Recent MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient Rhiannon Giddens has teamed with three other artists for an ambitious exploration into slavery’s effect on women in a 13-song album “Songs of Our Native Daughters” due Feb. 22. The project, to be released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings’ African… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Former assistant Greg Burns rejoins the USC football staff as secondary coach
USC football fans who are hoping for success reminiscent of the Pete Carroll era will likely be pleased with Clay Helton’s latest addition to his staff. Helton announced Monday that Greg Burns, who coached the USC secondary during the Trojans’ national championship seasons of 2003 and 2004, will… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Rhiannon Giddens, friends team for exploration of slavery, ‘Songs of Our Native Daughters’ due Feb. 22
Recent MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient Rhiannon Giddens has teamed with three other artists for an ambitious exploration into slavery’s effect on women in a 13-song album “Songs of Our Native Daughters” due Feb. 22. The project, to be released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings’ African… Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment News
Blog: GOP lawmaker pitches plan to kill California’s new DMV voter registration system
For more than a decade, developers have tried to build new housing on the site of an all-but-empty mall in Cupertino, a city in the heart of Silicon Valley and home to Apple headquarters. A well-organized group of neighbors, upset about traffic, building heights and the potential loss of the community’s suburban lifestyle, turned away […]
Blog: L.A. Unified puts plan to paint over Ava Gardner mural at school on hold for now
Los Angeles school district officials on Monday backed off plans to immediately paint over a mural at a campus in Koreatown amid a growing chorus of objections. The mural at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools is dominated by an image of actress Ava Gardner. But it has run afoul of a coalition… Source: latimes.com […]
Blog: What we learned in the NHL last week: Dave Hakstol is out at Philadelphia, but Joel Quenneville isn’t in
Edmonton center Connor McDavid is earning $12.5 million this season. His right wing, Leon Draisaitl, is earning $8.5 million. The third member of the trio, Alex Chiasson, checks in at $650,000 and has become one of the league’s feel-good stories. Chiasson came to the Oilers’ training camp on a professional tryout and beat out a […]