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{{Short description|American documentary photographer}}
{{Short description|American documentary photographer}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Josh Aaron Klassman
| name = Josh "Bagel" Klassman
| image =
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| birth_date = May 26, 1969<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogtownbycjgronner.com/2018/05/ | title=Beyond The Street To The Venice Pavillion | website=blogtownbycjgronner.com}}</ref>
| birth_date = May 26, 1969<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogtownbycjgronner.com/2018/05/ | title=Beyond The Street To The Venice Pavillion | website=blogtownbycjgronner.com}}</ref>
| birth_place = California
| birth_place = California
| occupation = Photographer, Documentarian, Curator<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.venicepaparazzi.com/2021/03/31/josh-bagel-klassman/ | title=Today, the Venice Paparazzi shines a light on photographer Josh “Bagel” Klassman. | website=venicepaparazzi.com}}</ref>
| occupation = Photographer, Documentarian
| alma_mater = [[Venice High School (Los Angeles)]] (Class of '88)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.venicepaparazzi.com/2021/03/31/josh-bagel-klassman/ | title=Today, the Venice Paparazzi shines a light on photographer Josh “Bagel” Klassman. | website=venicepaparazzi.com}}</ref>
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| website = https://www.jbk.photos/
| website = https://www.jbk.photos/
| children = Jake Klassman
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'''Josh "Bagel" Klassman''' is an American documentary street photographer and surfer who grew up in Venice Beach, California in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venicefamilyclinic.org/news/stories/photographer-patient-offers-glimpse-into-life-in-80s-venice/ | title= Photographer, patient offers glimpse into life in ‘80s Venice|website=venicefamilyclinic.org}}</ref> He attended Venice High School where he studied photography under early mentor Larry Shapiro. From then on, Klassman began documenting his own immediate surroundings, the ''timelessly authentic'' Venice Beach cultures he was involved with; surfing, skateboarding and street art. He was not only an observer, he was a participant, allowing him unrestricted access to his subject matter. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://generaladmission.com/blogs/news/california-obscura-josh-bagel-klassman | title= California Obscura: Josh "Bagel" Klassman|website=generaladmission.com}}</ref>
'''Josh "Bagel" Klassman''' is an exhibited and published American documentary [[Street photography|street photographer]] who grew up in Venice Beach, California.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://venicefamilyclinic.org/news/stories/photographer-patient-offers-glimpse-into-life-in-80s-venice/ | title= Photographer, patient offers glimpse into life in ‘80s Venice|website=venicefamilyclinic.org}}</ref> Klassman attended [[Venice High School (Los Angeles)|Venice High School]] where he studied photography under his early mentor Larry Shapiro. From then on, he began to focus on photographically documenting his own immediate surroundings, the ''timelessly authentic'' Venice Beach cultures around him; surfing, skateboarding and street art.


A large volume of Klassmans historical images work were captured between the mid-80's until the mid-90s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/venice-surfer-skater-photographer-josh-bagel-klassman-launches-new-website/ | title=VENICE SURFER SKATER PHOTOGRAPHER JOSH “BAGEL” KLASSMAN LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE | website=juicemagazine.com}}</ref> His analog 35mm film photographs have have appeared at Hou Yee Chan Gallery, the C.A.V.E. Gallery and Ignition Creative and were featured in the 2016 documentary "Made In Venice" directed by Jonathan Penson. In 2018, his photo book "It Wuz All A Beautiful Disaster" was released by Beyond The Streets publishing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.venicepaparazzi.com/recent-events-covered/made-in-venice/ | title= MADE IN VENICE -THE MOVIE|website=venicepaparazzi.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogtownbycjgronner.com/2018/05/beyond-streets-to-venice-pavilion.html | title=Beyond The Streets To The Venice Pavilion - Welcome 2 Venice! | website=blogtownbycjgronner.com}}</ref>
A large volume of Klassman's works were created in the Venice Beach area from the mid-80's until the mid-90s. A period of time Klassman described in an interview given to Shacked Magazine as being, "extremely volatile, gritty, dangerous, violent, chaotic, crazy, unruly, insane, and radical." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shackedmag.com/2018/03/josh-bagel-klassman-photography.html | title= JOSH BAGEL KLASSMAN PHOTOGRAPHY| website=shackedmag.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/venice-surfer-skater-photographer-josh-bagel-klassman-launches-new-website/ | title=VENICE SURFER SKATER PHOTOGRAPHER JOSH “BAGEL” KLASSMAN LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE | website=juicemagazine.com}}</ref> He was not only an observer of the underground however, he was a participant, allowing him unrestricted access to his subject matter. Some of these early Venice friends and acquaintances he spent years photographing, such as [[Jay Adams]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blissshouse.shop/products/copy-of-catavina | title=Josh Bagel Klassman photographs | website=Blisshouse}}</ref> [[Christian Hosoi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cvltnation.com/rare-photos-dogtowns-2nd-generation/ | title=Rare Photos of Dogtowns 2nd Generation | website=cvltnation.com}}</ref> [[Allen Sarlo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jbk.photos/1st-gallery | title=JBK !st Gallery | website=jbk.photos}}</ref> [[DJ Muggs]] and others, went on to become enduring names in skateboarding, surfing and music. In Season 10 of the popular Youtube program, ''[[Jeff Grosso]]'s Loveletters to Skateboarding'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cvltnation.com/jeff-grossos-loveletters-skateboarding-pays-homage-venice/ | title=Jeff Grosso Pays Homage to Venice | website=cvltnation.com}}</ref> Grosso pays homage to Klassman's documentation of the influential Venice skateboard scene of the 80's and 90's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://generaladmission.com/blogs/news/california-obscura-josh-bagel-klassman | title= California Obscura: Josh "Bagel" Klassman|website=generaladmission.com}}</ref>


In 2016, Klassman's archival black and white 35mm film photographs were exhibited in "On Ishton's Porch" curated by Spanto and Nick Angelo. Renowned photographers [[Estevan Oriol]], [[Jordan Doner]], and Greg Bojorquez were also featured. Exhibits at the C.A.V.E. Gallery and Ignition Creative followed. Klassman's images also appeared in the documentary "Made In Venice" directed by Jonathan Penson. In 2018, his Venice Beach retrospective photography book "It Wuz All A Beautiful Disaster" was released by Beyond The Streets publishing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.venicepaparazzi.com/recent-events-covered/made-in-venice/ | title= MADE IN VENICE -THE MOVIE|website=venicepaparazzi.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogtownbycjgronner.com/2018/05/beyond-streets-to-venice-pavilion.html | title=Beyond The Streets To The Venice Pavilion - Welcome 2 Venice! | website=blogtownbycjgronner.com}}</ref>
In July 2023, Klassman and artist/curator Alan Scott produced the art and music collective '''Surf Skate Roots Rock''', uniting with fellow skateboarding-artist such as [[Tony Alva (His Eyes Have Fangs)[[Marty Grimes]], [[Greyson Fletcher]], [[Lance Mountain]], [[Lonnie Toft]], [[Steve Olson (skateboarder and artist)|Steve Olson]], [[RISK (graffiti artist)|RISK ]], George Wilson, <ref>{{cite web|url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/surf-skate-roots-rock-art-music-extravaganza/ | title=juicemagazine.com | website=lamag.com}}</ref>


In July of 2023, Klassman and painter/curator Alan Scott produced the Los Angeles art and music collective '''Surf Skate Roots Rock'''. Among the event's highlights were works by graffitist [[RISK (graffiti artist)|RISK]] and paintings and sculptures by skater-artists such as [[Marty Grimes]], [[Lance Mountain]], [[Lonnie Toft]] and [[Steve Olson (skateboarder and artist)|Steve Olson]] (all of whom are [[Skateboarding Hall of Fame]] inductees). There was also a musical appearance by the band His Eyes Have Fangs, whose bass player is world champion skater [[Tony Alva]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/surf-skate-roots-rock-art-music-extravaganza/ | title=juicemagazine.com | website=lamag.com}}</ref>
==Early Life and Career==
As a young child, Klassman played with Instamatic cameras until his mother bought him the Nikon he still uses to this day. “These photos sat for like 30 years before people started recognizing them as meaning something. I didn’t even want to be a skate photographer – my friends were just some of the best skaters at the time.”


==Early Life and Notes==
Klassman, whose nickname “Bagel” has stuck with him even though it originally was a not-so-nice nod to his Jewish heritage, said that he appreciates how people have taken to these unintentional works of art.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venicefamilyclinic.org/news/stories/photographer-patient-offers-glimpse-into-life-in-80s-venice/ | title= Photographer, patient offers glimpse into life in ‘80s Venice|website=venicefamilyclinic.org}}</ref>
As a young child, Klassman played with his parents' [[Instamatic]] cameras until his mother bought him a 35mm Nikon. He spent his youth surfing the Venice Breakwater and skateboarding at the Venice Pavilion. His childhood nickname “Bagel” began as a less than politically correct reference to his Jewish heritage, but it has stayed with him ever since.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venicefamilyclinic.org/news/stories/photographer-patient-offers-glimpse-into-life-in-80s-venice/ | title= Photographer, patient offers glimpse into life in ‘80s Venice|website=venicefamilyclinic.org}}</ref>


==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
*2023 "No Comply" Ren Gallery, Los Angeles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://notrealart.com/no-comply/ | title=NO COMPLY’: A Tribute Exhibition to the Renegades Who Skate and Create | website=notrealart.com}}</ref>
*2016 "On Ishton's Porch" Ho Yee Chan Gallery (L.A.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drosteeffectmag.com/mood-sprint-2018-independent-publishers-milan/ | title=Drost Effect | website=drosteeffectmag.com}}</ref>
*2023 "Surf Skate Roots Rock"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concretedisciples.com/articles/skateboarding-news/surf-skate-roots-rock-art-show-extravaganza-july-8th-los-angeles-ca/| title=Surf Skate Roots Rock Art Show Extravaganza – July 8th Los Angeles CA | website=concretedisciples.com}}</ref>


*2017 C.A.V.E. Gallery, Venice, CA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogtownbycjgronner.com/2017/06/an-punk-rock-art-and-music-weekend-in.html | title=Punk Rock Art and Music Weekend | website=blogtownbycjgronner.com}}</ref>


*2017 "A Westside Story" Ignition Creative (Los Angeles)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://surfd.com/2017/03/a-westside-story-las-surf-art-culture/ | title=A Westside Story: LA’s Surf Art and Culture | website=surfd.com}}</ref>


*2021 The Venice Heritage Museum / [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepomonan.com/exhibitions-openings/tag/California | title=Venice Heritage Museum Curated a Photography Exhibition Brought 400 People and Raised $20,000| website=thepomonan.com}}</ref>
*2018 "Out In The Streets" VICA (L.A.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.argonautnews.com/arts-events/life-through-a-lens/article_af45a09e-7d97-5099-aa15-a579ec4c1a35.html | title=The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art’s new street photography show is really about community| website=argonautnews.com}}</ref>


*2018 "Beyond The Streets" (Los Angeles)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/adidas-x-juice-magazine-venice-pavilion-party-at-beyond-the-streets/| title=ADIDAS X JUICE MAGAZINE VENICE PAVILION PARTY AT BEYOND THE STREETS | website=juicemagazine.com}}</ref>
*2018 "Beyond The Streets" (Los Angeles)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/adidas-x-juice-magazine-venice-pavilion-party-at-beyond-the-streets/| title=ADIDAS X JUICE MAGAZINE VENICE PAVILION PARTY AT BEYOND THE STREETS | website=juicemagazine.com}}</ref>


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*2019 Art in Palm Springs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.veniceica.org/exhibits/2019/1/19/out-in-the-street-art-palm-springs | title=Out In The Streets | website=veniceica.org}}</ref>

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*2021 The Venice Heritage Museum / [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepomonan.com/exhibitions-openings/tag/California | title=Venice Heritage Museum Curated a Photography Exhibition Brought 400 People and Raised $20,000| website=thepomonan.com}}</ref>
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*2023 "No Comply" Ren Gallery, Los Angeles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://notrealart.com/no-comply/ | title=NO COMPLY’: A Tribute Exhibition to the Renegades Who Skate and Create | website=notrealart.com}}</ref>

*2023 "Surf Skate Roots Rock"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concretedisciples.com/articles/skateboarding-news/surf-skate-roots-rock-art-show-extravaganza-july-8th-los-angeles-ca/| title=Surf Skate Roots Rock Art Show Extravaganza – July 8th Los Angeles CA | website=concretedisciples.com}}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
*2018 ''It Wuz All A Beautiful Disaster'' by Josh "Bagel" Klassman ([[Roger Gastman|Beyond The Streets Publishing]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beyondthestreets.com/pages/beyond-the-streets-publishing | title=It Wuz All A Beautiful Disaster | website=beyondthestreets.com}}</ref>
*2018 ''It Wuz All A Beautiful Disaster'' by Josh "Bagel" Klassman ([[Roger Gastman|Beyond The Streets Publishing]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beyondthestreets.com/pages/beyond-the-streets-publishing | title=It Wuz All A Beautiful Disaster | website=beyondthestreets.com}}</ref>

*2018 ''Welcome To Venice'' by Ric "Rxcx" Clayton [Ginko]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cvltnation.com/cvlt-nations-favorite-art-book-2018-welcome-venice/ | title=CVLT Nation’s Favorite Art Book Of 2018 ‘Welcome To Venice’ | website=beyondthestreets.com}}</ref>
*2018 ''Welcome To Venice'' by Ric "Rxcx" Clayton [Ginko]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cvltnation.com/cvlt-nations-favorite-art-book-2018-welcome-venice/ | title=CVLT Nation’s Favorite Art Book Of 2018 ‘Welcome To Venice’ | website=beyondthestreets.com}}</ref>


*2022 "Contagious Culture" Super Chief Gallery, L.A.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladowntownnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/superchief-gallery-releases-contagious-culture-documentary-and-book/article_dda37d42-5197-11ed-aac6-c7856399c5dc.html | title=Superchief Gallery releases ‘Contagious Culture’ documentary and book | website=ladowntownnews.com}}</ref>
==Film and TV==

==Film, TV and Documentaries==
*2016 "Made In Venice" directed by Jonathan Penson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/venice-surfer-skater-photographer-josh-bagel-klassman-launches-new-website/ | title=Photographer Josh Bagel Klassman launches new website | website=juicemagazine.com}}</ref>
*2016 "Made In Venice" directed by Jonathan Penson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/venice-surfer-skater-photographer-josh-bagel-klassman-launches-new-website/ | title=Photographer Josh Bagel Klassman launches new website | website=juicemagazine.com}}</ref>

*2021 "[[City of Ghosts (TV series)|City of Ghosts]] - voiceover artist as "Bagel" (episode "Venice")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2041993/city-of-ghosts-1x02-venice | title=City of Ghosts (episodes) | website=tvmaze.com}}</ref>

*2022 "Contagious Culture" documentary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladowntownnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/superchief-gallery-releases-contagious-culture-documentary-and-book/article_dda37d42-5197-11ed-aac6-c7856399c5dc.html | title=Superchief Gallery releases ‘Contagious Culture’ documentary and book | website=ladowntownnews.com}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 16:46, 27 July 2023

Josh "Bagel" Klassman
BornMay 26, 1969[1]
California
Alma materVenice High School (Los Angeles) (Class of '88)[2]
Occupation(s)Photographer, Documentarian, Curator[3]
Years activeearly 1980's until present
ChildrenJake Klassman
Websitehttps://www.jbk.photos/


Josh "Bagel" Klassman is an exhibited and published American documentary street photographer who grew up in Venice Beach, California.[4] Klassman attended Venice High School where he studied photography under his early mentor Larry Shapiro. From then on, he began to focus on photographically documenting his own immediate surroundings, the timelessly authentic Venice Beach cultures around him; surfing, skateboarding and street art.

A large volume of Klassman's works were created in the Venice Beach area from the mid-80's until the mid-90s. A period of time Klassman described in an interview given to Shacked Magazine as being, "extremely volatile, gritty, dangerous, violent, chaotic, crazy, unruly, insane, and radical." [5][6] He was not only an observer of the underground however, he was a participant, allowing him unrestricted access to his subject matter. Some of these early Venice friends and acquaintances he spent years photographing, such as Jay Adams,[7] Christian Hosoi,[8] Allen Sarlo,[9] DJ Muggs and others, went on to become enduring names in skateboarding, surfing and music. In Season 10 of the popular Youtube program, Jeff Grosso's Loveletters to Skateboarding,[10] Grosso pays homage to Klassman's documentation of the influential Venice skateboard scene of the 80's and 90's.[11]

In 2016, Klassman's archival black and white 35mm film photographs were exhibited in "On Ishton's Porch" curated by Spanto and Nick Angelo. Renowned photographers Estevan Oriol, Jordan Doner, and Greg Bojorquez were also featured. Exhibits at the C.A.V.E. Gallery and Ignition Creative followed. Klassman's images also appeared in the documentary "Made In Venice" directed by Jonathan Penson. In 2018, his Venice Beach retrospective photography book "It Wuz All A Beautiful Disaster" was released by Beyond The Streets publishing.[12][13]

In July of 2023, Klassman and painter/curator Alan Scott produced the Los Angeles art and music collective Surf Skate Roots Rock. Among the event's highlights were works by graffitist RISK and paintings and sculptures by skater-artists such as Marty Grimes, Lance Mountain, Lonnie Toft and Steve Olson (all of whom are Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductees). There was also a musical appearance by the band His Eyes Have Fangs, whose bass player is world champion skater Tony Alva.[14]

Early Life and Notes

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As a young child, Klassman played with his parents' Instamatic cameras until his mother bought him a 35mm Nikon. He spent his youth surfing the Venice Breakwater and skateboarding at the Venice Pavilion. His childhood nickname “Bagel” began as a less than politically correct reference to his Jewish heritage, but it has stayed with him ever since.[15]

Exhibitions

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  • 2016 "On Ishton's Porch" Ho Yee Chan Gallery (L.A.)[16]
  • 2017 C.A.V.E. Gallery, Venice, CA[17]
  • 2017 "A Westside Story" Ignition Creative (Los Angeles)[18]
  • 2018 "Out In The Streets" VICA (L.A.)[19]
  • 2018 "Beyond The Streets" (Los Angeles)[20]
  • 2019 Art in Palm Springs[21]
  • 2021 The Venice Heritage Museum / Vice[22]
  • 2023 "No Comply" Ren Gallery, Los Angeles[23]
  • 2023 "Surf Skate Roots Rock"[24]

Books

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  • 2018 Welcome To Venice by Ric "Rxcx" Clayton [Ginko][26]
  • 2022 "Contagious Culture" Super Chief Gallery, L.A.[27]

Film, TV and Documentaries

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  • 2016 "Made In Venice" directed by Jonathan Penson[28]
  • 2022 "Contagious Culture" documentary[30]

References

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  1. ^ "Beyond The Street To The Venice Pavillion". blogtownbycjgronner.com.
  2. ^ "Today, the Venice Paparazzi shines a light on photographer Josh "Bagel" Klassman". venicepaparazzi.com.
  3. ^ "Today, the Venice Paparazzi shines a light on photographer Josh "Bagel" Klassman". venicepaparazzi.com.
  4. ^ "Photographer, patient offers glimpse into life in '80s Venice". venicefamilyclinic.org.
  5. ^ "JOSH BAGEL KLASSMAN PHOTOGRAPHY". shackedmag.com.
  6. ^ "VENICE SURFER SKATER PHOTOGRAPHER JOSH "BAGEL" KLASSMAN LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE". juicemagazine.com.
  7. ^ "Josh Bagel Klassman photographs". Blisshouse.
  8. ^ "Rare Photos of Dogtowns 2nd Generation". cvltnation.com.
  9. ^ "JBK !st Gallery". jbk.photos.
  10. ^ "Jeff Grosso Pays Homage to Venice". cvltnation.com.
  11. ^ "California Obscura: Josh "Bagel" Klassman". generaladmission.com.
  12. ^ "MADE IN VENICE -THE MOVIE". venicepaparazzi.com.
  13. ^ "Beyond The Streets To The Venice Pavilion - Welcome 2 Venice!". blogtownbycjgronner.com.
  14. ^ "juicemagazine.com". lamag.com.
  15. ^ "Photographer, patient offers glimpse into life in '80s Venice". venicefamilyclinic.org.
  16. ^ "Drost Effect". drosteeffectmag.com.
  17. ^ "Punk Rock Art and Music Weekend". blogtownbycjgronner.com.
  18. ^ "A Westside Story: LA's Surf Art and Culture". surfd.com.
  19. ^ "The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art's new street photography show is really about community". argonautnews.com.
  20. ^ "ADIDAS X JUICE MAGAZINE VENICE PAVILION PARTY AT BEYOND THE STREETS". juicemagazine.com.
  21. ^ "Out In The Streets". veniceica.org.
  22. ^ "Venice Heritage Museum Curated a Photography Exhibition Brought 400 People and Raised $20,000". thepomonan.com.
  23. ^ "NO COMPLY': A Tribute Exhibition to the Renegades Who Skate and Create". notrealart.com.
  24. ^ "Surf Skate Roots Rock Art Show Extravaganza – July 8th Los Angeles CA". concretedisciples.com.
  25. ^ "It Wuz All A Beautiful Disaster". beyondthestreets.com.
  26. ^ "CVLT Nation's Favorite Art Book Of 2018 'Welcome To Venice'". beyondthestreets.com.
  27. ^ "Superchief Gallery releases 'Contagious Culture' documentary and book". ladowntownnews.com.
  28. ^ "Photographer Josh Bagel Klassman launches new website". juicemagazine.com.
  29. ^ "City of Ghosts (episodes)". tvmaze.com.
  30. ^ "Superchief Gallery releases 'Contagious Culture' documentary and book". ladowntownnews.com.
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