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A newly installed arch over Beverly Boulevard, designed by Eliseo Silva, proudly welcomes people to Historic Filipinotown. It’s titled “Talang Gabay: Our Guiding World.”

A newly installed arch over Beverly Boulevard, designed by Eliseo Silva, proudly welcomes people to Historic Filipinotown. It’s titled “Talang Gabay: Our Guiding World.”

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New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm.

Travis Holcombe's playlist, May 18, 2022

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm.

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Kevin Beasley’s new art exhibition in LA features mixed media that explores the Black experience and how it shapes American history and culture.

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In Pennsylvania, John Fetterman, who recently had a stroke, won the Democratic nomination for Senate.

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Hailing from Philly, Suzanne Sheer is an R&B powerhouse who has an interesting take on her song “Girls on the Internet.”

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On May 15, a gunman entered a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, killing one person and injuring five others.

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