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Spending in L.A. mayor's race breaks records
Spending in the hotly contested two-year race for Los Angeles mayor exceeded $33 million on Saturday, breaking previous records as unlimited outside money continued to play a dominant role in Tuesday's contest. Candidate super PACs and so-called...Tags: Elections, Eric Garcetti, Human Interest, Jose Huizar, Port of Los Angeles
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Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago's new schools chief, doesn't back down from a challenge
Described as passionate and stubborn, charismatic and calculating, Jean-Claude Brizard is the new face of reform for Chicago's distressed public school system.
Shaped by his humble roots in Haiti and forged in battles with school boards, parents and...Tags: Haiti, Separation of Church and State, Academic Progress, Teachers, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Ratliff holding slim lead in LAUSD race
The race for an open seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education was close in early returns with Monica Ratliff ahead despite financial support and union backing that made her opponent, Antonio Sanchez, a heavy favorite. In the Los Angeles Community...
Tags: Elections, New York City, Politics, Voting, Teaching and Learning
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Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff
The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...Tags: Elections, Career and Workplace, Unions, Columbia University, Teachers
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Topless Beatrice Arthur painting part of record $495-million auction
Did it come with a card attached that says, "Thank you for being a friend"? A 1991 painting depicting a topless Bea Arthur that was created by artist John Currin has sold at an auction Wednesday for $1.9 million. The sale was part of a larger Christie's...Tags: Gerhard Richter, Jackson Pollock, J. Crew, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, The New York Times
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N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg gives $350,000 to L.A. school board race
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $350,000 to the L.A. school board campaign this week, records show. Bloomberg's contribution, which was filed Tuesday, will enlarge an already sizable warchest of the Coalition for School Reform, a political...
Tags: Elections, New York City, Politics, Human Interest, Local Government
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Juilliard School honorees include Daniel Day-Lewis, Dawn Upshaw
Daniel Day-Lewis will soon have a new role to obsessively inhabit -- recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from the Juilliard School in New York. The arts school said it also would bestow commencement honors this year on opera singer Dawn Upshaw,...
Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Nancy Wilson, Laura Linney, Celebrities, Music
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MOCA gala takes walk on the wild side
It seemed only fitting that the MOCA gala celebrating the opening of Urs Fischer's new chaos-skirting show, organized under the "creative direction" of the crazy-making artist Rob Pruitt, would have a Dada sort of anti-logic. In other words, it was...
Tags: Fine Artists, Artists, Celebrities, Cheech Marin, Arts and Culture
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MOCA hits $75-million mark, nearing endowment goal
Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art say they have reached the $75-million mark in their campaign to establish a $100-million endowment, with $50 million raised in the last month alone. MOCA's board co-chairs Maria Bell and David Johnson said...
Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Elections, Artists, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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MOCA says it has hit $75-million mark for endowment, and names donors
Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art announced Wednesday that they have raised more than $50 million since the middle of March for the museum’s endowment. A larger endowment is widely seen as the first step to turning around the troubled...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Museums
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Three new names on MOCA board
Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art has appointed three new trustees, including Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of KB Homes who was convicted three years ago on four felony counts of failing to disclose the backdating of stock options. Also...
Tags: Richard Riordan, Economy, Business and Finance, Punishment, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Crimes
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MOCA adds three to board of trustees
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles announced Wednesday that it has added three people to its board of trustees. Their election comes at a still-vulnerable time for the museum, which has been dealing with financial problems in recent years....
Tags: KB Home, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Arts
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