A century ago, the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a 223-mile ribbon of water, slaked the thirst of an expanding City of Angels. Southern California was transformed, as was the Owens Valley, the water’s source. Click here to see images from the Owens Valley collected by J.D. Black.
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Joseph Wakelee-Lynch
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Why Word Balloons Matter Today
I’m a writer, so I read. And I read quite a bit.
Steven Gonzalez ’04, M.A. ’12 and Dina Ramirez ’09
Ten dates. The punch card was the key. For Steven Gonzalez ’04, M.A. ’12 and Dina Ramirez ’09, punch cards became the symbol of their courtship.
Letter From Seattle
A letter to LMU from Lysandra (Sapp) Donigian ’00.
Surge Control
In late November 1860, 10 years after statehood and the Gold Rush, botanist William Brewer, an Easterner, arrived in Los Angeles with the California Geological Survey to travel the state of California and study its natural resources.
In and Out of Toon
Van Partible has a success story that’s almost too successful to be true: college student creates animation for senior thesis, graduates, takes a job to get by doing day care, then becomes golden when his professor shows the idea to a friend at Hanna-Barbera. Partible’s idea became the Cartoon Network’s hit “Johnny Bravo.” Imagine our surprise when, after we asked if he’d write about the experience, Partible said he wanted to write about failure.—The Editor.
Tower Pizza
Before Tower Pizza, there was Mother’s, and Mother’s had no tower.
Sapphire Sandalo ’10 on Animated Films
Sapphire Sandalo ’10 co-founded Troll Free Productions, which produces two YouTube shows: “DeToonified,” which reviews and analyzes animated films, and “Toon Buzz” on Channel Frederator, a weekly animation news show. She recently worked on Comedy Central’s “TripTank” and “ADHD on FOX.” As an undergraduate, her animated music video won Best Animation at LMU’s 2009 Film Outside the Frame Film Festival. We asked her to tell us about her favorite short and feature-length animated films.
Dispatches Fall 2013
1953 Leo McElroy [LibArts] saw his most recent play, “Echoes in the Heart,” which he co-wrote with Susanne Sommer, premiered at Sacramento’s Geery Theater on March 8. The play tells the story of the escape of Sommer’s parents from the…
Aimee Ross-Kilroy
Aimee Ross-Kilroy is an avid reader and teacher of children’s and young adult literatures.