CULTURE.
Printed weekly from Compton. The music, the food, the fits, the streets. Edited by the block, for the block.
MAX SANSING: COMPTON INTERIOR.
Domestic Compton scenes painted at full scale. Sansing's first solo show on the West Side.
#012MURAL STUDIES — MAX SANSING.
§ 2022–2025Process docs from Max's mural commissions across LA + Chicago.
WALLS OF THE WEST SIDE.
§ 2023–2025Sketches, color studies, and finished panels from Quiana's recent commissions across LA County.
THE MURALISTS OF LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.
§ 2008 — PresentIf you drive Long Beach Boulevard from the I-91 north to the city border with Lynwood — a stretch of road four-and-a-half miles long — you will pass twenty-two large-scale murals. Not graffiti. Not advertising. Murals: c…
THE SOUL TRAIN LINE.
§ 1971 — 1993A myth that needs correcting up front: Soul Train was filmed in Hollywood. The studio was on Sunset, near KCET. The cameras were Don Cornelius's. The format was Don Cornelius's. The empire was Don Cornelius's. None of th…
RICHLAND FARMS — THE ACRE.
§ 1867 — PresentDrive a car ten blocks south of the courthouse and you will, without warning, end up on a residential street where every other front yard has a goat, a chicken coop, or a horse. This is not a neighborhood that survived. …
GOOD KID, M.A.A.D CITY.
§ 1987 — 2012Most cities give their best storytellers a key to the city after the fact. Compton gave Kendrick Lamar a city to write inside of, while he was still 16. The 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city is, more than almost any othe…
THE DRUM LINE RENAISSANCE.
§ 2014 — PresentThere is a sound that has been coming from the Compton High School practice field, every weekday afternoon, that the city has not stopped talking about for ten years. It is the sound of a snare line that has been retrain…
THE COMPTON COWBOYS.
§ 1988 — PresentDrive south on Caldwell Street on any Sunday afternoon and you will, eventually, end up behind a horse. This is not a trick of the imagination. It's the Compton Cowboys taking a slow ride home, and they have been doing s…
TAM'S BURGERS, THE CORNER TEMPLE.
§ 1971 — PresentThere are corners in this country that mean more than the buildings standing on them. Compton & Rosecrans is one of those corners. The orange-and-yellow stucco walk-up that has lived there since 1971 — Tam's Burgers #21 …
THE 1958 COMPTON COMETS.
§ 1958A small but deep show built around a single restored 1958 Compton Comets letterman jacket donated by the family of a former player. Surrounding it: yearbooks, game programs, letters from teammates, and a 12-minute oral h…
BLACK COMPTON.
§ 1950 — PresentA standing wall of family portraits — barbers, teachers, pastors, mechanics, mothers — each donated by a Compton household. The wall grows every quarter. Submit yours at the front desk.
The walls of Compton.
Recent work from local artists, photographers, and designers.
§ ARTStudio shot 1
@ayanna-clark
§ ARTSunday miles. Bixby Knolls loop, 6:30am, all paces welcome.
@long-beach-runclub-owner
§ ARTShow photo 1
@jess-hilarious
§ ARTWestside Madonna
@quiana-lewis
§ ARTPop's Living Room
@max-sansing
§ ARTNew page, new spread. Cocoa-and-curls energy 🎨
@ayanna-clark
§ ARTRecovery shake-out at Marine Stadium. Easy 3 + coffee after.
@long-beach-runclub-owner
§ ARTAuntie energy on the mic tonight 😂
@jess-hilarious
§ ARTCrenshaw Light
@quiana-lewis
§ ARTLong Beach Blue
@max-sansing
§ ARTStudio Saturday — three covers in the queue this week.
@ayanna-clark
§ ARTTrack Tuesday — 400s at Wilson High. Bring water.
@long-beach-runclub-owner
Who’s making in Compton.
The artists, ambassadors, and storytellers shaping the city right now.
We don’t cover the culture. We in it.
Compton Art
& History Museum
A groundbreaking space bringing together art, history, and community. Amplifying the culture of Compton and greater South Los Angeles.
