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Erin Aubry Kaplan

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    L.A. Gang Tours: Exploitation Or Education?

    ​The first of those L.A. Gang Tours we told you about took place Saturday on a bus filled mostly with journalists, and concerns that the journeys would be exploitative looks at the ghetto seemed to be mostly allayed. "I was skeptical at first, and thought it would be a 'titillating' tour, lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    A Tale of Two High School Reunions

    L.A. blogger Ron Kaye sets aside the city's political wars to offer a somewhat bittersweet account of his Cleveland high school's 50th reunion. The piece begins with Kaye furtively noting the social terrain at the hotel in which "some 300 elderly people" were gathered: "There was no line at the bar. ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 2, 2009

    Fabulously, Fucking Weird: Michael Jackson as Video Game Zombie

    L.A. blogger Ron Kaye sets aside the city's political wars to offer a somewhat bittersweet account of his Cleveland high school's 50th reunion. The piece begins with Kaye furtively noting the social terrain at the hotel in which "some 300 elderly people" were gathered: "There was no line at the bar. ... More >>

  • News

    June 26, 2008

    Blaming the Victim

    Readers comment on Jamiel Shaw case

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2005

    Winnie the Pooh, Annie . . . and Richard Hell

    Readers comment on Jamiel Shaw case

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2005

    A Second Skin

    Sloughing it off for summer

  • Stage

    August 11, 2005

    Living and Dying in L.A. - Part 2

    In the shadow of Michael Ritchie’s new CTG, local artists look for sunlight

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Lessons From the Ruins

    Time to look within the community for solutions to our problems

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Smoke Got in Their Eyes

    Watching black-on-white history

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    A Creek Flows in Compton

    In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

  • News

    April 28, 2005

    Thinking Inside the Small Box

    In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    Letters

    In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

  • News

    February 10, 2005

    Letters

    In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Some Very Excellent Books

    In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Letters

    In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

  • Columns

    November 11, 2004

    Reverend Starbucks

    In a city famous for gangs and hardcore rap, it’s hard to imagine how a heron soaring above you can improve your life

  • Stage

    October 14, 2004

    An Emotive Othello

    Director Declan Donnellan crawls behind Shakespeare’s words

  • Columns

    August 19, 2004

    Rainbow High

    Director Declan Donnellan crawls behind Shakespeare’s words

  • Columns

    July 1, 2004

    My Life on the Couch

    Bill Clinton’s Oprah Moment

  • Columns

    July 1, 2004

    Bubba Onboard

    Bill Clinton’s Oprah Moment

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Letters

    Bill Clinton’s Oprah Moment

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    Letters

    Bill Clinton’s Oprah Moment

  • News

    May 20, 2004

    Letters

    Bill Clinton’s Oprah Moment

  • News

    May 6, 2004

    Letters

    Bill Clinton’s Oprah Moment

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Church and State

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • News

    April 22, 2004
  • Columns

    March 25, 2004

    March Madness

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • Columns

    March 25, 2004

    Monty Python and the Flipping Bird

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • News

    February 5, 2004

    Letters

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • Columns

    November 13, 2003

    Jan Gable: Power Source

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    Letters

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • Columns

    October 2, 2003

    Wayne White, Mixed Media

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • Columns

    September 18, 2003

    Maria Bustillos

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Letters

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Letters

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Letters

    Ring in the old, ring in the new

  • LA Life

    May 29, 2003

    Around the World in 80 Miles

    Think globally, travel locally

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Letters

    Think globally, travel locally

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Letters

    Think globally, travel locally

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Letters

    Think globally, travel locally

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    Letters

    Think globally, travel locally

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Letters

    Think globally, travel locally

  • Art+Books

    August 15, 2002

    Hunt and Peck

    Book reviewing, African-American style

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Letters

    Book reviewing, African-American style

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    And the Winner Is...Us

    Book reviewing, African-American style

  • News

    June 27, 2002

    Letters

    Book reviewing, African-American style

  • News

    June 6, 2002

    Letters

    Book reviewing, African-American style

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Letters

    Book reviewing, African-American style

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Letters

    Book reviewing, African-American style

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    Letters

    Book reviewing, African-American style

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