Category Archives: theater

Voting from jail in California

Posted on November 5, 2012 by hitc

On the week before the November 6th general election, we visit Men’s Central Jail in downtown L.A. to witness a first-time-ever push by a coalition of community organizations and volunteers to register inmates and former felons who are eligible to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 election, arts, film, and music, civil rights, criminal justice, culture in the city, election coverage, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, music, theater | Leave a comment

unique little endeavors

Posted on July 21, 2012 by hitc

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 | Leave a comment

translations in Mexican art

Posted on April 24, 2012 by hitc

Listen to this show and be treated to a sonic journey into translations between languages, media, and landscapes as we map an eclectic sampling of Mexican artists whose work is currently featured around Los Angeles…. … Continue reading →

Posted in arts, film, and music, City Terrace, film, near-obsolete technologies, photography, poetry, theater, video | Tagged Dolores Dorantes, Dr. Goio, Edgardo Aragon, Effectos De Familia, Fire Axolote, Gregorio Rocha, Hear in the City, Jen Hofer, Jesse Lerner, Kay Sage, LACMA, Los Angeles, Magic Lantern, Monica Nepote, Oaxaca, Sara Harris, Surrealist Adventures | Leave a comment

4/19/2011: holding council

Posted on April 26, 2011 by hitc

On this installment of Hear in the City, we experience the Native American tradition of council in a non-traditional setting: a high school classroom just east of the Greyhound station in one of L.A.’s oldest schoolhouses, Metropolitan High where student … Continue reading →

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1/10/2011: PTSD and “Macho Like Me”

Helie Lee: Macho Like Me

Posted on January 11, 2011 by hitc

Los Angeles author Helie Lee is 1.5 generation Korean American. Several years ago, Helie spent two harrowing years in China and in Seoul planning to help her family defect from North Korea. Helie’s latest undertaking is a one-woman performance that … Continue reading →

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11/29/2010: projects that fill a void
Pinches Mentirosas Sisters

Posted on December 1, 2010 by hitc

We visit Casa 0101, a small but powerful theater in Boyle Heights where Latinas exercise freedom of creative expression in an ongoing project called P.M.S. (Pinches Mentirosas Sisters)