Community
CCHS Grad Gets Walk of Fame Star
Los Angeles DJ Big Boy, a Culver City High School graduate whose real name is Kurt Alexander, is among the list of stars who will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it …[READ MORE]
Month: June 2020
Opinions
Dear Editor – We Are Here
Dear Editor, It’s obvious isn’t it, we’re all hurting right now. How did we get here? Almost one hundred and sixty years ago, a republican president so declared “that all persons held as slaves are, …[READ MORE]
News
Culver City – Bars Can Reopen (and Things Will Be Different)
Today the City of Culver City issued a new Public Order that permits additional sectors including personal care establishments and bars to reopen as of June 19. The City order mirrors the Los Angeles Department …[READ MORE]
Arts
Wende Museum Among Recipients of Getty Foundation Grant
Culver City’s Wende Museum was among the 400 hundred artists and 80 arts organizations that received $2.7 million in total grants as part of a broad-based COVID-19 relief effort for the visual arts in the …[READ MORE]
Community
Culver City Education Foundation Elects New Officers
The Culver City Education Foundation is pleased to announce their new officers: Elaine Behnken – President, Monika Okker – Vice President, Todd Shays – Treasurer and Beth Stewart – Secretary Many, many thanks to outgoing …[READ MORE]
News
Two Culver City Conversations Take on Police, Racism, Policy and Community Solutions – June 18 & 19
With the calls for change reverberating across the country, and more protest marches in the coming days, Culver City has the opportunity to take part in two local conversations. The first, scheduled for today, June …[READ MORE]
Schools
School Board President McBride Looks to Reimagine District
“For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.” Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, the first African American woman elected from the deep south, spoke thesewords on July 12, 1976. The uncertainties then were not unlike …[READ MORE]
Politics
Menthe Virtual Campaign Kickoff Event – June 18 @ 5 PM
The Culver City election for City Council will take place, for the first time, on the same ballot as the general election on Nov.3, 2020. Among the first candidates to declare is Darrel Menthe, and …[READ MORE]
Community
Design Thinking for Uncertain Times – Antioch University Webinar
The dynamic flux of reality we experience in uncertain times requires the integration of factual information, and imaginative interpretation. While factual information is accommodated temporarily, without either acceptance or rejection, imaginative interpretation can be overly …[READ MORE]
Community
Westside Urban Forum – Rescuing Municipal Budgets
Cities are facing an historic financial crisis alongside the COVID-19 health crisis, with the bread-and-butter sources of local revenue such as sales and hotel taxes having dried up virtually overnight, and only recently showing signs …[READ MORE]