Prototype Issue
From the Earth: A Sit-Down With Shirley Cannon
Her girlhood spent in West Virginia, Shirley Cannon was born to a coal miner father and lived with her family in one of the ensuant coal camps.
Going Beyond Skin-Deep With the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’
Most people know Hill Harper as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, the prodigious and contemplative chief medical examiner on the popular television drama CSI: NY.
Pato Rising
Patrick “Pato” Hebert is a “culture producer.” He won a 2005 Rockefeller Humanities Residency Fellowship. His work can be seen on gallery walls and in published form.
Jaime Regalado: The Face of LA Magnified and Redefined
The maestro of the Pat Brown Institute surveys an LA metropolis that’s both fusing and conflicting like no other. The outcome: “An LA the city fathers and mothers of yore never wanted.”
Gloria Torres: Leila Ali Interview
Gloria Torres interviews Leila Ali, the triple-crown super-middleweight champion, at the Long Beach Grand Prix.
Cool Hollywood: Sheeraz Hasan
Sheeraz Hasan is a cultural phenomenon. Born and raised in London by devout Muslim parents, emigrants from Pakistan, he left school at 16 to manage the family restaurant.
Watts Wonder: The Powerful Green Thumb of Anne Marie Carter
“The Seed Lady of Watts.” A simple, memorable name for a complex woman. Anna Marie Carter’s 5-year-old Watts Garden Club is nestled among some of LA’s most notorious gang and drug-ridden housing projects.
