… has long been […]

AFI to recognize Shirley MacLaine with Life Achievement Award


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Renowned actress and author Shirley MacLaine, 77, will receive the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award at a gala ceremony June 7. Known for works such as The Trouble With Harry and Terms of Endearment, MacLaine will be the 40th recipient of the AFI award, placing her among the likes of Morgan Freeman, her younger […]