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Zócalo presents a vibrant series of programs that feature thinkers and doers speaking on some of the most pressing topics of the day. Bringing together an extraordinarily diverse group of Angelenos, Zócalo--"Public Square" in Spanish--seeks to create a non partisan and multiethnic forum where participants can enjoy a rare opportunity for intellectual fellowship.

Zócalo Radio airs weekly on KPCC 89.3FM
Tune in Sundays at 9pm/Grab the Podcast Anytime

Please join us on July 27th for: Gay L.A. vs. Gay San Francisco

Zócalo in Shanghai

Sunday, July 27, 2008, 4:00 pm at Zendai Museum of Modern Art

Zócalo, the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West and the USC American Academy in China
Present

L.A. vs. Shanghai: Who Is the Art Capital of the Pacific Rim?

Moderated by Qingyun Ma, Dean of the USC School of Architecture

Along the Pacific Rim, two cities are focusing on their cultural programs with refined lenses: Los Angeles and Shanghai. These two cities represent polar ends of dealing with time in relation to culture. Institutions of visual and performing art in Los Angeles often rely on retrospective exhibitions, reprise performances or classic films, looking to their recent past to emphasize their youth as a city that emerged a mere 230 years ago. In stark contrast, China's contemporary visual and performing artists generally look to their unknown future with imaginative utopias that express their regenerative urbanisms and identities in the a cross-generational variety of media, from craft like paintings to high tech digital work. Luping Yue, Director of the Xi'an Center for Modern Art, Sine Bepler, an arts and architecture critic and curator for ShanghART gallery, Olga Garay, Executive Director of the City of L.A's Department of Cultural Affairs, James Elaine, Adjunct Curator at the Hammer Museum, David Chan, Director of Shanghai Gallery of Art, 3 on the Bund, Zhang Qing, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Art Museum, contemporary artist Yang Fudong, and Shanghai-based artist Song Tao, whose photographic work explores the city's landscape, join us for a cross-disciplinary—and cross-continental—discussion about the forces shaping the cultural lives of Shanghai and Los Angeles. (This event is made possible, in part, by a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation of Los Angeles.)

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Zócalo in Hollywood

Tuesday, August 5, 7:30 pm at the Harmony Gold Theatre

“Elegy": A Special Pre-Release Screening

Based on “The Dying Animal” by Philip Roth, “Elegy,” starring Penélope Cruz and Ben Kingsley, is a meditation on the power of beauty to bind, to reveal, and to transform. Directed by Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet, “Elegy” (to be released by Samuel Goldwyn Films on August 8) charts the passionate relationship between a charismatic college professor and a young woman whose beauty both captivates and destabilizes him. As their intimate connection transforms them—more than either could imagine—a charged sexual contest evolves into a powerful love story.

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Zócalo at Central Library

Tuesday, September 9, 7:30 pm at Central Library

Are the Teachers’ Unions Too Powerful?

Moderated by Joe Mathews, Irvine Senior Fellow, New America Foundation

Or are they not powerful enough? Politicians and reformers often complain about the power of teachers' unions to dominate elections -- from local school boards to the governor's race -- and frustrate their plans to improve education. Yet teachers still don’t have the power to receive pay commensurate with their education, the institutional support and instructional resources they need, or even -- at least in Los Angeles -- accurate paychecks. Now a rising generation of teachers' union leaders in the state say the labor organizations must add to their power and reach by tackling broader social and governmental problems that hurt schools.  Zócalo has assembled a distinguished panel to examine the promise and limits of the power of the teachers’ unions. Joining us are: Joshua Pechthalt, a vice president of United Teachers Los Angeles, is part of a group of one-time union dissidents who have risen to power with an eye towards more aggressive organizing around issues that extend far beyond union contracts; A high ranking official of the California Teachers Association, the largest teachers' union in the country, will offer thoughts on the statewide picture; David Tokofsky, a former school board member in LAUSD, offers his perspective as someone who has fought with and against big teachers' unions; and Caprice Young, another former LAUSD board member and now CEO of the California Charter Schools Association, talks about how unions can support -- and block -- education reform.

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Zócalo at Los Angeles Theatre Center

Tuesday, September 23, 7:30 pm at Los Angeles Theatre Center

How Dangerous is the Garment Industry?

Moderated by Jerry Sullivan, editor and publisher, Los Angeles Garment & Citizen

The garment industry provides more than 50,000 jobs in Los Angeles County, including many that are tied to a commercial underground where safety rules don't apply, there's no minimum wage, and a labor pool of illegal immigrants keeps quiet about violations out of fear of deportation. Legitimate garment makers, meanwhile, face a disadvantage in battling underground competitors who skip workers compensation payments and other safety standards, and often shift locations suddenly in order to stay a step ahead of authorities. How big and dangerous is this floating world of the garment underground? Kimi Lee of the Garment Worker Center, a Downtown-base advocacy group, Garment Contractors Association Executive Director Joe Rodriguez and Michael Kang, owner of the Caribe fashion label in the Garment District visit Zócalo to sort it out. (This event is funded, in part, through a civic partnership with The California Wellness Foundation Communications Department)

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Zócalo at NPR West

Wednesday, September 24, 7:30 PM at NPR West

Zócalo and NPR West Present

From the Berlin Wall to the War on Terror: How the 1990s Changed the World

When the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989 – or 11/9 – many Americans turned their attention away from foreign policy, and only re-awakened to world affairs on 9/11. Derek Chollet, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and James Goldgeier, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, visit Zócalo to show how the haze of self-congratulation that characterized the 1990s led to the complacency that was shattered on September 11th. Brilliantly mapping the forces that shaped the post-Cold War era, Chollet and Goldgeier will discuss how the legacy of the 1990s is alive and well in the 2008 presidential campaign, and is vital to understanding what is likely to persist in whatever presidential administration we have next.

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The Actors’ Gang
at The Ivy Substation
9070 Venice Blvd.  Culver City, CA 90232
Parking located in the Ince Parking Structure next to Trader Joe's on Culver and Ince Streets.
Plan your trip using Metro.

ArcLight Hollywood
6360 W. Sunset Blvd (between Vine and Ivar, with DeLongpre to the south) Los Angeles, CA 90028
Directions and parking go to: https://www.arclightcinemas.com/static/Directions.html
Parking $6 maximum without validation.
Plan your trip using Metro.

ArcLight Sherman Oaks
15301 Ventura Blvd (at Sepulveda in the Sherman Oaks Galleria) Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Directions and parking go to: https://www.arclightcinemas.com/static/Directions.html
Parking free with validation.
Plan your trip using Metro.

Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA, 90027-1462
Directions and parking go to: http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/visit.php
Free parking.
Plan your trip using Metro.

Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Directions: http://www.BGTtix.com
Free parking in the lot at the bottom of the hill and in parking spaces surrounding the perimeter of the Barnsdall Art Park.
Plan your trip using Metro

Beckman Institute Auditorium
California Institute of Technology
332 South Michigan Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91106
Directions: http://events.caltech.edu/find.html
Plan your trip using Metro.

The California Endowment
Yosemite Hall at the Center for Healthy Communities
1000 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Directions and parking go to: http://www.calendow.org/chc/center_directions.html
Plan your trip using Metro.

Central Library
Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium
Parking is at 524 S. Flower St. Garage.
$8 weekdays after 4 PM
Plan your trip using Metro.

The Center at Cathedral Plaza
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
555 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Directions and parking go to:
http://cathedral.la-archdiocese.org/gettinghere/index.html
Parking $10 weekdays.
Plan your trip using Metro.

Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
5750 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Located in the Wilshire Courtyard Campus, kitty corner from the La Brea Tar Pits. Enter on Wilshire at Courtyard Place, one block east of Curson. Free parking on site after 6 pm.
Plan your trip using Metro.

Harmony Gold Theatre
7655 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Free parking in the lot behind the theatre. Enter on N. Stanley Avenue.
Plan your trip using Metro.

The Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Directions and parking go to:
http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/information_planning.htm
Parking is a $3 flat rate after 6 pm.
Plan your trip using Metro.

Los Angeles Theatre Center (NEW LATC)
514 S. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Parking: $5 after 4 pm at 536 S. Spring Street
Plan your trip using Metro.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Directions: http://www.lacma.org/info/HoursDirections.aspx
$5, Spaulding lot (Wilshire and Spaulding).
Note: Parking is free for vehicles entering the Spaulding lot after 7 pm. Plan your trip using Metro.

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Directions and parking go to:
http://www.moca.org/museum/visit_home.php?
Parking $8 w/MOCA validation at the Walt Disney Concert Hall garage, enter from Lower Grand Ave.
Plan your trip using Metro.

The Music Center of Los Angeles County,
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Grand Hall
The Music Center
135 N. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Directions and parking go to:
http://www.musiccenter.org/directions_mc.html
Parking is at 135 North Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A., underneath the Center, on Grand Avenue between 1st & Temple. $8 for Evening Performances.
Plan your trip using Metro.

The Music Center of Los Angeles County,
Walt Disney Concert Hall, BP Hall
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Directions and parking go to:
http://www.musiccenter.org/directions_wdch.html
Parking is located under the concert hall with entrances on Second Street or Hope Street. $8/weekdays after 4 PM for evening events.
Plan your trip using Metro.

The Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
4718 W. Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016-1516
Directions and parking go to: http://nhpac.com/at_the_holden/contact.html
Free parking.
Plan your trip using Metro.

NPR West
9909 Jefferson Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
Free parking is available on-site behind the building.
Plan your trip using Metro.

The Orpheum Theatre
842 S. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90014
Directions and parking go to: http://www.laorpheum.com/directions.html
Parking at Joe's Auto Parks on 839 S. Spring St. (Lot B) or
817 S. Spring St. (Lot C). Spring St. is east of Broadway.
Zócalo does not validate parking.
Plan your trip using Metro.

Zendai Museum of Modern Art
No.28, Lane 199, Fangdian Rd
Shanghai, China
芳甸路199弄28号

Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Directions: http://skirball.org/index.php?s=PlanVisit
Free parking on site in North Lot. Enter at Herscher Way.
Plan your trip using Metro.

Southwestern Law School Bullocks Wilshire Building
Louis XVI Room, 2nd Floor
3050 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Directions: http://www.swlaw.edu/directions
Parking $6, enter on Wilshire Place.
Plan your trip using Metro.

Banning's Landing Community Center
100 East Water Street, Wilmington, CA 90744
Directions: http://www.wilmington-chamber.com/banlndct.htm
Free parking in Community Center Lot.
Plan your trip using Metro.

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