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Loitering in public space
What does it mean to “loiter”? To occupy and frequent a space without a monetary transaction or other purposeful agenda in mind? This episode, we look at modes of Social Practice Occupy L.A. as Performing Public Space continues it’s Come in; We’re Open show at … Continue reading
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Tagged ""loitering", "Chris Cuellar", "Come in, "Owen Driggs", 90.7FM, Hear in the City, KPFK, Occupy L.A., Radio realities, We're Open"
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of marathons and assholes
On this episode: “Whenever I see a plain, industrial building, I just have to wonder: who’s being screwed behind those frosted, black windows?” -Robby Herbst, Llano del Río collective on the Antagonist’s Guide to the Assholes of Los Angeles. “When you are … Continue reading
Posted in arts, film, and music, City of Los Angeles, civil rights, community arts, culture in the city, economy and equality, music, street art, Uncategorized, video, work
Tagged "Fernando Llanos", "Llano del Río Collective", "Mi Reyna", "Robby Herbst", 90.7FM, Hear in the City, KPFK, Mapping The City, Sara Harris
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Air
This episode, we launch a three-part series from radio art collective, RadioSonideros called Air. Water. Earth. It was first broadcast as part of a floating radio station on the Staten Island Ferry in 2007: The FM Ferry Experiment. Also in … Continue reading
Posted in Air Check Series, air pollution, arts, film, and music, bicycling, City Government, culture in the city, economy and equality, film, Mexico, Neighborhood/Area, Pit Bulls, public health, radio, Special Series, sustainability, transportation, Two Wheels and a Mic, UCLA Film and Television Archive, Uncategorized, urban environment
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Difficult Dogs
Dogs are a man’s (or a woman’s) best friend. They teach us. We teach them. For better or for worse, dogs are our creation– historically owing the existence of their kind to humans, and as such, they are our responsibility. … Continue reading
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unique little endeavors
Sara was walking through the park looking for a place to photograph a tin house when she noticed a life-size plastic horse being pulled up a ravine on a stretcher by a small team of uniformed rappelers with helmets. As … Continue reading
Posted in animal services, arts, film, and music, Chinatown, City of Los Angeles, Griffith Park, public radio, puppets, theater, Uncategorized, urban wildlife, work
Tagged 90.7FM, Animal Rescue, Automata, Elmo, Hear in the City, Horse Rescue, Janie Geiser, KPFK, Mapping The City, Puppet Show, Puppeteering, Sara Harris, SMART Los Angeles, Susan Simpson, Urban Space
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wildlife encounters
The direct encounter with a wild predator in the urban context is exhilerating, unsettling, and urgent. Something has to happen. On this episode of Hear in the City, Sara confronts a coyote on the street in broad daylight, sending it … Continue reading
“It’s just a big rock” and Radio Ambulante
On this episode, Hear in the City takes us to the unveiling of Levitated Mass, a 340-ton rock with its own Twitter feed. The rock’s trip through 22 cities in Southern California from Jurupah Valley to its perch atop a … Continue reading
Posted in arts, film, and music, culture in the city, land art, MOCA, public radio, radio, Uncategorized
Tagged Antonio Villaraigosa, Daniel Alarcón, David Brinkley, Ends of the Earth, Hear in the City, Jesse Lerner, LACMA, Land Art, Levitated Mass, Michael Heiser, MOCA, public radio, Radio Ambulante, Radio en español, Robert Smithson, Sara Harris
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Birds, fish, and free lunch
We start this episode of Hear in the City at Los Angeles’s historic Echo Park Lake, the site of a $65 million water quality project that has temporarily displaced dozens of birds and turned the ponds of lotus flower into … Continue reading
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for our mothers
In honor of Mothers’ Day, two stories of motherhood during difficult times. Our first audio postcard comes from students at The HeArt Project: a wonderfully talented group of teen moms who are finishing their high school degrees at a small … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, community arts, culture in the city, education, gender, Korean culture, literature, love, marginalize communities, The HeArt Project, Uncategorized
Tagged Cal-Safe Arleta, Hear in the City, Helie Lee, In Absence Of Sun, Korean War, Los Angeles, Motherhood, Mothers Day, Sara Harris, Still Life With Rice, The HeArt Project, war
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the May Day show
On this week’s episode, we reflect on the words of Studs Terkel, in honor of what would be his 100th birthday on May 16th. The Chicago-based journalist and oral historian dedicated his life to giving voice to work-a-day people. He … Continue reading
Posted in arts, film, and music, censorship, Chinese culture, culture in the city, Downtown, economy and equality, music, Uncategorized, West Hollywood
Tagged May Day, Tags: May Day International Workers' Hear In The City Los Angeles Sara Harris Jesse Lerner Gao Brothers Vladimir Lenin The Great Helmsman Chairman Mao Studs Terkel Pete Seeger Immigrant Rights FIOB Ga
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