Lynell George
@lynellgeorge.bsky.social
Journalist, Essayist, Author, Pen-and-Paper Enthusiast, Wanderer Latest book: "A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler" Southland
The Rubberman has left the building. Godspeed Larry Bertlemann. Hellva surfer/skater that showed us how to flow. #Bertlemann #Dogtown www.surfer.com/news/hawaiia...
“Nearly everyone had left for the dance floor—bursitis in their hips, plantar fasciitis in their heels, they rocked back and forth like creaky boats.” — Ann Patchett #SundaySentence
Leave It for the Children: A Visual History of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra By Samuel Lamontagne and Darol Olu Kae The book traces the Arkestra’s history through photographs, album covers, posters, flyers, sheet music, newspaper clippings, film stills, and other ephemera & text Pub date: 10/20
John Carter (1929-1991) His 5-album concept series Roots and Folklore: Episodes in the Development of American Folk Music (1982-1990), inspired by African American life, has long deserved the box set treatment. 3 of the 5 are below.
John Carter was born in Fort Worth, Texas on this day in 1929 📸 Mark Weber, Culver City, California, August 31, 1976
Annual reminder that @lynellgeorge.bsky.social's essay on John Carter is a great read. It's in her first book, which was an important companion when i arrived in Los Angeles in the late 90s.
No Crystal Stair by Lynell George: 9780860913894 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Buy No Crystal Stair by Lynell George from Penguin Random House
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Spent some time exploring the #LucasMuseum library and pulled out a couple of Los Angeles titles, incl'g Eric Avila’s "Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear & Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles" & @lynellgeorge.bsky.social's “After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame.” #librarysky #booksky
Thank you all for stepping up for such a last-minute event at the Kennedy Center. We are so proud of all of you. 💚✊ Cheers 🍻 Raise a glass and let’s have another round tonight.
Final few days to view two compelling exhibitions. Both present portraits from unexpected angles, depicting two major artists who shaped the 20th century landscape. “The Sound of Gordon Parks” & “A New Song: Langston Hughes in the West” at California African American Museum in Expo Park. Ends 9/13
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
Earth will soon pass the 1.5-degree limit that the world's governments set as a climate target in 2015. "Humanity is speeding past the limit to avoid climate catastrophe." "Every tenth of a degree we avoid still means less damage." @borenbears.bsky.social @apnews.com www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says in report that maps path back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world ...
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Jazz Memorial for James Blood Ulmer Saint Peter's Church, NYC Tuesday, September 29 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Jazz Memorial for James Blood Ulmer
Come celebrate the life and legacy of James Blood Ulmer with stories and music at Saint Peter's Church.
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"An intersection in #LeimertPark was dedicated Sunday as Ben Caldwell Square in honor of the independent filmmaker and educator who has spent over four decades as a fixture of Leimert Park’s arts and culture scene." @ladailynews.bsky.social: www.dailynews.com/2026/08/31/b...
Ben Caldwell Square in Leimert Park honors filmmaker, educator
Caldwell was a founding member of the L.A. Rebellion, a groundbreaking movement of African American filmmakers who sought to change the image of Black people from the stereotypes prevalent in the film...
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Love that LAPL's Octavia Lab has a small library of #OctaviaEButler books. Quote from the book by @lynellgeorge.bsky.social: “In her old neighborhood of North #Pasadena, there are no plaques or honorary pocket parks named in her honor, nothing that tells us that this was the soil of inspiration.”
Mr. Curry never married and resolutely declined to discuss his private life. “I guarantee you, if it matters, that I have experienced true love, true heartbreak and everything in between, including no small amount of wreckage. .” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/m...
Tim Curry, Star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Dies at 80
The actor’s gift for garish eccentricity was indelibly appropriate for the outlandish, cross-dressing mad scientist Frank-N-Furter.
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The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
We'll always love you, Dolly Parton. RIP 1946 - 2026
“When I was young, we didn’t go to the movies, so I just created my own stories…. I used to love to go to graveyards a lot. I’d read somebody’s name on their stone or see the grave of a little kid and wonder what their story was.” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Dolly Parton, Hardscrabble Storyteller Turned Global Entertainer, Dead at 80
Dolly Parton, country music legend, dead at 80.
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He added: “I don’t believe this was ever simply about ‘professional conduct’ or ‘plagiarism’ There is a profound difference between scrutiny & a sustained public campaign that turns an individual into a symbol of everything the right believes is wrong with DEI.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jason Arday told friend he ‘couldn’t go on’ in voice note hours before death
The former University of Cambridge professor was pronounced dead on Friday
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Arday found dead and a very large number of British commentators are deleting posts and videos.
“‘Jason was subjected to a campaign of sustained abuse’ in the years since he accepted a role at Cambridge, his family wrote in a statement. ‘The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in everyone” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...
Jason Arday, Cambridge Professor Accused of Plagiarism, Is Found Dead
Mr. Arday resigned last week after the university announced an investigation into allegations of plagiarism and fabrication.
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Jackie, the bald eagle whose nest in the San Bernardino Mountains in California has been featured on a livestream watched by millions, died on Monday after weeks of intensive care. Jackie had been receiving treatment since she was attacked by other eagles last month. nyti.ms/4gokSOP
Sat @ 2pm: “Life Without Reservations: Growing Up at the Famed Ambassador Hotel, 1921 to 1938” at LAPL’s Central Library in #DTLA. www.lapl.org/events/life-... #LAevents
“We don’t know enough about ourselves. I think it’s better to know that you don’t know, that way you can grow with the mystery as the mystery grows in you. But, these days, of course, everybody knows everything, that’s why so many people are so lost.” James Baldwin Born #OTD 1924 📷Leslie Schenk 1949
My favorite Betye Saar quote was in a story I did in 2015 about how LA museums were then failing to engage her work. Her response: "They can’t wait and wait because then I’ll die and it’ll cost big bucks. Then they will pay for their hesitation.” Love her. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Column: Betye Saar's art on race couldn't be timelier. So why aren't more museums showing her work?
It's not for nothing that Betye Saar's traveling museum show is called "Still Tickin'."
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