A couple of months ago, a message appeared on the roof of Steve Turner Contemporary Art , loosely painted in white across a black ground, reading “Help Us.” Given the gallery’s location, just across Wilshire Boulevard from the Los Angeles County Museum or Art (LACMA) and the dazzling new home for all things blue-chip, The Broad Contemporary Art Museum , one would be tempted to infer a dissenting tone in the sign, made by Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford . But as Bradford’s message is not actually visible to the windowless buildings surrounding the gallery, and can only properly be seen from the air and via a live video feed the gallery has established, it’s clear that the artist’s SOS reaches beyond the limits of contemporary art. Bradford adopts a fundamental position of appeal that is heavily colored by its similarities to those of Hurricane Katrina victims, including Angela Antoinette Perkins, who repeated these very words out...
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The Houston Chronicle has an article on Governor Perry's outrage that Texas is not getting the same level of FEMA reimbursement for debris removal that Louisiana received after Hurricane Katrina because Texas has a budget surplus. One common similarity though with Louisiana's post Katrina experience is this which is found at the end of the article: ... more
Its congregants started a preschool to fill a void in the community, gathered volunteers for Hurricane Katrina relief and organized a youth program for teens of different religious denominations. ... - By CRISTINA KUMKA Herald Staff... more
The per capita ratio for Mesothelioma cases in Louisiana is astoundingly high, the highest in the nation in fact. Louisiana residents will continue to experience higher than national averages of this disease as the combination of momentarily relaxed Mesothelioma legislature (this is already slated to change) and Hurricane Katrina asbestos exposure coupled with the lower [...]... more
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Los Angeles Councilman Bernard C. Parks, locked in a race for Los Angeles County supervisor, canceled his campaign schedule Monday upon the death of his father, Earl Winfred Parks, whose public-service career spanned half a century.
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Los Angeles - The Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters (LALCV) opposes the recall of Commerce Mayor Tina Baca Del Rio and City Councilman Robert C. Fierro.
"The election in March 2005 of Mayor Tina Baca Del Rio and Councilman Robert Fierro was literally a breath of fresh air for the people of Commerce," said Mitchell Schwartz, President of the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters. "These two brave councilmembers decided to take on big polluters and now face a mean-spirited recall ef... more
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L.A. County district attorney’s office says it will no longer seek to retry the case, and a judge dismisses the charges. Rocha had been found guilty in a 1996 Highland Park killing.
Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday that they would not retry the case of a 29-year-old man who has long insisted he was wrongfully convicted of a 1996 murder in Highland Park.
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LONDON, Nov 21 - Michael Jackson has become a Muslim - and changed his name to Mikaeel. The skint superstar, 50, donned Islamic garb to pledge allegiance to the Quran in a ceremony at a pal’s mansion in Los Angeles.
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circle up now From: panic.liber.us Post Date: 2008-07-17 12:23:00
circle up now uses “human aerial art” to draw attention to issues of human rights, social justice and freedom. on july 12th, in 20 locations across the world, from kathmandu to tel-aviv to mexico, they organized thousands of amnesty international supporters to join together to form images of the words “freedom,” “dignity” and “justice” representing the principles of the universal declaration of human rights. you can see more phot... more
BRENDA RAY: WORLD VOICES PROJECT
A SOUND INSTALLATION OF NEARLY 50 VOICES FROM DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES FEATURING THE READING OF EXCERPTS OF THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
JULY 20-AUGUST 3, 2008, SOUTH STREET SEAPORT
New York, NY (July 1, 2008) From July 20 through August 3, 2008,
nearly 50 different voices reading the United Nation’s Universal
Declaration of Human Rights may be heard in World Voices Project. An
engaging and poetic sound installation created by artist Br... more
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