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    • The last flower farm in Hollywood

      The last flower farm in Hollywood

      For generations, the Kuromi family has been part of the story of Los Angeles.

      September 6, 2026
      Video
    • Where there is a spring there are people

      Where there is a spring there are people

      Mercedes Dorame let me document her newest installation, “Deliquescence: Sites of Transformation.“

      April 20, 2026
      Video
    • His portrait of her hair

      His portrait of her hair

      Artist Mustafa Ali Clayton opens his studio during the creation of a new sculpture for an exhibition at The Huntington.

      November 22, 2025
      Video
    • Building your own tools

      Building your own tools

      Artist Wang Mansheng crafts his own brushes from found natural materials.

      July 6, 2025
      Video
    • My Dad Asked Me What Acid Felt Like

      My Dad Asked Me What Acid Felt Like

      A story about dropping acid at a Grateful Dead show stirs conflict at a family dinner and unfolds into a lyrical reflection on marriage, memory, and how we navigate our way back to one another.

      October 16, 2024
      Video
    • Mineo has a chainsaw

      Mineo has a chainsaw

      Making a sculpture using carbonized California oak, steel, and ceramic.

      June 4, 2024
      Video
    • The Cabin Notebook

      The Cabin Notebook

      It’s about the time I spent the winter in a cabin, in the mountains of Arizona, because I thought I was going to write a novel. Something else happened that I think about almost every day.

      May 26, 2022
      Podcast
    • Clusters of Eden

      Clusters of Eden

      I translated an infamous nineteenth century origin myth for the twenty first century.

      March 28, 2020
      Video
    • The Old Menus of New Chinatown

      The Old Menus of New Chinatown

      Retracing the history of Chinatown in Los Angeles using old Chinese restaurant menus as a guide.

      May 28, 2019
      Video
    • 1-800-KISS-MY-ASS

      1-800-KISS-MY-ASS

      In the five years I worked for Russ, he pulled three hundred and thirty million dollars out of his company.

      February 28, 2019
      Podcast
    • Bay of Smokes

      Bay of Smokes

      Smog first came to Los Angeles suddenly, like a stranded hitchhiker. It was July 8th, 1943, and we were at war…

      May 19, 2016
      Podcast, Video
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