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dive in Ed Fuentes

Diving into the Neon Buzz of Downtown

By Ed Fuentes — March 26, 2008 — 2 Comments

Through the windows of a 4th Street Gilville outpost, glass tubes filled with neon gas are lit documents to lost commercial venues. Like paintings and sculptures...


Blessing of the Animals

By Ed Fuentes — March 23, 2008 — 2 Comments

Saturday marked the 78th Blessing of the Animals at Olvera Street. The procession from the plaza to a Los Angeles street stage was led by a single cow. Once there...


Fisherman's Outlet Ed Fuentes

Good Friday Brings the Crowds to Get Their Seafood

By Ed Fuentes — March 21, 2008 — 4 Comments

Fisherman's Outlet is hidden away in the industrial area just off Skid Row, but on this Good Friday afternoon it was anything but empty. Patrons of all types and...


Edgar

By Ed Fuentes — March 20, 2008 — 1 Comment

Edgar Varela joined the Downtown art scene a few years ago and since then he’s been the multi-tasking man about town. “I started out with a few parties that had...


Packed at Pershing Ed Fuentes

St Patrick's Day Brings a Crowd to Pershing Square

By Ed Fuentes — March 17, 2008 — 2 Comments

L.A.'s St Patrick's Day Parade is a small town gathering compared to celebrations held in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Ireland. There was still a few empty...


GLOBE

By Ed Fuentes — March 16, 2008 — 3 Comments

The big question at "Bringing Back a Broadway Sign", where we noted the return of the Globe Theater neon, was when the new letters would once again be lit.

Last...


Komai

By Ed Fuentes — March 16, 2008 — 6 Comments

On the way back to the Arts District, I dropped into a new café in Honda Plaza and found a full menu with a healthy side of backstory.

Downtown’s Little Tokyo was...


Pipes

By Eric Richardson — March 14, 2008 — 5 Comments

Monday brings the St. Patrick's Day parade Downtown, with a route that runs from Main and Arcadia down to Pershing Square. According to a release on Councilman...


The Rowan

By Ed Fuentes — March 14, 2008 — 1 Comment

With the ground floor of the Rowan used as a gallery and the north face wall turned into a film screen, this month’s Art Walk expanded Gallery Row's active sidewalk...


By Ed Fuentes — March 13, 2008

The March Downtown Art Walk will see some openings, more comics, a show in and on the Rowan Lofts, and a sunset at 7:25 pm. Brady Westwater has a complete listing...


By Ed Fuentes — March 13, 2008

Saturday, March 15th, brings two performances of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues to Little Tokyo’s Aratani Japan America Theatre. The Pan Asian cast includes...



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