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Bullitt County Is A New Nostalgic Thriller Film With A Twist

The official trailer for the film, “Bullitt County,” opens in a small shop. As you watch the clip, you are transported back to the 1970’s with the nostalgic faintly sepia filter tone over characters wearing flair-legged pants. The viewer is introduced to one of the film’s main characters speaking with one of the town’s local shopkeepers. “The legend goes that the Bullitt family of Bullitt County…

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Genre Switching Band, Crowned In Chains, Shares Message of Finding One’s Purpose

The band, @CrownedInChains, aims to tell a story with the best genre that fits that particular story. All the lyrics and melodies are carefully woven together to, as Keith Richards has put it, speak in emotions from the bones.

Rolling Stone guitarist, Keith Richards once wrote in his memoir, Life, that “music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.” The genre-switching alternative rock band from Livermore, CA, Crowned In Chains, captures the essence of this quote as they share their genuine and vulnerable stories of pain and joy through…

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A Space To Create: Art Share LA Offers Resources To The Local Community

A Space To Create: Art Share LA Offers Resources To The Local Community

Downtown L.A.’s Arts District sprung from the rows of industrial buildings that had dominated the area at the turn of the century. As time moved on the buildings were used as spaces for artists to work and live in the area. Today the landscape is changing to include a new wave of residents. Rent prices have risen, and some buildings and spaces have been renovated to meet the demand of non-artists…

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Film Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Film Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post @campostfilm

Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of trying to change an individual’s sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual using psychological or spiritual interventions.

According to a 2009 report of the American Psychological Association, the techniques therapists have used to try to change sexual orientation, and gender identity include inducing nausea, vomiting, or…

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Art Exhibition Review: Beyond The Streets

Art Exhibition Review: @beyondthestreetsart

Swift designs involving geometric patterns and shapes blended together to make bold statements, tell stories, and to display works of art in public spaces. Graffiti writing has a long, and often misunderstood, history. People associate the word with lowered property values and delinquent activity. However, the assumptions about graffiti art have evolved over time to recognize the style as an art…

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Ten Places In The OC To Check Out Live Local Music

Looking for a good drink and some great music in Orange County? We put together a list of venues to check out to hear some live music and discover local bands.

Looking for a good drink and some great music in Orange County? We put together a list of venues to check out to hear some live music and discover local bands.

The Wayfarer

843 W 19th St Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (949) 764-0039 wayfarercm.com

The Wayfarer, which used to be The Detroit Bar, is a great local venue that is dedicated to local acts and touring giants. Once a punk music venue in the 80s, the…

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Singer-Songwriter and ‘The 26 LGBTQ’ Creator Camille Ora-Nicole Seamlessly Blends Talents

Singer-Songwriter and ‘The 26 LGBTQ’ Creator @OracamiMusic Seamlessly Blends Talents

Camille Ora-Nicoleis a southern California-based singer-songwriter who has been writing creatively since the age of six. She creates songs that she loves and that is true to herself and finds the space to seamlessly blend her love for music with her love of crafting pieces of art and graphic design. When she is not creating music or making art, Camille works on managing a digital publication…

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Indie Film Review: “A Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years”

Indie Film Review: “A Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years” @OutfestLA

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A Long Road To Freedom: The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years is a moving documentary directed by William Clift that gives the audience firsthand accounts and never-before-seen archival footage and imagery of watershed moments in LGBTQ history. The film covers everything from the Black Cat Riots, Stonewall, the disco sexual revolution, the AIDS crisis, marriage equality,…

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What Was The Arts District of Los Angeles And What’s To Come

What Was The Arts District of Los Angeles And What’s To Come @LAArtcore @ArtShare_LA

There’s a neighborhood on the eastern edge of Downtown Los Angeles. It’s boundaries stretch from Alameda Street on the west, which blends into Little Tokyo, First Street on the north, the Los Angeles River to the east, and Violet Street on the south. It was a gritty area that has given new life to old industrial buildings whose history dates back to the early 20th century. Art galleries have…

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Not So Artful Productions’ Grosse Misconduct Offers Refreshing Take On LGBTQ Representation

0Gayteen has seen a stream of content in mainstream media with LGBTQ representation. The characters and content have been rich, strong characters, but not every piece of content with representation has done what the digital series, Grosse Misconduct, has done.

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20Gayteen has seen a stream of content in mainstream media with LGBTQ representation. The characters and content have been rich, strong characters, but not every piece of content with representation has done what the digital series, Grosse Misconduct, has done.

Grosse Misconduct follows a group of characters working in human resources who end up navigating personal and…

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Art Museums To Visit In The San Diego & Imperial Counties

The Panama-California International Exposition, held in Balboa Park during 1915–1916 celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, promoted San Diego as a seaport, and also showcased San Diego as a growing cultural center. Today, Balboa Park and the surrounding areas in San Diego County offers amazing opportunities to engage in and celebrate the arts.

Balboa Park is known as the Smithsonian of the West. It houses a rich history of the arts and offers cultural offerings that includes 17 museums and performing arts venues. It’s a 1,200-acre urban cultural park in San Diego with so much to offer. The park’s site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use and was named after the Spanish maritime explorer, Vasco…

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Kittenhead Uses The Power Of Rock To Spark Social Change

There’s something deeper behind the rock and roll lyrics of California-based indie band, Kittenhead, than a passion for music and self-expression. There lies a sense of responsibility to use the platform of the musical stage to be advocates for the disenfranchised and a voice in the movement for more social justice.

There’s something deeper behind the rock and roll lyrics of California-based indie band, Kittenhead, than a passion for music and self-expression. There lies a sense of responsibility to use the platform of the musical stage to be advocates for the disenfranchised and a voice in the movement for more social justice. (more…)

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Indie Films You Should Have Already Seen

References, quotes, and entire cultural trends have been attributed to many classic films. But which classic films should you have at the top of the list if you haven’t seen them yet?

References, quotes, and entire cultural trends have been attributed to many classic films. But which classic films should you have at the top of the list if you haven’t seen them yet? Well, here is a list of ten indie movies that you should have already seen. (more…)

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The Art Scene In Riverside

The mix of culture from the Native, Mexican, Spanish, English, and Canadian people have contributed to art in Riverside. Today, the art scene in riverside is heavily influenced by the Chicano experience.

Riverside was built on land that was once a Spanish rancho. Investors from England and Canada transplanted traditions and activities adopted by prosperous citizens such as Southern California’s first golf course and polo field. The mix of culture from the Native, Mexican, Spanish, English, and Canadian people have contributed to art in Riverside. Today, the art scene in riverside is heavily…

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How "Caught A Ghost" Influenced Film And Music

How the band, "Caught A Ghost," Influenced Film And Music

Before we knew Tessa Thompson as a famous A-List actress and the romantic partner of award-winning singer-songwriter musician, Janelle Monáe, we knew her as one of the members of the indie electro soul band, Caught A Ghost.

The band was originally made up of fellow Angelinos, songwriter and producer, Jesse Nolan, Stephen Edelstein, Tessa Thompson, Erik Hughes, Tim McKay, Michael Czaja, Brandon…

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The Doors ~ Riders On The Storm (HQ)