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DotDotDash: Seeing Daylight

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 for the Downtown Comedy Walk here. Other highlights are after the jump. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: I [Heart] Art Edition

By Ed Fuentes — February 14, 2008 — 9 Comments

Today's Downtown Art Walk falls on Valentines Day and galleries are taking that theme to heart. With more exhibits beyond Gallery Row, an Art Walk DASH may not be enough. Art walk cab service anyone?

Off The Path, But Worth Noting: This morning Councilmember Jan Perry will unveil "Purple Heart," a large-scale mosaic mural crafted by residents of Skid Row working with the nonprofit org Piece by Piece. . —The opening will be held at 11am at the Southern (412 East 5th Street), an SRO dedicated to Vets. Piece by Piece's mission is to teach marketable skills, like creating high-quality works of mosaic art. . — SRO Executive Director and CEO, Anita Nelson writes in the release: "This mural, in symbol and in act, embraces the concept of selflessness and service and is a poignant homage to the one-in-four men and women who have served our country and now find themselves without house or home." — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Pet Projects

By Ed Fuentes — February 07, 2008 — 1 Comment

CALLING ALL K9 The empty acreage along SCI-Arc will become a dog park, if LAPD Officer Jack Richter has his way. “Hollywood Jack,” as he is known around the Arts District, reports he had some backup from design and development pundit Sam Hall Kaplan, and together they swayed property owner Richard Murello to let the land become public space–– that is until he decides what to do with it. . — Call it the Bark Park next to SCI-Arc Early plans include splitting the park into two major spaces; one side for dogs over 20 pounds and the other side for the under. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Break in the Weather Edition

By Ed Fuentes — January 26, 2008

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RIVER WATCH: With another blast of cold rain expected over the weekend, we take the lull in the weather to look at the Los Angeles River’s powerful swell; one foot of rushing water that can knock you down and sweep you toward the Pacific if you are not careful. Not unlike DotDotDash, it’s dangerous, it’s swift, it's seen on occasion, and it’s down below. Enjoy the photo, then read on after the jump.

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DotDotDash: Don't Look Back Edition

By Ed Fuentes — January 21, 2008

The weekend isn't really done for some people, but we carry on. In case you were busy reading, DotDotDash hit some gallery openings, and someone has a special afternoon the week one photo exhibit closes. It's after the jump: — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gallery

By Ed Fuentes — January 10, 2008 — 1 Comment

Brady Westwater is a slave to Downtown, and at the January Art Walk he has something for everyone. It's comedy tonight after the jump: — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Downtown Libretto

By Ed Fuentes — January 07, 2008

Opera is announced, ghosts are present, and the Downtown Art Walk has a new twist. All after the jump.

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DotDotDash: Different Drums

By Ed Fuentes — January 02, 2008 — 2 Comments

For some, the only way to march into 2008 was with the beat of a different drum. A wrap of the scene Downtown after the jump. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Art Walk for December 2007

By Ed Fuentes — December 13, 2007 — 8 Comments

In and around Gallery Row, 2007 saw M.J. Higgins relocated, an Asian Theater completed, a Latino-based theatre return, activists videotape wine drinkers, and the welcome of an Art Walk DASH. Here's a preview of the last Downtown Art Walk for 2007, after the jump. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Holiday in "the Flats" Edition

By Ed Fuentes — December 06, 2007 — 3 Comments

The “Flats” is the isolated Los Angeles neighborhood sitting between the eastside bluffs and the L.A. River. Take a look, via DotDotDash, at some history and hope found in the area culturally linked to Boyle Heights, and geographically related to the Arts District:

SITTING ALONG THE RIVER: While Boyle Heights was becoming the new homeland for immigrants in the early 20th Century, Molokan Russians fled the Bolshevik revolution and some settled in the Flats, providing a new workforce for the local lumberyards. Many built small homes and some are still standing today ..— The Russian rush changed the Flats turn of the century reputation of ‘worst slum” in the country..—Tenements once extended from the bluffs to across the river at Vignes and Aliso, where the Arts District is now located.

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DotDotDash: Art Walk Preview

By Ed Fuentes — November 08, 2007 — 8 Comments

For tonight's November Downtown Art Walk there will be a chill in the air, so slip on that trenchcoat and DotDotDash your way around Gallery Row. One item of note, then much more after the jump...

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Gilville Notes: At Tuesday night's Ambassador of Goodwill awards, Tom Gilmore announced that the homeless Museum Of Neon Art (MONA) will be getting a display space at 4th and Main, and will have it for at least a year while the group looks for a permanent home ..— Split Personality: M.J. Higgins relocates and Gallery Number 1 will be at 400 S Main St, Suite 103 (enter on 4th) while M.J. Higgins Gallery Number 2 will be at 519 S Spring St. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Halloween Edition

By Ed Fuentes — October 31, 2007 — 1 Comment

DDD appears as returns from the dead with a October 31 edition, where Downtown finds itself with ghosts and a few hosts.

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On the Hill: Walt Disney Hall Concert Hall holds its annual Halloween event tonight. Organist Clark Wilson will be playing the soundtrack for silent film classic "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" on the hall's pipe organ at 8pm. ..— DDD highly suggests sneaking over to Kendall's Brasserie, located next to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for dessert. New item on the menu Pumpkin Guinness Shortbread Pudding, with Ginger Ice Cream and Bourbon Sauce. — Continued Inside...

Dot Dot Dash: The Kingdom known as Downtown

By Ed Fuentes — October 14, 2007 — 3 Comments

DDD returns with a quick look at titles for Downtown's rulers sitting in the towers, while there is anarchy in the village below. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Art is Fun Edition

By Ed Fuentes — September 12, 2007 — 1 Comment

DDD returns with the opening of . . . well everything. Opening receptions will be heavy during Thursday's September Downtown Art Walk and Downtown Los Angeles will be filled with neon, sculpture, video art and the usual suspects; so catch all of Gallery Row on the free Arts Walk DASH. This path starts at 4th and Spring and goes south before coming back and around ending at the Bradbury Building, all after the jump: — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: 'I'm Walking Here' Edition

By Ed Fuentes — August 25, 2007

DDD covers some ground to bring you some notes. Some are fake. Some are real. It's after the jump; — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Art Walk, First Names Only Please

By Ed Fuentes — August 10, 2007 — 2 Comments

Even with a Main street makeover, Downtown still holds its secrets. The scoop comes in bits and pieces from those you know on a first name basis. More after the jump... — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Puparazzi Edition

By Ed Fuentes — August 01, 2007 — 2 Comments

Just another night with some Downtowners groomed for the evening. DogDogDash after the jump: — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Market-Makes-Community Edition

By Ed Fuentes — July 26, 2007 — 1 Comment

We take a look at the social event of the year and it's not the Temporary Beckham Contemporary or Best-of-Bash. We're talkin' Ralphs, and a final thought on Joel Bloom.

THE ANGELS SANG AS RALPHS OPENED and the honeymoon is still on with lofties and locals visiting several times over. This deputy to Sheriff blogdowntown took his gun-with-one-bullet and did a DASH public transportation test. It started at a small store that already built a community, Blooms General Store next to the A/DASH stop. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Bloom 'What Now?' Edition (with update)

By Ed Fuentes — July 17, 2007 — 6 Comments

A special edition of DotDotDash, the 'What now?' Edition.

FINAL TIME SET: Joel Bloom's July 22 Memorial Block Party will start at 3pm, as noted by 9th District Councilmember Jan Perry at the close of today's City Council session. As reported earlier, it will be held at Joel Bloom Square, located at 3rd and Traction, and will extend out to the front of Bloom's General Store. There will be spill-over, as attendance is expected to be high.

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DotDotDash: Cultural Mix Edition

By Ed Fuentes — July 16, 2007 — 8 Comments

We go east, west, south and north of Downtown in this cultural mix, all after the virtual fold. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Random Edition

By Ed Fuentes — July 10, 2007

Some Downtown Art Walk, studio mysteries, and random mutations are waiting for you after the jump. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Day-Off Edition

By Ed Fuentes — July 03, 2007

A pre-4th of July look inside and outside City Hall, plus the usual suspects, after the jump: — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: 'Dull-of-Late' Edition

By Ed Fuentes — June 28, 2007 — 4 Comments

Inspired by the request of a comment made earlier this week, we take a look at Downtown sex, drugs, and some rock and roll––without photos––after the jump: — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: High Noon Edition

By Ed Fuentes — June 22, 2007 — 1 Comment

Today we look at some duels on Main St and a few 'geetar' players as the new "sheriff" settles in. After all, Downtown was once a Western town.

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DotDotDash: Noir Edition

By Ed Fuentes — June 19, 2007

Downtown just left the grip of a brief June gloom that brought an angst-filled haze of moral ambiguity over the City. The sources and storytellers uncovered mysteries, only to find new ones. The titles are real and so are the names, because in today's column . . . no one is innocent. It's DotDotDash: Noir Edition. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Art Walk Circles

By Ed Fuentes — June 15, 2007 — 1 Comment

As DotDotDash checks out galleries and goes in circles, we note some debuts at last night's Art Walk. More after the jump: — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Art Walk DASH Debut Edition

By Ed Fuentes — June 12, 2007

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Thursday marks the debut of the Downtown Art Walk DASH, promising to whisk gallery goers from 2nd down Spring to 9th and back up to Main from 7pm to 9:45pm. Before we jump on to look at some galleries on the route, here's a look at a launch party held last night along with some odds and ends in a longer than usual DotDotDash for Tuesday, June 12.

TOKEN PARIS WATCH: With the slew of celebs moving or rumored to be moving into Downtown, we can add that Paris Hilton is Arts District adjacent––staying in a tower at Vignes and Alameda ..— Bordello was packed last night hosting New Angeles Monthly's launch party that had Executive Publisher Charles N. Gerencser welcoming everyone to the Eastside connection..— Cop Bar Memories: Commander Andy Smith was there as a guest and reminisced that when he turned sergeant, his promotion party was in the same place when it was a cop bar at a "small table in the corner."..—Boffo at Bordello Doing research on local movers and shakers was Daily Variety's Steve Chagollan who is leading V-scribes in a special section on the "renaissance" of Downtown. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Keeping it Real Edition

By Ed Fuentes — June 08, 2007 — 1 Comment

DotDotDash decrees that fake blogs are to be called "suspicous packages." As we wrap one blog in yellow tape, we take a look at Joel Bloom, the L.A. Times, theater on the hill, and a radio broadcast from a bigger hill. All after the jump. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: After-The-Weekend Edition

By Ed Fuentes — June 05, 2007

From the Red Dot Bistro and Cafe's free wi-fi, DDD looks at art, theater, some celebs, and a jazz musician who once played Central Ave; in this version of DotDotDash. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: Around Town

By Ed Fuentes — May 31, 2007 — 3 Comments

We take a look at some galleries, muse in the Arts District, and wonder what Kobe is planning. All after the jump. — Continued Inside...

DotDotDash: View From A Hill

By Ed Fuentes — May 29, 2007 — 2 Comments

Exits & Entrances: The throwback to a three-dot column will roam Downtown neighborhoods, both near & noir, for blogdowntown.

In this edition, we share news about a one night Holy dog run, watch people leave Dodger Stadium, pass the word of a recently opened park that is straight out of Compton, and find the Los Force was strong in that other gathering held over the weekend; all after the jump. — Continued Inside...