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Tag Archives: Los Angeles
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
¿Y, si hubo fraude? and unions try to stop Walmart in Chinatown
While most media regurgitate Calderón and the PRI’s assertions that Mexico has a president-elect, today on Hear in the City, Sara interviews investigative journalist and Enfoque Latino contributor Dolores Dorantes about what she calls “A Coup d’ Etat, Mexican … Continue reading
Posted in Chinatown, Chinese culture, City Government, community redevelopment, culture in the city, economy and equality, election coverage, labor, Mexico, Neighborhood/Area, protest, radio, street parades, work
Tagged AMLO, Chinatown, Dolores Dorantes, Elecciones En México, Enrique Peña Nieto, Felipe Calderón, Hear in the City, IFE, Los Angeles, Mexican Election, Mexico, PAN, PRI, Sara Harris, Walmart
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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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translations in Mexican art
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
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A night at the Welcome Inn
We spend this week’s show at a one-time musical happening in a motel on Colorado Boulevard in Los Angeles. The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound converts a block of rooms into experimental music stages … Continue reading
let’s go to the market
On this episode of Hear in the City, we go to the market and ponder the question of loyalty. We sit down at the kitchen table with a 32 year veteran employee of the largest grocery chain the U.S. at … Continue reading
Posted in culture in the city, Culver City, economy and equality, public radio, Uncategorized, Venice, work
Tagged Carmageddon, chain stores, Costco, Hear in the City, Kroger, Los Angeles, Manuel Tavison, membership, Radio realities, Ralphs, Sara Harris, shopping, strike, the market, the urban landscape, walk-out, Will Coley
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