December 7, 2006

Bookfair Brings Out Young Local Authors:

The Barnes & Noble on the Third Street Promenade hosted students from Castle Heights Elementary School for Bookfair. Several students in each class at Castle Heights were chosen to read their own work for one minute at the store.

First grader Amanda Toothman chose her latest work, A Homework Machine:

“I wish that I can invent a machine that does my homework. It looks like a person but it is a machine. A homework machine is made to do kids’ homework. I want a homework machine to do my homework for me.”

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June 1, 2005

Teenagers Invited to Write Cool Screenplays:

Jeremy Padow’s free workshop, ”Learn to Write a Cool Screenplay in Just Three Classes,” will be held the next three Saturdays, June 4, 11 and 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. at 826LA in Venice. […]

James Balog with icebergs at Ilulissat Isfjord

News December 13, 2012

‘Chasing Ice’ Creators Talk Global Warming:

Feted environmentalist James Balog has been a photographer for 30 years, leading the way in understanding and interpreting the natural environment. He founded the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), the most comprehensive study of glaciers ever […]