The Huntington Library recently unveiled Sandy Rodriguez’s “Book 13,” which features a 20-foot-wide U.S. map of child migrant detention centers alongside federal Native-American boarding schools. To reserve tickets to the full exhibit, visit huntington.org.

Thinking about author John Fante, who was born #OTD in 1909. #johnfante

An Activist Spent Years Pushing for Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome to Reopen. Why Did He Just Stop?

Apr 6, 1956: The Capitol Records Tower was dedicated 70 years ago today. Press release (1956): norimuster.com/capitolrecor... #musichistory #LAPL photo (1990):

Apr 4, 1850: Los Angeles was incorporated as a US city. Los Angeles became US city before California became US state (Sept 9, 1850). Plan de la Ciudad de Los Angeles (1849) by surveyor E.O.C. Ord, via the #HuntingtonLibrary: hdl.huntington.org/digital/coll...

La Luz del Día has been serving Michoacan-inspired tacos and other traditional Mexican dishes on Olvera Street since 1959. However, due to a steep decline in customers, the restaurant fears how much longer it can hold on. The full story: lataco.com/olvera-stree... By Valeria Macias

Sharing our ticket booklet from the #LA84 Olympics as I just finished ordering my tickets for the #LA28 Olympics.

Apr 25: The 57th Annual #Manzanar Pilgrimage “This year’s pilgrimage promises to be a dynamic community gathering where we remember the lessons of the World War II incarceration in the context of the current political climate.” @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social: manzanarcommittee.org/2026/02/09/5...

Olvera Street's annual Blessing of the Animals (circa 1960s) via the El Pueblo Collection at LAPL. "The Blessing of the Animals has been a part of #OlveraStreet since its founding in 1930." This year's Blessing of the Animals takes place on Saturday (April 4) -> www.olveraevents.com/blessing-of-...

"The team behind Lost Record Stores wanted to create a map of lost independent record stores in Los Angeles out of a love for the city and its #musichistory." Sat @ 4pm: Dyanne Cano & Josh Kun will discuss LA's lost record stores at #BookSoup. booksoup.com/event/2026-0...

We wish Lloyd Wright a Happy Birthday today! Born March 31, 1890, Lloyd Wright would later design Wayfarers Chapel after finding inspiration on a trip in the redwood forests of northern California.

ICYMI: Taix French Restaurant closed Mar 29. "What Norman Klein got right in his seminal work about the city & its nebulous relationship to stasis...is the way places and locations that 'used to be' leave impressions on 'what is.'" @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social: lareviewofbooks.org/article/taix...

“Tribute to the Farm Workers” mural at Estrada Courts by artist Alexandro C. Maya (located here -> maps.app.goo.gl/SwaV89fzUk1C...). #FarmworkersDay Image (1975) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library & Archive: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...

Spent a wonderful Thursday absorbed in women’s history at the symposium hosted by the Ebell Institute for the Study of Women's History in L.A. #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth

Smoglandia: We haven't always been smoggy, but we're built that way

Thur @ 9am: In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, the Ebell Institute for the Study of Women’s History in Los Angeles is hosting its free Third Annual Public Symposium. www.ebellofla.org/events/tei-s... #WHM

THIS FRIDAY: March 27, please join us at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social to celebrate Indie Press Month. Angel City Press authors will be gathering to discuss the power of place.

"In 1969, [Dr. Rodolfo F. Acuña] became the first professor in CSUN’s Mexican American studies department, now called the #Chicano and #Chicana Studies Department, which became an incubator for Latino activism in L.A. and beyond." www.latimes.com/obituaries/s... RIP Dr. Rodolfo F. Acuña!

Had my farewell meal at Taix this past weekend as the historic Echo Park restaurant will be closing on Sunday (this one’s gonna hurt). My parents lived in Echo Park when I was born, so they were eating here before I ever entered the picture. Taix in 2026 & 1970 (📸: my dad).

Bridget Mason, known as Biddy Mason, is a Black woman who, at one point in time, was one of the wealthiest people in Los Angeles, California. Her life is one of the greatest examples of perseverance and the power of community.

In honor of the 20 year anniversary of the passing of “Parable of the Sower” and “Kindred” author Octavia E. Butler, @marinamasako.bsky.social rode the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social 18 Line to talk about her legacy. #MetroPartner

I often think about the LA air my parent breathed, what I breathed and what the next generation will enjoy. Excited to read a hopeful take on this from Ann Carlson.

The #HooverDam press release (1931) from the Claremont Colleges Library's California Water Documents collection: ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll... #WorldWaterDay #CAWater #WaterHistory

Learn all about the rich history of The Olympic Auditorium (famously known as the filming location for RAGING BULL and ROCKY) in 18TH & GRAND: THE OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM STORY on SUNDAY March 22nd at the Frida Cinema! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/18th-...

The wildflowers as seen along Route 99, between Los Angeles & Bakersfield, via National Geographic (1940s). www.nationalgeographic.com/photo-of-the... #FirstDayofSpring Also, consider this a visual reminder of what NOT to do when enjoying California’s #wildflowers. #CANativePlants

“Every restaurant is a portal — a way to remember who you were and how things felt when you were, say, 19, or 27, or 35, but also to remember the particulars of a city, a neighborhood, a block," Tejal Rao. @inlandemperor.bsky.social says farewell to Taix -> EaterLA: la.eater.com/restaurant-c...

Thur @ 1pm: LA’s Department of Cultural Affairs will unveil these three original artworks for the historic Vision Theatre in #LeimertPark: ▪️ “The Spirit of Performance” by Aziz Diagne ▪️ “Bloom Bright” by Kodjovi Sevon ▪️ “Leimert Park Cultural Icons” by Sei Shimura events.com/r/en_US/regi...

"In an article published in 'Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences'... #astrophysicist and #historian Eun-Joo Ahn reconstructs the history of the trail-widening that made #MtWilson Observatory possible, arguing that the road should itself be understood as scientific #infrastructure." #histstm

I'm just heartbroken for Dolores Huerta and the other women who have carried this horrible burden for so many years!

"In 2011, LACMA acquired a sketchbook once belonging to Ruth G. Waddy (1909-2003). Waddy was an LA-based artist, educator, and activist dedicated to making #BlackArts visible and valued." www.laacollective.org/work/expandi... #Archivists #WHM

For those who like to collect #librarycards. ⬇️ Opened in 1953, the Los Angeles County Law Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places last September. #historicpreservation #DTLA #LibrarySky

Happy #StPatricksDay! The menu from Tom Bergin's on Fairfax Avenue, via the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social menu collection. 🍀

"There’s a pantheon of Black historical heroes, leaders that are so important to our history, but there’s also a pantheon of hyperlocal leaders who have also sustained the sort of genius in the neighbourhood that I wanted to honour," Lauren Halsey. www.dazeddigital.com/art-photogra...

Mar 16, 1991: Thirty-five years ago, teenager Latasha Harlins was shot and killed by liquor store owner Soon Ja Du at the Empire Liquor Market on Figueroa. Her brother & sister shared memories of their older sister in this StoryCorps clip. storycorps.org/stories/she-... #LatashaHarlins

A fairly easy menu for home viewers to pilfer from. Olives! Nuts! Lettuce and tomato with French dressing!

Costume designer Edith Head (1897–1981) still holds the record for most Oscars won by a woman (she took home eight #Oscars over her lifetime). #EdithHead holding her Oscar at the 1954 #AcademyAwards, via Margaret Herrick Library: digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/sear... #WHM

The program & menu of the first Academy Awards at the #Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (1929) courtesy of the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library: digitalcollections.oscars.org/cdm/ref/coll... #Oscars

Happy #PiDay! The Pie a la Mode neon sign from the Los Angeles County Fair, courtesy of @museumofneonart.bsky.social. hub.catalogit.app/museum-of-ne... #signgeeks #neon

Had the opportunity to hear artist Barbara Carrasco speak about her mural “L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective” last night at @nhm.org. Love hearing her stories about all folks painted into this mural! nhm.org/stories/mura...

Afterwards, LADWP chief engineer William Mulholland, designer of the dam and the LA Aqueduct—who had just declared the dam safe—said he envied the dead. (And the actual death toll was likely higher due to agricultural laborers in the Santa Clara Valley and elsewhere who were swept away uncounted.)

Sat @ 11am: "Artist Lauren Halsey opens ‘sister dreamer,’ a monumental #sculpturepark celebrating South-Central Los Angeles, at Western Avenue and 76th Street on Saturday." More info about the Sister Dreamer Opening Celebration & Block Party on March 14 -> www.laurenhalsey.fun

Mar 17–22: International #Docomomo conference in Los Angeles -> www.docomomo2026.com ▪️ Thom Mayne & Frances Anderton opening keynote: www.docomomo2026.com/special-even... ▪️ Available tours: www.docomomo2026.com/tours (live streaming available for some sessions) #modernity #architectural #modernism

Congrats to the 2026 #LAConservancy Preservation Award winners! www.laconservancy.org/tours-events... Several of the awardees: ▪️ Historic House Relocation Project ▪️ Little Tokyo Towers ▪️ Stanley Burke’s, Sherman Oaks ▪️ The Union On Garey, Pomona ▪️ UCLA Powell Library ▪️ USC Dick Wolf Drama Ctr

Mar 24 @ 6pm: #CulverCity Historical Society will co-host "Preserving #HollywoodHistory: The Movement of the Culver Studios Bungalows" -> culvercitycrossroads.com/2026/03/05/c... In 2024, Culver Studios won a California #Preservation Foundation award: californiapreservation.org/awards/culve...

Wed @ 12:30pm: Anne Soon Choi, author of “L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood," will discuss her book at CSU Long Beach in a talk titled “From Hollywood to Long Beach: Investigating Race, Media, and Institutional Power.” #RafuShimpo: rafu.com/2026/03/biog...

Whitlock was a badass. www.getty.edu/news/getty-l...

🎨 This Thursday, March 12, experience an intimate evening of conversation and creativity with Chicana artist Barbara Carrasco and her landmark mural, “L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective”! Free with advance registration—space is limited: go.nhm.org/painting-los...

A look at #cartographer Laura Whitlock, via @lametrolibrary.bsky.social: metroprimaryresources.info/hub/laura-wh... #WHM "Her maps reveal not just pre-freeway Los Angeles, or long gone neighborhood names like 'Tropico', but also her own love of LA’s extensive #transit system & rail infrastructure."

“This mural is dedicated to them, the Daughters, the Mothers, and the Grandmothers of Aztlán," Judithe Hernández. #InternationalWomensDay #LAMurals The Ramona Gardens mural "La Mujer" (1976) by artist Judithe Hernández (via the Mural Conservancy): www.themcla.org/murals/la-mu...

“Of the 1,300 places in Los Angeles designated as Historic-Cultural Monuments, only about two percent represent women’s history.” The Los Angeles Women’s Landmarks Project -> www.laconservancy.org/save-places/... #InternationalWomensDay