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"We leave with friends in these communities and with stories that would never have been told otherwise.”

“We realized that audiences are changing, but what about the staffs of the cultural institutions? They weren’t very diverse."

For Bates, students are not just a set of standardized testing scores to be monitored. Each child has a heart and mind with unlimited potential.

Sphinx is on a mission to bring diversity to classical music. Since it began, black musicians have doubled in America's top orchestras.

ANEW’s model is a win-win for all parties: Furniture donors are eligible for tax deductions, while beneficiaries receive good furniture.

Find out how one typographer activated the design community to bring positive social impact to its work.

Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen think things like learning how to make your own household cleaners and keepin your own bees can help transform the world.

The blocks that surround MOCA's street art exhibition are filled with an ad hoc gallery of exuberant public art, thanks to a group called LA Freewalls

Over 300 dinosaur specimens are featured in the Natural History Museum's Dinosaur Hall, where the focus is on the science, not just the show.

A new festival celebrating Japanese culture in Los Angeles opens tomorrow with talks, parties, and a gallery of shipping containers on the streets.

Spotlight LA Tech comes to Caltech this month, with short presentations by local startups and networking for the tech community.

Starting in July, a new program might allow kayak trips along the L.A. River. But it needs public support to make it happen. Here's how you can help.

For five years, Team Marine, a group of students at Santa Monica High, have been championing environmental causes in creative, attention-getting ways.

The Knowhow Shop supplies L.A. designers and DIYers with top-of-the-line fabrication equipment and a growing community of knowledgeable experts.

L.A.'s Eco-Village aims to demonstrate higher quality living patterns at a lower environmental impact—and is finding new ways to fund the effort.