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Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90015. 6 Festival of Shadows at the Little sun 8/25 Tokyo Summer Arts Series ART Rolling Through Street Art History WEEKLY WEEKLY L.A. is home to some of the best grati and street art in the country — nearly 100 murals in down- LA town’s Arts District alone. In his excellent 2007 book, Grati L.A.: Street Styles and Art, author and artist Steve Grody chronicled the history and culture of local grati, from Hollywood to South Central to Huntington Beach, dating back to the 1930s. Grody, along with founder Cindy Schwarz- stein and others, conducts tours and workshops for downtown arts organization Cartwheel Art. For Grati & Machines Tour, Grody will guide you through all the grati in the Arts District, including an “actual grati yard,” and discuss the art form’s many styles. 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