By Sherry Lear, Co-Chair of Miss R*EVOLutionaries
I have a confession — “V” is my new favorite letter of the alphabet. For months, I have been wondering what it would take for the mainstream media to pay attention to the onslaught of legislative attacks on women’s reproductive health rights in this country. Never in my wildest imagination did I expect that the words “vagina” and “vasectomy” would become a wake-up call.
By Michael Koger
As summer approaches and the temperatures heat up, you’re going to want a beer that will quench your thirst but not completely overwhelm you with kill your palate alcohol content. Luckily, there is a wide selection of beers and beer styles that are perfect to quaff your summer thirst.
Starting July 22, lecturer Gregorio Luke will present Mariachi Music at the Museum of Latin American Art. On this evening, Luke, with the help of a live mariachi band, will demonstrate the distinct role each instrument plays in the mariachi ensemble, as well as the varying traditional rhythms like son, canción ranchera, polka and bolero. In 2011, UNESCO named the mariachi a “Cultural Patrimony of Humanity” recognizing its intangible cultural significance. The same year “Fado,” the urban popular song of Portugal was also honored.
By Pat Nave, Concerned Citizen
“Big Willie” Robinson died last month.
Willie Andrew Robinson III founded the National and International Brotherhood of Street Racers and was its president.
He earned his nickname because he was huge. He could as easily have earned it for the size of his heart and his vision of how things should be.
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On July 1, the air will be filled with ancient music of the gypsy’s at El Camino College. The sounds of one the most exciting, sensually charged music and dance presentations to date, have changed over time and distance across the trade routes. For this program, the element of rock music is infused as a primal element to the more traditional sounds and dance of Flamenco.
Editor’s Note(Imagine a booming over dub voice): In a world where advertisements are often more entertaining than the films, one underpaid writer explores the art of the trailer!
Upon hearing the news of his mother’s death, Martin leaves his life in France and returns to America to settle her affairs. Martin’s mother left her apartment to the mysterious Lola, an illegal immigrant who was deported back to Mexico. Wishing to honor his mother’s last request by delivering Lola’s inheritance and to satiate his own curiosity, Martin crosses the Mexican border and eventually finds Lola working at a brothel in Tijuana. But things are not what they seem.
Over the weekend, a twelve year old named Charlie saw Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. It’s Monday morning, and Charlie sits imprisoned in a summer school classroom because he has to retake American History. The teacher is asleep, CNN is playing on the screen, and Charlie finds no mention of Lincoln’s simultaneous wars against slavery and vampires in his textbook. Now Charlie’s no fool. He knows that the movie was based on a book made from fact and fiction. Vampires don’t exist and before becoming president, Lincoln was a lawyer, not an axe wielding sociopath on a clandestine revenge trip. Unfortunately, Charlie will continue to believe the supposed facts that he’s read; the Civil War was fought because of President Lincoln’s moral objection to the practice of chattel slavery.
On June 28, the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation (HCBF) is hosting a community meeting regarding the launch of a Noise Mitigation Program in Wilmington. The program is intended to assist in the development and implementation of a noise mitigation plan for schools and residences impacted by the operations of the TraPac terminal.
During the summer of 2012, Landrum & Brown consultants will monitor local schools and residential areas that are being impacted by TraPac terminal operations at the Berth 136 in the Port of Los Angeles.
On June 25, The US Supreme Court struck down significant portions of the Arizona’s anti-immigration law SB 1070, but left intact the “show me your papers” provision which requires law enforcement to check the immigration status of individuals stopped and suspected of being in the country illegally.
At least one hundred parents, family members and friends of some Port of Los Angeles High School students were left out of the graduating ceremony, June 21, that took place inside of the Warner Grand because the theater was filled to capacity. All the families waiting outside had tickets.
Each graduate was given six tickets.
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