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  • Pokemon Go players Justin Diaz, from Azusa; Steven Chavarria, Hesperia; and Christian Diaz, Azusa, with a piece of public art outside LAPD headquarters.
    Pokemon Go See Public Art
    The Pokemon Go craze might get people to see more public art ... would you live in a murder house? Surf Punks!
  • Scarlet celebrated Ringo Starr's birthday at Capitol Records Thursday.
    Ringo, loquats, and a Skid Row artist you should meet
    Meet an artist named Juanita Pina who lives on LA’s Skid Row. We’ll hear from Ringo Starr and talk with some of the hundreds of fans (like Scarlet, right) who celebrated his birthday with him in Hollywood. Tim Cogshell has another DIY film festival for Off-Ramp listeners, this time looking at 3 important films in the film noir style.
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  • Off-Ramp for November 14, 2009
    The Ashes of Oakridge - One Year Later ... Arthur Dong's "Hollywood Chinese" documentary becomes an exhibit ... Eli Broad and Sam Hall Kaplan help Off-Ramp mark MOCA's 30th ... Lisa Ling and KCET on middle-class homelessness.
  • Off-Ramp for November 7, 2009
    Mayor Picks Beck to Lead LAPD ... Melrose Larry Green Weighs In ... Dracula author pays tribute to his late, great brother ... Jackson Musker has Encounter at LAX ... CyberFrequencies on Life on the Web.
  • Off-Ramp for October 31, 2009 - The Halloween Special
    A Halloween Special ... Chris Ames and the Dog in the Nighttime ... RH Greene's News Take on Dracula ... Lugosi, Jr. on Life with Father ... Bats: Behind the Myths ... Creepiest Moment from Richard the Third.
  • Off-Ramp for October 24, 2009
    We're for Contradancing ... It's Mourning at Heritage Square ... New Dracula Memoir Preview ... Rabe's Family History ... WEB EXCLUSIVE: Comics Icon Marv Wolfman ... Selling Medical Marijuana.
  • Off-Ramp for October 17, 2009
    Randolph Mantooth of "Emergency!" and "Scream of the Bikini" ... John and Queena pitch good journalism and public radio ... Ed Asner on "Up!" ... Carl Orff teaches kids music ...
  • Off-Ramp for October 10, 2009
    Richard III - done straight for once ... Dinner Party Download makes you smarter ... Asner's radio work ... Spiders creep into the Natural History Museum ... Meet the Raincoats
  • Off-Ramp for October 3, 2009
    Orff-Ramp Music for Kids ... the late Henry Hopkins on Race in Art ... the Eagle Rock music festival ... Jackson Musker has the poop on zoo poop ... CyberFrequencies on stars who explode online ...
  • Off-Ramp for September 26, 2009
    Music Savant Brian Eno's art installation comes to Long Beach... John Rabe plays Mo Roca at the Aquarium, sustainably ... Will Riverside's Chris Arreola become the new World Heavyweight Champ?
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