“The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme”
“By the time Gerôme died in 1904, he was recognized in America as a celebrated lion of the French art world, but also regularly criticized as a second-rate master.” That’s co-curator Mary Morton on the once prolific and ubiquitous Jean-Leon Gérôme (b.1824), a descriptive realist and a painter of historical and fanciful panoramas who was […]
House on Fire
originally published September 2010 Brian Wright and the things he lost, and gained, in the fire According to a theorem laid down by the late great Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt, the world of song can be broken down most essentially into two broad categories: there’s the blues, and there’s zippety do da. Brian Wright […]
The Hold Steady rock Heineken Inspire fest
If this is the wave of the future for music festivals, then maybe an enlightened age is finally upon us. The Heineken Inspire Festival, held at the Book Bindery Building in Culver City last weekend, included several unusual features. The building itself was swathed in cool muted light and featured a room with Wii games […]
Redondo model stars in Style makeover TV show
Casey Ehlers-Parker wasn’t exactly sure how she got here. She knew how she ended up in Redondo Beach after the long, strange, and surpassingly fun trip that she embarked on as a kid from Georgia who became a worldwide fashion model, traveling, partying, and posing everywhere from Singapore to South Africa and all glamorous points […]
Friends launch ice cream dream
Danylik and Ildiko Hanson have known each other for nearly 30 years. Five years ago, they came up with the idea of starting their own ice cream shop. But they wanted to wait until their boys got older. Hanson is the mother of three boys, Danylik has two. Now their sons are old enough to […]
BCHD makes bid to become Vitality City
The Beach Cities Health District is considering committing as much as $1.8 million over three years towards implementing the Vitality Cities program, an amount that would potentially be matched with $3.5 million by Healthways Inc., the organization behind the cutting-edge public health campaign. The BCHD board of directors held a special meeting last week to […]
RBUSD saves $4 million in bond market
The Great Recession has put a hurt on the Redondo Beach Unified School District. The school board has been forced to trim $9 million from the district’s annual budget over the last three years. But last week, RBUSD was able to cash in on the upside of the down economy and save local taxpayers more […]
Bay League faces gridiron challenge in new division
Local prep teams kick off their football seasons Friday with non-league contests with defending CIF Western Division champion Mira Costa hosting Loyola and Redondo traveling to take on North Torrance. Bay League teams face a tough challenge in the post season this year after moving to the highly-competitive Northern Division.
Manhattan Beach School district STAR scores still rising
District wide, MBUSD improves on state STAR testing.
Manhattan Unified starts Twitter page
The Manhattan Beach Unified School District is tweeting.
About Town
Cash key refunds; Lost and found pets; New art exhibit.
Inexperienced El Camino begins grid season with lofty goals
Despite losing all of it starters from last season’s top defensive unit in the state, the young El Camino College football team is ranked third in the nation jcgridiron.com, creating a bull’s eye and a position the Warriors are accustomed to. “It’s hard to rank junior college teams and I think a lot has to […]
Beach Cities Sports
Volleyball California Beach Volleyball Association (CBVA) will be holding its annual California Cup State Championship this weekend at the Manhattan Beach Pier. Saturday’s action features Men’s A, AA, B, Open and Unrated divisions along with Women’s A, AA, Open and Unrated tournaments. Coed competition in A, Open and Unrated divisions compete on Sunday. Play begins […]