Preserving Our American Right To Walk Through A Tree
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013Before there were even automobiles, there were holes hacked through the center of California’s giant sequoias. One of the first was the California Tunnel Tree, now part of the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park.
Bad Dog
Friday, February 15th, 2013We don’t devote much energy to temporary attractions, preferring those that will actually be there when you drive by. But we would be negligent in our hey-look-at-THAT duties if we didn’t call attention to Bad Dog, a piece of public art that will only hang around until May 5, 2013.
New Top Banana At The Banana Museum
Thursday, January 10th, 2013When you take over a banana museum, you’d better be ready to wear the banana suit.
Levitated Mass: Classic Ballyhoo in Classy Museum
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012“Levitated Mass” is a 340-ton boulder, and its impressive title suggests that at least some of the crowd at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art expected to see it floating in air.
Avenge Ellwood! The Day The Japanese Attacked California
Sunday, April 1st, 2012During World War II, the Japanese really wanted to threaten the US mainland, thousands of miles from the fracas in Japan’s conquered territories.
Watch Gladiators, Flee The Minotaur, Then Buy A Pumpkin
Monday, May 16th, 2011Chris Gounalakis wants to sell you a pumpkin. He knows how to do it, too. He’ll get you to come to his farm to watch the gladiator battles, or to be chased around its labyrinth by a live minotaur.
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