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  Los Angeles - MSN Encarta
Los Angeles (IPA : /lɑˈsændʒələs/, IPA : /los ˈaŋxeles/ in Spanish) is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States.
Los Angeles traces its origins to a tiny, 18th-century colonial settlement at the extreme northern frontier of the colony of New Spain.
Northwest of Inglewood and west of downtown Los Angeles are the wealthy and fashionable Santa Monica (87,800) and Beverly Hills (35,078).
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563055/Los_Angeles.html   (1549 words)

  
 HowStuffWorks "Los Angeles Arts & Culture"
The large supply of actors in Los Angeles means a packed theater schedule of top-quality performances run throughout the city's theaters, including both up-and-coming actors and very well-known film stars.
There are also some excellent theaters in Los Angeles, some of which double as architectural landmarks, like the Pantages Theater (6233 Hollywood Blvd) in Hollywood, the Orpheum Theater (842 S Broadway) downtown, and the Pasadena Playhouse (39 S. El Molino Ave).
Los Angeles is a city with some daring and forward-thinking architecture, including historical landmarks and buildings designed by the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry.
adventure.howstuffworks.com /los-angeles-city-guide3.htm   (621 words)

  
  Wikinfo | Los Angeles, California   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Los Angeles is the largest city in California, and the second most populous in the United States, with a population of 3,694,820 as of the 2000 census.
Los Angeles-Latino community was largely disenfranchised until the 1990s, when redistricting led to the election of Latino members of the City Council for the first time since the 1950s and the first Latino members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors since its inception.
For example, downtown Los Angeles (or simply "Downtown L.A.") is the area of Los Angeles roughly enclosed by the freeways that ring the area: The Harbor Freeway to the west, the Hollywood Freeway to the north, the Santa Ana Freeway to the east, and the San Bernardino Freeway to the south.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Los_Angeles,_California   (5060 words)

  
 Los Angeles, California - City Search   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Residents of the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and various cities within the county are served by the County of Los Angeles Public Library The LAPL is funded by voter-approved bond and tax levy packages.
Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers men's basketball teams, the Los Angeles Sparks women's basketball team, the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, the Club Deportivo Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy soccer teams, and the Los Angeles Avengers arena football team.
For example, Downtown Los Angeles is the area of Los Angeles roughly enclosed by three freeways and one river: the Harbor Freeway to the west, the Hollywood Freeway to the north, the Los Angeles River to the east, and the Santa Monica Freeway to the south.
www.yp.com /cities/los-angeles.php   (4581 words)

  
 All About Los Angeles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The City of Los Angeles (from the Spanish phrase Los Ángeles, meaning the angels), widely known by its abbreviation L.A., is a large coastal conurbation in Southern California in the western United States.
Los Angeles is the largest city in California, and the second most populous city in the United States (after New York City), with a population of 3,694,820 as of the 2000 census.
Los Angeles is perhaps the most mountainous metropolis in the world, with four mountain ranges partly inside city boundaries.
www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0405/travel/los_angeles.html   (3405 words)

  
 Arts and culture of Los Angeles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The arts and culture of Los Angeles are varied.
Los Angeles is also one of the most important sites in the world for the recorded music industry.
Other smaller art museums in the city include the Craft and Folk Art Museum, the California African American Museum of Art, and many sculpture gardens throughout the city, including those at the University of Judaism and the University of California, Los Angeles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arts_and_culture_of_Los_Angeles   (2358 words)

  
 Culture - Los Angeles California Travel Guide
Los Angeles is the home of a wide range of cultural scenes, all thriving.
The leading venue in Los Angeles is the Performing Arts Center (PAC), a complex of three theatres known as the Music Center, which is located at 135 North Grand Avenue, in the heart of Downtown.
Los Angeles has inspired many writers and served as the setting for their books and novels.
www.los-angeles-guide.us /culture   (498 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How Los Angeles Works: Los Angeles City Guide"
Downtown Los Angeles has been getting progressively nicer through the last few years, but it's still not the greatest place to be at night, unless you're going straight to your destination and then straight back to your hotel; the same goes for Hollywood.
Los Angeles is an extremely diverse place, with people from all over the world setting up their homes, businesses, and communities throughout its various neighborhoods.
A cultural melting pot, people from 140 countries speaking 96 different languages have settled in LA, which means you'll see signs in various languages and be treated to a huge variety of cuisines and cultures.
travel.howstuffworks.com /los-angeles-city-guide.htm   (1378 words)

  
 give_now/acfund
The Arts and Culture Fund is a special pool of money that supports arts and culture in Los Angeles County through grants and partnerships.
As the foundation seeks to improve Los Angeles communities, the need for arts funding in the City of Los Angeles is dire considering public grant awards per capita stand at 78 cents compared with San Diego at $5.48 and San Francisco at $20.67.
Arts and culture also play a pivotal role in promoting civic engagement, which is central to the foundation’s mission of strengthening Los Angeles communities.
www.calfund.org /give/acfund.php   (643 words)

  
 The Fund For Folk Culture | Grantmaking | CTAAP | 2004
Support for the folk arts component of the Annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture, including traditional performances, lectures and workshops, as well as a forum for Filipino traditional artists and culture bearers in dance, music, spoken word and other traditional arts, to be facilitated by the Pilipino Artists Network.
This community event preserves the art form in its cultural context, presenting a valued tradition to a new generation of musicians and listeners.
Support for the project Qeej Not Gangs, a weekly cultural arts program in which Hmong master artists instruct youth and adults in various art forms, including qeej (bamboo flute), kwv thxiaj (song chanting), dance, pan dau (needle work), mekong (marriage negotiations and funeral songs).
www.folkculture.org /about/ctaap_2004.html   (1505 words)

  
 Los Angeles County
Arts, Culture and Recreation in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County residents and visitors have access to a vast array of cultural and recreational opportunities.
Experience LA is a free Cultural and Public Transportation Tour Guide to the greater LA area.
lacounty.info /arts_culture.htm   (128 words)

  
 Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles
The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, directed by Francesca Valente, is one of five government cultural agencies established in the United States by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The building which houses the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles was designed by Robert E. Alexander, partner of Richard Neutra, and is located in the heart of Westwood Village, close to the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and to the Armand Hammer Museum, the well-known institution of avant-garde culture.
The Los Angeles Film Festival and the Milan International Film Festival are two of the major festivals with which the IIC collaborates on a yearly basis.
www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it /IIC_LosAngeles/Menu/Istituto/Chi_siamo   (530 words)

  
 Los Angeles: Recreation - Sightseeing, Arts and Culture, Festivals and Holidays, Sports for the Spectator
A trip to Los Angeles is not complete without a visit to the newly refurbished Mann's Chinese Theatre and the "Walk of Fame" sidewalk featuring the handprints and footprints of movie legends.
Los Angeles is also home to the Women's National Basketball Association team, the Sparks, and Major League Soccer team, the Galaxy.
Los Angeles is a shoppers' paradise, with more than 1,500 department stores as well as countless smaller specialty shops, a number of fashionable shopping plazas, and many large urban malls.
www.city-data.com /us-cities/The-West/Los-Angeles-Recreation.html   (1764 words)

  
 Award-Winning Public Service ExperienceLA.com Celebrates Redesign Launch
Collaborating with a number of its over 1,600 arts and cultural partners, ExperienceLA.com is hosting a “Win a Los Angeles Experience” giveaway with its annual survey.
This giveaway features prizes that reflect the diversity of Los Angeles arts and culture including major contributions from the Wilshire Grand Hotel, Center Theatre Group, and ESPN.
Los Angeles, California, (PRWEB) July 12, 2006 -- Celebrating its third year, ExperienceLA.com (http://www.experiencela.com) launches its site redesign with a diverse arts and cultural giveaway.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/7/prweb409977.htm   (414 words)

  
 M.A. Degree Program in Arts Journalism
In response to the critical need to enhance coverage of the arts in communities across the country, the USC Annenberg School for Communication will launch an innovative new graduate degree program focusing on arts journalism.
The program is open to journalists, recent graduates holding bachelor degrees in journalism or one of the arts and experienced arts practitioners.
Students also take will full advantage of the arts and culture of Los Angeles to foster a broad, continuing dialogue that challenges them to think about the role of journalism in terms of its service to society.
www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/15224.html   (623 words)

  
 Los Angeles
Los Angeles is widely known as the entertainment capital of the world.
As a major global metropolis, Los Angeles has evolved a unique culture and that is well-portrayed in popular media and is sometimes idealized as highly desirable.
Residents of the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and various cities within the county are served by the County of Los Angeles Public Library The LAPL is funded by voter-approved bond and tax levy packages.
www.losangeleslakers.us /arts_and_entertainment.html   (176 words)

  
 Confident of the arts' role in L.A. - Los Angeles Times
They speak with confidence about the role that the arts can play in Los Angeles, and declare their willingness to work together to expand arts education and possibly sponsor a major citywide cultural initiative, such as an arts festival.
They exchanged impressions of their adopted city, analyzed Los Angeles’ emerging status as an acknowledged global center of contemporary art production, detailed challenges facing their institutions and laid out a collective vision of how the arts could play a greater regional role in the century ahead.
A recurring question raised by the five arts leaders was how their institutions could attract individuals and groups that have traditionally had limited or no access to them.
articles.latimes.com /2008/mar/23/entertainment/et-arts23   (1060 words)

  
 The Arts in Los Angeles, 1997-2007 (Visit the Getty)
A native of Los Angeles, Man One is a leading urban artist whose bright and colorful murals have helped to pioneer graffiti as an art form.
Executive director of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Olga Garay has been called "an internationally recognized dynamo." Before coming to L.A., Garay was a producer and consultant with organizations such as the Lincoln Center Festival, the National Performance Network, and El Museo del Barrio.
Catherine Gudis is associate professor of history at the University of California, Riverside, and an editor and curator for art and history museums, and a public historian.
www.getty.edu /visit/events/arts_la_panel.html   (555 words)

  
 Los Angeles Culture: Arts, Theatre, Music And Other Special Events : GiftTree
Founded in 1979, MOCA is the only museum in Los Angeles devoted exclusively to contemporary art.
The Music Center is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation, and one of the world's premier cultural organizations.
Located in downtown Los Angeles, the Music Center is home to Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
www.gifttree.com /Los-Angeles/Los-Angeles-culture.html   (463 words)

  
 The 15th Annual Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture - presented by FilAmARTS   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Described as a mix of comedic sketch humor, urban dance, Olympic gymnastics and twisted performance art, Abalos Pros are a high-energy comedy dance troupe with a ‘jurrasik’ twist that simply cannot be expressed in words but must be experienced live.
SKCAFI, Sining Kambayoka Cultural Arts Foundation, Inc is a non-proft Public Benefit Corporation whose mission is to build cultural bridges between the Philippines and United States of America among the Filipino-American community and fill cultural gaps through the arts and culture.
Sining Kabayoka promotes the ethnic arts and culture to a wider audience who do not have access to the arts and culture of the Southern Philippines.
www.filamarts.org /fpac06/mainstage.html   (1212 words)

  
 Arts Committee - DLANC
Arts Committee Yahoo Group to sign up for the latest news...
Transform Downtown's existing, diverse, multi-ethnic, multi-culutral, multi-dimensional arts and cultural activity into a dynamic, thriving, interactive, cultural force.
We need dedicated people with various viewpoints and experience in arts, culture, education, business, design, and preservation.
www.dlanc.com /committees/arts.php   (187 words)

  
 Los Angeles Attractions and Tours
Even in the most remote corners of the world, the name Los Angeles is known.
Los Angeles also offers attractions like the beautiful Getty Museum, which hosts amazing art exhibits and places like Universal Studios Hollywood, where people can see the wonder of movie special effects.
Visitors to the Los Angeles area will also get a taste of the shopping attractions like the world famous Beverly Center, the high class Rodeo Drive and even the eclectic Melrose Avenue.
www.losangeles.com /attractions   (724 words)

  
 CultureGrrl
It will be part of a $13.5-billion Culture Village, also to include an amphitheatre for performances and festivals, an exhibition hall, smaller museums displaying local and international art, and a shipyard for traditional dhow builders, as well as residential, commercial and retail zones.
I've been to a lot of city government hearings related to cultural construction projects, but I've never been to one where the project is unreservedly embraced, with no one raising a serious concern or objection.
CULTUREGRRL is your inside guide to the artworld, consulted daily by the most important museum directors and curators, art dealers and auctioneers, collectors, scholars, critics, journalists and art lovers.
www.artsjournal.com /culturegrrl   (3525 words)

  
 Individuals | Arts for LA
You have always sought out arts and culture, recognizing their integral value, their power to bridge boundaries and even save lives.
Arts for LA is a proud affiliate of Americans for the Arts. 
Join Arts for LA and help advance this unprecidented arts advocacy movement.
www.artsforla.org /individuals   (264 words)

  
 Sixty-Five of L.A.s Best Contemporary Galleries and Art Institutions Participate in the Biennals Fifth Term - ...
This year the Absolut-L.A. International will continue to be a featured event of ARTS/LA, a website developed in cooperation with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to highlight the arts and culture of Los Angeles and increase their accessibility.
The Absolut-L.A. International is a citywide nonprofit event conceived to foster a dialogue between the Los Angeles art community and artists, galleries, curators, museums, collectors and visitors from around the world.
Also on July 21, the Downtown Los Angeles and Chinatown galleries will have their openings from 4-7PM.
www.absolutearts.com /artsnews/2001/07/18/28873.html   (515 words)

  
 Arts in Education Aid Council, Inc.
Arts in Education Aid Council, Inc., is a nonprofit organization that has been restoring the arts to public education in the San Fernando Valley since 2000.
Our Sixth Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show and Family Arts Festival will showcased the talents of over 600 young artists and musicians from over 40 schools.
* By creating and cultivating a culturally literate student population, we are creating a new generation of adults who will value and support the arts and culture in Los Angeles.
www.childrensmusicworkshop.com /aieac/index.html   (634 words)

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