This time on Alice's Los Angeles Checklist, we head to Echo Park and walk through Echo Park Lake with Stephanie Carrie, host of the Trees of L.A. walking tour.

On this episode of Alice's Los Angeles Checklist, we explore the magic of libraries and of words. Discussed are Bette Davis' anti-McCarthyism film Storm Center (1956), the life and work of Octavia E. Butler, the Los Angeles Public Library, censorship in Palestine, librarians in cinema, and more.

Tune in to this episode and dig in to a brief history of how Angelenos have convened in public spaces to enjoy ice cream throughout the years. Featuring commentary by Daniel Zafran of L.A. Meekly!

This time on Alice's Los Angeles Checklist, we explore the role of celluloid monster as villainous other. Citing media throughout the decades, we look at the monster's connections to the queer community, the disability community, and the facial differences community.

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In 1947, Edythe Eyde adopted the pen name Lisa Ben - an anagram of "lesbian" - and wrote "Vice Versa: America's Gayest Magazine" from her office at RKO Radio Pictures in Hollywood.

Thank you to Loni Shibuyama, archivist at USC’s ONE Archive, and the Making Gay History podcast. Edythe Eyde audio courtesy of Making Gay History. Find the Making Gay History podcast on all major podcast platforms and at makinggayhistory.org.