Artist Warren Scherich buries clay sculptures to communicate across time
Clay sculptures communicate across time – Warren Scherich by Avmedia on Mixcloud
NAACP (AV) Freedom Fund banquet
Glynn Turman to appear at the AV NAACP Freedom Fund banquet at University of Antelope Valley.
“New York City-born African-American actor Glynn Turman enjoyed his first real taste of acting success at the age of 13 originating the role of Travis Younger on Broadway in Lorraine Hansberry’s landmark play “A Raisin in the Sun” in 1959 opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil and Diana Sands as his various family members. While he did not play the role when it transferred to film in 1961, he intensified his studies at the renown High School of Performing Arts in New York. Upon graduation he apprenticed in regional and repertory companies throughout the country including Tyrone Guthrie’s Repertory Theatre in which he performed in late 60s productions of “Good Boys,” “Harper’s Ferry,” “The Visit” and “The House of Atreus.” He made his Los Angeles stage debut in Vinnette Carroll’s “Slow Dance on the Killing Ground.” An impressive 1974 performance in “The Wine Sellers” earned him a Los Angeles Critics Award nomination and a Dramalogue Award. The play was also produced on Broadway as “What The Wine Sellers Buy.” He won his first NAACP Image Award for his work in the play “Eyes of the American.
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Save Los Angeles County Raceway
“Norm Hickling’s words last week landed like a salve, rather than salt, on the still-open eastside wound that is the former Los Angeles County Raceway.
Hickling, the Valley field representative for Fifth District Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, told the Valley Press last Friday that Antonovich sees economic development in Lake Los Angeles and a new Valley motorsports complex as mutually beneficial priorities.
Hickling’s disclosure that a successor to LACR has already been discussed in the County’s regional planning department was welcome news to Jeff Hillinger, the graphic artist and movie industry computer generation consultant who has been spearheading efforts to replace the famed dragstrip that was closed by Granite Construction mining efforts last July 29.
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THE COSO ROCK ART COMPLEX
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(Photo: Petroglyphs U.S.)
“Coso Range rock art has been a central part of the shamanism debate since the 1980s. It has played a prominent role in attempts to understand prehistoric forager iconography (Garfinkel 2006; Gilreath and Hildebrandt 2008; Hildebrandt and McGuire 2002; Keyser and Whitley 2006; McGuire and Hildebrandt 2005; Pearson 2002; Whitley 2005). Many researchers have taken Coso to be a classic test case and proven reference point supporting the shamanistic perspective on rock art (e.g., Hedges 2001; Lewis-Williams and Dowson 1988, 1989; Whitley 1988a, 1988b, 1992, 1994a, 1994b, 1996). Interpretations of Coso rock art, like other interpretations of archeological elements, ultimately depend on analogy to relevant ethnographically-recorded human behavior – rather than purely ‘endogenous’ explicatory evidence. Thus the ethnographic contexts of shamanism, the recognition of supernatural beings, and the nature of hunting supernaturalism are all keys to this debate.
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Jacob Nelson (bio)
“‘He’s a tremendous talent who deserves to be seen. My family and I have been in Country music since I was 10 years old. When I see talent like Jacob, it’s only right to help him out like I was helped. He is a legitimate Country talent, plus, his politeness strikes you – He respects people and he respects who he is.’ (Don Jesser, Professional PRCA Rodeo Announcer, Antelope Valley Press).
Jacob is now 21 years old and has just completed his Junior year at Arizona State University where he is majoring in Aeronautical Management Technology, with a concentration in Professional Flight. Jacob is a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI, CFII, MEI) and has has earned his Commercial Pilot certificate with Instrument Privileges and High-Performance Complex Endorsements.
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After This Audio Illusion, You’ll Never Trust Your Ears Again
It might be a little too early in the morning to have your mind blown, but this audio illusion is worth your time because it demonstrates your brain’s uncanny ability to use new information to help process something that is otherwise incomprehensible. (via Gizmodo)
Zombia Dagorhir – Zombie Infection
WE ARE A SWORD FIGHTING GROUP in the antelope valley CALLED ZOMBIA.WE MEET AT Lancaster City Park THE WEAPONS ARE MADE OUT OF FOAM AND WHATNOT BUT THE ONLY WAY YOU GET HURT IS FROM SOMEONES ACCIDENT OR THE MOST IS A BRUISE. WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE RECRUITS. Call , Frank @ (661) 886-0683 (you may have to leave a message) or Emil frankemry@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions
Zombie Infection: A player is chosen as Alpha Zombie. They have no weapons. The other players stand together as humans holding weapons they want. No shields. The Alpha Zombie has to “grab onto” the humans and “bites” them to infect them. The Alpha Zombie takes 4 hits to be stopped. The infected players take 2 hits to be stopped. When stopped, the zombie stays in place for 5 Missippi seconds. They can then continue. The round ends when all players are infected. This round is morely done just for fun and no one really wins except if they can last for so long”. (via Zombia Dagorhir)
High Speed Rail Project – Antelope Valley
“The High Speed Rail project of California is commencing in the summer of 2013. The project shall boost the employment market and the economy as well”.
Establishment of the Antelope Valley of the California High Desert Viticultural Area
“The Antelope Valley region is a wedge-shaped portion of the western Mojave Desert, according the petitioner. The north and west sides of the wedge border the Tehachapi Mountains; the south side of the wedge borders the San Gabriel Mountains, the Sierra Pelona Mountains, and Portal Ridge. The east side is an open continuation of the Mojave Desert.
The boundary line for the proposed Antelope Valley of the California High Desert viticultural area defines an area in the greater Antelope Valley region. The area within the proposed viticultural area boundary line has similar climate, geology, geography, and soils. These geographical features are distinct from the geographical features in the areas outside the boundary of the proposed viticultural area.
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