Temple Street is an iconic crossroad in Hi Fi. It also has a darker side. It's a designated member of LA's High Injury Network: the High Injury Network (HIN) spotlights streets with a high concentration of traffic collisions that result in severe injuries and deaths,...
We're heading to the alleys!...
On March 19, 2016 Episode 2 of the Halo-Halo Series will be throwing down with PUNCHIER: Craft Cocktails Meet Community. All-star craft barkeeper, and all-around-great-dude, Darwin Manahan will be leading the second event in the Series. The Park’s Finest and Tribal Cafe will be keeping bellies primed for craft...
For the last few months we’ve been in full-on production mode for a couple of projects, including the inimitable Hidden Hi Fi. Our collaboration with Pilipino Workers Center brought to life the Halo-Halo Series, which includes close collaborations with Filipino American craft barkeepers and chefs and...
Mix it up in 2016 with The Hidden Hi Fi Halo-Halo Series, an immersive experience of Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown (Hi Fi) that brings to life the neighborhood’s vibrant identity through food, history, and culture by pairing a sweet ride in a vintage Jeepney with...
Writing by Public Matters Fellow Xochilt Sanchez On October 27, 2015 Public Matters, in collaboration with our Hidden Hi Fi partner, the Pilipino’s Workers Center (PWC), and PolicyLink, co-hosted the Arts, Culture and Equitable Development Institute—a pre-conference session for PolicyLink’s 2015 Equity Summit. The day was...
Earlier this month, Public Matters got the fantastic news that we’d be one of the inaugural recipients of the Creative Economic Development Fund (CEDF), a program of the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) and City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, with support from...
The PWC Jeepney. An orange wonder on wheels. We’re excited that it’s getting a well-deserved place in the spotlight, courtesy of the awesome folks at KCET’s SoCal Connected. The piece profiles the Pilipino Workers’ Center‘s Jeepney Tours in Historic Filipinotown, which was launched way back in 2009...
Public Matters just added another book to its bookshelf – Todd Presner, David Shepard, and Yoh Kawano’s HyperCities: Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities. Not just another urban planning tome from another elite East Coast university (the book is available from Harvard University Press), this book...