Month: October 2020

ESMoA’s ‘FREESTATE’ experience dreams up a world built on Golden State ideals By Christina Campodonico “Whatever starts in California, unfortunately, has an inclination to spread,” is a quote credited, interestingly enough, to Democratic President Jimmy Carter. It’s a slogan that conceptual artist and native Californian Cole Sterberg has adopted for his new exhibition housed out of the El Segundo Museum of Art (ESMoA), called ‘FREESTATE,’ and it’s a sentiment he hopes to encourage in a positive direction as our country heads into Election Day and beyond. In the exhibit, Sternberg imagines the agitprop creation of The Free Republic of...

First Baptist Church of Venice catches fire, sparking renewed interest in property’s historic significance and controversial sale By Gary Walker A beloved former house of worship in Oakwood that is the subject of a three-year fight to save it from the forces of gentrification may soon get another chance a week after firefighters extinguished a suspicious fire at the site. Los Angeles Fire Department authorities are continuing their investigation of a fire at the First Baptist Church of Venice on Oct. 22, which some advocates of saving the structure believe was arson. LAFD spokesman Nicholas Prange said the department...