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Culver City Living Online Now – Click Here
The Summer 2012 edition of the Culver City Living leisure services brochure is now available online through the Culver City website at www.culvercity.org/CulverCityLiving. Please check out the latest brochure to learn more about the wide variety of exciting programs and activities being offered for all ages. We look forward to serving you and having you in our programs. Please call (310) 253-6650 [...]
Brotman Medical Center Offers Data on Improvements
Despite it's status as the fourth largest private hospital in Los Angeles County, Brotman Medical Center has not had a stellar reputation for the past several years. Tales of long waits at the Emergency Room, poor management and poor care have plagued the Culver City health center for far too long. On Wednesday, May 16, Brotman invited the community to hear about how they are changing things, [...]
CCMS Improv Show Six Perfs This Weekend! Be Spontaneous Now !
Culver City Middle School and Panther Partners will present an exciting weekend of Comedy Improvisation shows. From the team that produced Darn Yankees! and Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Comedy Improv! is comprised of middle school teams doing fully improvised skits from audience suggestions. Professional teachers and improvisers Jennifer Flack and Eric Price will be [...]
Becoming the Change We Want to See – Sandra Coopersmith
For a card-carrying senior whose wallet includes memberships in AARP and Medicare, journeying across life’s continuum to the childhood years can be quite revelatory. In my case, the impetus for this adventure in time travel was the annual Intergenerational Writing Project, a collaborative experiment between the Culver City Senior Center and the sixth-graders of Turning Point School. As one of [...]
STAR to Present STEMtopia
STEMtopia - A Festival of the Mind Featuring Competitive Robotic Mars Rover Missions, Hovercrafts, Interactive Rollercoasters, Human-Computer Interfaces and More! The future scientists of America are here in Los Angeles and they’re ready to learn and compete! On Saturday, May 19th from 9am-2pm at STAR Education, located at 10117 Jefferson Blvd., curious young minds are invited to experience [...]
CCFOL Spring Book Sale May 19
What do Mark Twain, Margaret Mitchell, Kurt Vonnegut and Emily Dickinson all have in common? They are not around to volunteer for the CCFOL Spring Book Sale, so it's time for you to come and help out. Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale coming on Saturday, May 19! Another all day book sale with thousands of titles to choose from. Come and check out the huge selection of Gently Used books [...]
Alice in Wonderland Gets Dee-lightful – May 17
Based on the 1951 Disney animated feature Alice in Wonderland and the novels of lewis Carroll, come see this fabulous production put on by Culver City's dee-Lightful Productions with kids ages 7 to 17, "Alice in Wonderland Jr". There are 4 performances taking place at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium (4117 Overland Ave Culver City 90230) Thur May 17th 7pm, Fri May 18th 7pm and Sat May 19th both [...]
CCEFs Tribute to the Stars – A Constellation of Successes
As we waited to get in to Sony Studios for the 2012 Tribute to the Stars, one those very stars- Kari Frethem - came over and suggested we'd better hurry in, the awards were about to start. Posing for a picture by a balloon column, she quipped, "It's very nice to be honored." Deservedly so; the Sony Pictures Entertainment Teacher of the Year has a list of credits, credentials and inspirations [...]
Michelle Bac Wins Congressional Art Contest with “A Face”
Culver City High School's Michelle Bac was recently selected to receive first-place honors in the 2012 Congressional Arts Competition. Her submission, "A Face," was selected to be included in a special student art exhibition that will be on display in the U.S. Capitol for the next year. "Michelle will have an opportunity to attend an unveiling ceremony with Members of Congress and special [...]
CCMS Wins National “School to Watch” Status
Culver City Middle School has been redesignated as one of only 15 exemplary middle-grades schools in California named "Schools to Watch" as part of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform's signature program. CCMS joins 102 middle schools in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South [...]
