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Frank Gehry

2023 Our People Our Places / 0 Comment / September 28, 2023
  With its sweeping silver façade dancing like musical notes on the Los Angeles skyline, the Walt Disney Concert Hall is perhaps the most recognizable and architecturally significant building...

Spear Steak & Seafood House

Dining & Entertainment / Entertainment / 0 Comment / January 21, 2016
A lively Sunday brunch recently kicked off at Spear Steak and Seafood House in DTLA. Just a few weeks into their new brunch service, Spear can boast a lively, friendly crowd sipping bottomless mimosas,...

Fonda’s legacy solidified

Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / May 2, 2013
Actress Jane Fonda’s contribution to Hollywood were set in stone last Saturday, when the “Coming Home” star had her hand and footprints enshrined in concrete in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre. Her...

Find more than tutoring at JEI

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
JEI Learning Centers offer effective, supplementary educational programs to create a comprehensive, hands-on approach to learning. The educational atmosphere they provide promises a “Better Life Through...

Cathedral tees up for upcoming decathalon

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Cathedral Chapel School in the Miracle Mile held their annual Golf Tournament at Brookside Golf Course yesterday. The tournament is a fundraiser for the school and many local businesses particpated. The...

Summer intensive ballet classes

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Marat Daukayev Summer Intensive Program runs July 1 to August 9 and registration is now open to students from 6 to 18 years old. The program offers dance classes that are essential to students preparing...

Japan Foundation invites youth to explore Little Toyko

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
The Japan Foundation LA (JFLA) will be hosting a Summer Camp for Teens. This year’s theme is “Discover Little Tokyo,” where students will learn simple expressions in Japanese while exploring Little...

Love our Mother Earth

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Students from Camino Nuevo Charter Academy participated in an Earth Day celebration in Wilshire Center in this photograph from the April 23, 2009 issue of the Park Labrea News. Some public and private...

Christ the King places 6th in academic decathalon

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Christ the King School placed 6th out of 166 schools in this year’s Junior High Academic Decathalon. The event took place at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on March 2. Christ the King is a Catholic Elementary...

Page School turns focus to summer

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Parents can meet teachers and administrators at the Page Private School in Hancock Park and Beverly Hills during open houses on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to noon. Parents can enroll children in the summer...

See to it that your child excels at C2

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
What began as a tutoring program run out of a Harvard University dorm room, has grown to include 110 tutoring centers nationwide, serving over 12,000 students and their families each week. C2 Education...

Pilgrim School sails into summer with new Readiness Program

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Pilgrim School is an independent preK-12th grade school located between Downtown and Hancock Park.  This summer, they are welcoming their youngest students with a Summer Program that will concentrate...

Do the math, prevent “summer slide”

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Mathnasium of Hancock Park offers math-intensive summer programs that can help minimize the effects of this “Summer Slide.”  Because students aren’t burdened with excessive homework during the summer,...

LA’s Best summer learning program improves students academic and social skills

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
A new report shows that Los Angeles’ public school summer learning program, LA’s BEST, helps prevent summer learning loss and boosts students’ academic and social skills. Research shows that students...

Echo Horizon School celebrates Earth Day

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Parents and teachers of Echo Horizon School helped students plant basil, lettuce, green onions, radishes, and other vegetables earlier this year in preparation for “A Taste of the Garden” Earth Day harvest...

Laugh all the way through summer

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Looking for a great laugh this summer? Then spend time at The Second City Hollywood where new friends are made and new skills are learned, all while having loads of fun and laughs. Their summer camp program...

Kids have summer doldrums? Trample them at Sky Zone!

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
“I’m bored.” Before you hear the words coming from your child this summer, be ready with a plan of action. Sky Zone may be the answer to that pesky problem. The indoor trampoline park...

Abel’s Driving School

Special Section / Summer School and Summer Camp / 0 Comment / April 18, 2013
Summer is the perfect time to for teenagers to complete their drivers’ education courses. Abel’s Driving School, located in West Los Angeles, was founded in 2002 with a goal of teaching safe driving...


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