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  • Chicano art hero Cheech Marin and Off-Ramp host John Rabe in the Off-Ramp Pavilion at KPCC, for Cheech's latest book, "Papel Chicano Dos," the second volume of works on paper from Cheech's collection.
    Rhode Island Stuffies and Funeral Potatoes -- Mario Batali's Big American Cookbook
    Chef Mario Batali talks with us about his shoes, his White House dinner, and his newest cookbook ... Chicano art champion Cheech Marin on his newest traveling exhibit: Papel Chicano Dos ... We'll talk with the last surviving proposed cabinet member of the most unlikely Presidential candidate: Dizzy Gillespie ... And meet the creators of Toothpix, who took the underutilized video feature on Yelp! and have been making 12-second restaurant review masterpieces.
  • Each room in the Black Magic maze has a different theme – knife throwing, a blind magician doing magic tricks with eyeballs, and a haunted prop room.
    For Halloween, scary stories you've never heard: A spooktacular Off-Ramp
    This week, Off-Ramp finds out what’s under the bed when the lights go off. We're bringing back a KPCC In Person event from last year, where we read stories from "In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe," a collection of great old under-appreciated horror stories.
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  • An old sign at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, which is now an art enclave. When it was industrial, was too much reading on the can a big problem? What were they reading?
    Martin Mull, painter, on Off-Ramp for 11-13-10
    Martin Mull's "Split Infinitives" exhibit opens in Santa Monica ... Frank Stoltze and Brian Watt say, "Send us your tired, your huddled donations, yearing to be free." ... Hard Times in SoCal ... The Best of Off-Ramp ... Dinner Party Download makes life better and you more interesting ...
  • Songwriters are either hams, or just concerned that SOMEONE performs their songs right ... or maybe both. Here's Hal David singing at the Grammy Museum's Songwriters Hall of Fame Gallery inaugural concert, and he can still put a song over.
    Songwriting Legend Hal David Sings - Off-Ramp 11-6-2010
    Hal "Raindrops Are Falling on my Head" David, 89, sings at the Grammy Museum ... Homeless in Hard Times ... CyberFrequencies ... the Philippines' national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal.
  • Maila Nurmi in the RH Greene documentary Schlock!
    "Vampira and Me," an Off-Ramp Halloween special documentary -- 10-30-2010
    Filmmaker and author RH Greene presents "Vampira and Me," a special documentary for Off-Ramp that tells the story of Maila Nurmi, creator of the cultural icon Vampira.
  • Reclining Lawn Chair
    OCMA's 2010 California Biennial -- Off-Ramp for 10-27-2010
    Off-Ramp's John Rabe and Kevin Ferguson talk with a baker's dozen of the 45 artists chosen to be in OCMA's 2010 California Biennial.
  • Homeless man, downtown Los Angeles, December 2005.
    Hard Times on Off-Ramp for 10-23-2010
    Stories from the Recession Front in new series, "Hard Times" ... Dan Savage's "It Gets Better Campaign" to fight gay teen suicide goes viral ... CyberFrequencies ... Songwriters Hall of Fame at Grammy Museum ... Remembering Tom Bradley campaigner & press secy Bob Kholos, witness to history of LA ... Mark Peel explains why your restaurant meal is late ... EatLA's 2011 guide is out ...
  • Marc Abrams, Silverlake's Walking Man.
    Who Was That Walking Man? -- Off-Ramp 10-16-10
    RH Greene on the Walking Man of Silverlake ... Dinner Party Download ... Cooking for 5,000 aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier ... Upton Sinclair Reconsidered ... Todd Carpenter - a real painter of light, in the dark.
  • Lili Singer at the Theodore Payne Foundation
    Home Movies, Fine Dining in Santa Clarita, and more - Off-Ramp 10-9-10
    Home Movie Day arrives in LA ... Mark Peel dispenses food wisdom ... Santa Clarita: cuisine destination? ... Athol Fugard's new play, "The Train Driver" ... Arthur Fiedler throws parsley, Mark Peel is surprised ...
  • Why is this man smiling? Because he's LACMA's Michael Govan, and he has an acre of floor space to play with in the new Resnick Pavilion.
    An Acre of Art on the Radio - Off-Ramp 10-2-10
    LACMA's huge new Resnick Pavilion ... Lou Adler on The Painted Turtle and his talent ... muralist Siqueiros did landscapes, too ... skeletons in the closet? a German baron has mummies in his crypt ... meet This Old House, finally coming to LA ...
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