Paula Kiley
Paula Kiley (she/her) is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker whose work about arts and culture, education and food equity has appeared in EdSource, VoiceWaves and her college publications. She graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a bachelor's in journalism and a minor in film. When she's not reporting, she's tending to her army of houseplants or rollerskating in various parts of San Bernardino.
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Desert X returns to the Coachella Valley for its fourth year, building on social and environmental themes explored in earlier editions. With twelve immersive installations at sites across the Coachella Valley, viewing this year's exhibition can be an intimidating task. But we've got you covered.
"Something Good – Negro Kiss," is a recently rediscovered 1898 silent short film featuring the earliest on-screen kiss between Black actors. Its recent rediscovery begs the question — what other lost pieces of Black film history could be out there, waiting to be found?
In the years after Japanese internment, a rising generation of Japanese American youth carved musical and cultural spaces for themselves in the form of sansei dances — a dance party subculture of the mid-'60s and '70s.
Los Angeles has been the setting for many important chapters in the struggle for LGBTQ community, visibility and civil rights in the U.S. Here are 15 destinations that tell the history of queer L.A.
Here are three community gardens across SoCal, from the Inland Empire to South L.A., that are creating self-sustaining food sources, validating cultural heritage and strengthening their communities.
Here are 13 restaurants and organizations who are putting equity on the plate in the restaurant industry. From worker-owned models of ownership to food distribution, these restaurants and organizations are bringing their visions of care and ethical practices to life.
Meet the organizations and restaurants creating a more equitable and ethical restaurant industry, featured in Season 2 of "Broken Bread."
Panadería Cuscatleca has been in business for almost two decades, serving up comfort in the form of baked goods to their Pico Union customers. Go behind the scenes as they bake bolillo early in the morning.
Five Chapman University students braved the Montana winter to tell the story of longtime park ranger Doug Follett as he confronts the decline of Glacier National Park and reflects on the legacy he leaves behind in short documentary "Your Friend, Ranger Doug."
Art is a fundamental need, yet there are a lot of barriers to students having access to arts education, especially in California where less than 40% of students are enrolled in any sort of arts class. This resource serves as a guide to available programs in all 78 school districts in Los Angeles County.
Recently acquired by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, "The History of California" Archive is a collection that features over 350 objects related to the development and execution of Judy Baca's monumental mural "The Great Wall of Los Angeles." The pieces in the archive reflect several parts of the mural's development process from concept drawings to final colorations.