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A Primetime Evolution: Director Fred Toye & The Good Life

Calm spoken and bright-eyed, Toye, was surprisingly alert even after working a 13 hour shoot in New York the day before for the popular network television show, The Good Wife. Back at home in Santa Barbara, California, he shared his views on the film industry with impactmania.

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Featured Artist: Jon Lewis, First Trumpet for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

You have heard Jon Lewis without knowing it. His trumpet playing is on 800-plus motion picture soundtracks and close to 1,000 television shows. Most recently, Lewis performed as John Williams’s Principal Trumpet for the newly released Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

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Gloria Nelund, Chairman & CEO of TriLinc Global, on Impact Investment

Gloria Nelund cofounded TriLinc Global after serving as CEO of the U.S. Private Wealth Management Division at Deutsche Bank. TriLinc is set out to prove that profit and purpose go hand in hand.

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Maja Matarić is Building Your New Buddy

  Maja Matarić is Building Your New Buddy BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Professor Matarić is the United States Presidential Award winner for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring in 2011. Recently, she was named one of Los Angeles up-and-coming innovators to watch for her work on socially assistive robotics to aide people in society. impactmania spoke with Matarić about how […]

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Prediction Technology: Helping to Prevent or Solve Problems

Prediction Technology: Helping to Prevent or Solve Problems

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Homeboy Industries: The Tipping Point for Change

A Los Angeles nonprofit started by a Jesuit priest, Homeboy Industries, provides this pathway to help former gang members rehabilitate by bringing a positive change to the lives of people of all ages with hope, support and training.

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LA Phil's YOLA Launched into the World and onto the Superbowl Stage

Gretchen Nielsen, Director of Educational Initiatives, Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) is responsible for the organization's portfolio of educational programs. One high-profile education program is the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), modeled after Venezuela’s El Sistema.

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Featured Artist: Ted Atkatz Percussion Seminar (TAPS)

Ted Atkatz left his post as the principal percussionist at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the Los Angeles alternative rock band NYCO.

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The Past Under a Magnifying Glass: What Maps Can Do for Cultural History

The Past Under a Magnifying Glass: What Maps Can Do for Cultural History BY IDA STORM In the world of maps, there is no limit to what can be illustrated and examined. Climate data can be visualized and analyzed, demographic data can be studied down to the smallest parish, and educated decisions can be made about where a new school […]

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Featured Artist: Bryan Lane

Bryan Lane, a singer for the Los Angeles Master Chorale, talked to us about the auditioning process and shared his impact maker.

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Featured Photographer: Steven Heuer

Every month we ask a photographer to share a picture of an impact maker.

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