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Sharon and Fred Cohanim share family on Larchmont Blvd.
Sharon and Fred Cohanim, the owners of Larchmont Beauty Center, have grown up with the community and with each other. They met in Tehran when she was 17 and he was 19. Sharon was friends with Fred’s sister, and she attended a swimming party at his parents’ house. Sharon said it was love at first […]
New Board ‘Reignites, Rebuilds’ in Junior League’s 97th year
The Junior League of Los Angeles (JLLA) marked 97 years of voluntarism with its annual change in leadership. Joy C. Williams is the new president. The headquarters of JLLA is on Larchmont Boulevard. Over 800 women volunteer through the JLLA network, which has become a local mainstay for transition-aged foster youth and underserved students seeking […]
‘Regeneration’ exhibition opens at the Academy Museum
A rich celebration of the history of Black American filmmaking opened last month at the Academy Museum of Motion pictures. “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,” the museum’s second major temporary exhibition, tells the often-overlooked narrative across seven galleries, drawing together newly restored film excerpts, never-before-shown costume drawings and old and rediscovered gems from the world’s archives. […]
Meeting diplomats, foreign dignitaries as a D.C. intern
My commitment to public service brought me this summer to Washington, D.C., for a student internship preceding my junior year at college. With little advance knowledge of what to expect in the Nation’s Capital, I was already excited at the prospect of making a contribution, albeit intern-sized, to the public good. Now, after having lived […]
RYLAN program is set for February pilot in Windsor Square
Under the city’s free Ready Your LA Neighborhood (RYLAN) program, 400 homes in Windsor Square this February will be piloting an emergency preparedness plan. RYLAN is an initiative to organize neighborhood resources for the first hour after a disaster and before emergency responders arrive. Why RYLAN? The hope is that disaster preparations under RYLAN will […]
Boulevard’s charm has been a cinema backdrop for 100 years
Locals have enjoyed Larchmont Boulevard for a century, and so have audiences from around the globe. The Boulevard’s irresistible charm since the beginning has made it one of the foremost filming locations since the start of Hollywood’s movie industry. Larchmont Boulevard was popular for films even before Julius LaBonte developed the street in 1921. Langdon, […]
