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Peter Mac as Judy Garland - a 3 dimensional tribute

Feb 1, 2012 | By John Rabe | Off-Ramp

Peter Mac has been performing tributes to Judy Garland for 11 years. His new show in West Hollywood brings all of Judy to the stage, not just the addictions.

Welcoming Chinese New Year with 500,000 firecrackers and Miss Chinatown

Jan 28, 2012 | By John Rabe | Off-Ramp

Even if you never celebrate Lunar New Year, you should follow its traditions: forgive grudges, pay debts, clean the house & light firecrackers?

Shirley Zhang, Miss Chinatown 2011 and KPCC listener

Jan 28, 2012 | By John Rabe | Off-Ramp

A beauty and talent queen who listens to KPCC and spreads the word about the station.

Miyazaki and more: American Cinematheque's 14-film Studio Ghibli retrospective

Jan 28, 2012 | By John Rabe | Off-Ramp

Have you ever traveled with a giant, sweaty, daikon? Or ridden a cat bus? You can see that and more this Thursday at a local film festival.

Off-Ramp checks up on your New Year's resolutions

Jan 28, 2012 | By Raghu Manavalan | Off-Ramp

Lose 50 pounds. Give up smoking. Find a job. Stop drunk texting? We all make New Year's Resolutions, but do we actually pull them off?

Pasadena Playhouse and West Wing veteran Bradley Whitford: A white painting isn't art!

Jan 28, 2012 | By Kevin Ferguson | Off-Ramp

Actor Bradley Whitford stars in a new rendition of the Yasmin Reza's Art: a play about three longtime friends torn apart by a very expensive white painting.

To live and die in LA: Caitlin Doughty, star of YouTube hit 'Ask a Mortician' tours LA's oldest cemetery

Jan 28, 2012 | By Avishay Artsy | Off-Ramp

Death is one of those things we don't think about much, until someone we know is dying. But Caitlin Doughty, a local mortician, wants to change that.

Three Places: Pacific Standard Time artist Linda Vallejo

Jan 28, 2012 | By Kevin Ferguson | Off-Ramp

Off-Ramp has been asking artists featured in the Pacific Standard Time exhibition to share three local places important to them. Artist Linda Vallejo shares hers.

"The Artist" actor Penelope Ann Miller talks with Off-Ramp

Dec 17, 2011 | By John Rabe | Off-Ramp

The black-and-white silent film "The Artist" earned a leading six nominations Thursday for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards, including a nod for best musical/comedy motion picture. Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with actor Penelope Ann Miller, who plays Doris in "The Artist."

CyberFrequencies tackles Google, gossip on the web

Jan 28, 2012 | By CyberFrequencies | Off-Ramp

Queena Kim and Tanya Jo Miller talk with Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch about why the internet starting to look more and more like the National Enquirer.

Best of the Wurst - Sausages with Eat-LA

Feb 26, 2011 | Off-Ramp

In another installment of our partnership with Eat-LA, host John Rabe and Eat-LA's Linda Burum visit Continental Gourmet Sausage Company in Glendale, and talk about other resources for the the best sausages in LA ... from German to Polish to Creole.