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This iconic American author, known for "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles," is buried in the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
The Commons LA, TCLA for short, was publicly launched in October of this year.
What is 2017?
"This Kiss" and "The Way You Love Me" are hits from this country singer.
Who is Faith Hill
St. Andrews, considered the worldwide "home of golf," and the legendary Loch Ness are both found in this part of the United Kingdom.
What is Scotland?
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.” is a quote from this book.
What is The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring? (Acceptable also to use The Lord of the Rings First Book)
Centered primarily in the neighborhood of Westwood, the world's largest Iranian community outside of Iran is dubbed this portmanteau.
What is Tehrangeles?
TCLA couldn't be stopped by the pandemic and found this outdoor meeting spot for most Sundays from September 2020 to May 2021.
What is the Broxton Parking Garage rooftop?
In the 1870s, pioneering tracker Harry Yount became the first permanent ranger of this national park, home to the iconic geyser "Old Faithful."
What is Yellowstone?
The island of Bali, famous for its forested volcanic mountains and beaches, is a world-renowned tourism hub in this country.
What is Indonesia?
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are the main characters in this literary classic.
What is Little Women?
Spanning nearly 43 miles, this major thoroughfare is one of the longest streets in the city, famously acting as a massive North-South spine separating the Westside from the San Fernando Valley.
What is Sepulveda Blvd?
If you need to relieve yourself here at Heritage LA, you thankfully won’t need this 4-digit code used for the bathrooms on Sundays at Upside Down.
What is 1609?
This book in the New Testament includes the popular verse, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
What is 2 Timothy?
This South American nation is the world's largest Spanish-speaking country by area and is famous for its vast Pampas grasslands and the tango.
What is Argentina?
This classic 1986 coming-of-age movie, which tracks four friends hunting for a missing boy in the woods, was adapted from Stephen King's novella The Body.
What is Stand By Me?
This single-screen movie theater on Montana Avenue was built in 1940 by the Douglas Aircraft Company to serve as a 24-hour cinema for its round-the-clock factory workers.
What is the Aero Theatre?
This alliterative phrase heard at TCLA can be formed by fusing a 2019 Noah Cyrus song name with a 2021 Maverick City Music title.
What is July Jubilee?
Founded by Spanish colonists in 1610, the name of this state capital translates to "Holy Faith" in English.
What is Santa Fe, New Mexico?
This landlocked country in east Africa is the latest full member state to join the United Nations, officially being recognized in 2011.
What is South Sudan?
When this 1993 adaptation of an Amy Tan novel was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2020, it became only the second feature film with a predominantly Asian-American cast to receive the honor, following 1961's Flower Drum Song.
What is The Joy Luck Club?
In the 1970s, the gritty, lower-income coastal slum area straddling the border of South Santa Monica and Ocean Park Venice was affectionately given this gritty moniker by the local surfers and skaters who revolutionized the sport.
What is Dogtown?
A famous economic adage popularized by Milton Friedman claims this doesn’t exist, but at TCLA you’ll find a weekly exception to the rule after the closing benediction.
What is a free lunch?
This iconic New Jersey rock band told fans to "Keep the Faith" on their 1992 5x-platinum album of the same name, featuring hits like "Bed of Roses."
Who is "Bon Jovi"?
Dakar is the vibrant capital of this West African nation that shares its 'One People, One Goal, One Faith' national motto with neighboring Mali.
What is Senegal?
To ensure scientific accuracy in the 2015 film adaptation of his self-published novel, author Andy Weir wrote a custom software program to precisely calculate the orbital trajectory of the spaceship Hermes.
What is The Martian?