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Arts/Culture

Art Walk Preview: March, 2010

By Ed Fuentes — Yesterday, 09:21 AM

The March Downtown Art Walk -- make that Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk, as the ever-changing website boldly notes -- returns to the streets of the Historic Core this Thursday. For those making their first visit, the Artwalk Lounge at 5th and Main may be a good first stop. Others will feel free to pick their favorite gallery and start from there.

History

Learn About L.A.'s Mayors at the Central Library

By Eric Richardson — Yesterday, 11:20 AM
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Los Angeles mayors George E. Cryer (in office 1921-1929), Frank Shaw (1933-1938) and Fletcher Bowron (1938-1953) will be the subjects of a trio of Saturday afternoon lectures at the Central Library. "Growth, Graft, Grandeur: Three Los Angeles Mayors" kicks off this weekend and runs through July.

Arts/Culture

Grammy Museum Opens Comedian Series with Bob Newhart

By Ed Fuentes — Yesterday, 06:04 PM

|Photo Gallery| Displaying his trademark stammer -- more comedian's timing device than personal quirk -- Bob Newhart played the Grammy Museum Sound Stage on Tuesday evening, partly to honor his 50th Anniversary as a performer, but mostly to just have a few laughs. It would be close to impossible to find a better choice for the first comedian to be interviewed in the museum...

Roads/Rails

Angels Flight Return Set After PUC Approval

By Eric Richardson — Yesterday, 06:18 PM
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Downtown's shortest rail line appears set to finally make a return to passenger service. Angels Flight will be open for rides on April 15, according to John Welborne, head of the non-profit that owns the incline.

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