#1970s

#1970s

A few things to love from the '70s, design-wise? Macrame, rattan, funky patterns - even conversation pits. A few things that certainly aren't missed from the decade? Orange-toned everything, florescent lighting, and bland laminate countertops. Unfortunately, Jenessa Weaver's 1977 kitchen had several not-so-fun-or-funky '70s details, and she was looking for a change. So she enlisted the help of her childhood best friend, Alysha, designer and owner of Camp Interiors.

The exhibition takes the chance to showcase the wedge‑car design movement that emerged as a stray from the curvaceous, chrome-laden styling of earlier eras, visibly favoring a futuristic aesthetic instead of the typical aerodynamic-focused production.

Many people tend to look back fondly at the 1970s as simpler times. This may be true, but the reality is that it was also a far more dangerous era.

The increased visibility of people living on the streets emerged in the late 1970s as public policy reshaped perspectives and definitions surrounding homelessness in Los Angeles.

On the final day of the school year, a group of rising seniors in small-town Texas set out with custom-made paddles to whack the bottoms of soon-to-be freshmen, and then take a couple of them to a "beer bust" out by a soaring light tower.

‘Duster’ surrounds itself with throwback aesthetics but fails to deliver coherent storytelling, making it feel more like a prologue than a self-contained series.

"When she hadn't returned home by the next morning, her daughter reported her missing to the police. At about 8:40 a.m., someone walking their dog in a vacant lot in the Madison Park section of Roxbury found Pearson. She had been shot multiple times."