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Which Way, L.A.?

The Valley Performing Arts Center Opens: Are LA’s Suburbs Creating their Own Arts Centers?

Hosted by Warren Olney Feb. 16, 2011
LA has famously been “many suburbs in search of a city.”  Now the suburbs are building their own cultural centers to compete with the ones downtown.

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The Valley Performing Arts Center Opens: Are LA’s Suburbs Creating their Own Arts Centers?

The Grand Avenue project on Bunker Hill is supposed to put Los Angeles on the cultural map of the world. But the Grand Avenue Authority just gave the Related Companies yet...

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A New Paradigm in the Middle East

Since Mubarak of Egypt was forced out of the presidency, other Middle Eastern countries have seen massive political protests. Protesters have taken to the streets in...

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Katie Cooper, Andrea Brody

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