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Ebonics Flunks a Test

Jade Chang
The L. A. Unified school district's controversial "Ebonics" curriculum for black students has fared poorly in a preliminary evaluation, according to data obtained by the Weekly. Results of the evaluation, which were initially suppressed by Ebonics proponents within the district, indicate that a sample of students actually regressed in language......
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Trapper's Delight

Jonathan Gold
If you grew up in West Los Angeles, you probably have primal yearnings for Lawry's roast beef that you don't fully understand. If like me you hail from the south side, you may long for Poor Richard's, a '60s wonderland of Shirley Temples and chugging model trains up on Slauson......

Enviros Can Kill Marsh, but not Playa Vista

Marc B. Haefele
Here's a good example of the law of unintended consequences. You may have read how U.S. District Judge Ronald Lew's decision earlier this month that halted grading at the future Playa Vista site actually applies only to 16.1 acres of "permitted area" - that is, an area in which no......
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Takashi Murakami at Blum & Poe

Jan Tumlir
Like so many of his peers, Takashi Murakami embodies the role of the artist as pop-culture connoisseur, the somewhat more rabid, and creative, varieties of which go by the name of otaku in his native Japan. The otaku are a kind of superconsumer whose particular expertise in their chosen object,......

Idiots Delight

Manohla Dargis
Recently, a publicist who works at a movie studio asked me if I would fax her a quote. Earlier in the day, I'd left her an enthusiastic phone message about a film her company was releasing. My enthusiasm was genuine, and as far as I knew, nonbinding. In exchange, however,......

From VH1 to DIY

Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
"It's so weird to be here now, because I really didn't think it would get this far." Filmmaker Susan Skoog is sitting in her hotel suite, musing not on the swanky room afforded by her distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, but on the strangeness of actually being on a press tour......

Doggin' It

David Davis
You won't find a trace of cowboy-turned-movie-legend Bill Pickett during the airing of "Separate Cinema," the monthlong festival of "race" films currently airing on the Turner Classic Movies cable network. More's the pity, because Pickett has achieved the type of mythical status that only disappearing acts can engender: No copies......
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Warm-Weather Edibles

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TANDOORI NIGHTS8165 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood(213) 848-8626 For six years, Tandoori Nights has satisfied the curry cravings of its loyal WeHo patrons. House favorites include tender lamb tandoori ($9.95), marinated in spiced yogurt and cooked in traditional clay ovens till it melts in your mouth, and the vegetable aloo......
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Warm-Weather Edibles

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HOUSE OF BLUES8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood(323) 848-5100 With five bars on the restaurant level, live music nightly, and a dazzling collection of Southern folk art, House of Blues is a party palace extraordinaire. Its signature dish is a spicy creole jambalaya, made with rice, shellfish, sausage, ham and scallops......
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Warm-Weather Edibles

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Edited by Lovell Estell IIIWritten by Siran Babayan, Nicole Campos, Sara T. Dunn, Matt Grebow, Aaron Jacobs, Dan Laidman, Olivia Weber A'FLOAT SUSHI87 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena(626) 792-9779 Imagine a tranquil Japanese stream rippling through Old Pasadena! At A'Float Sushi your fresh seafood, prepared by masters of the art, is......