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Nikki Kreuzer

About Nikki Kreuzer

Nikki Kreuzer has been a Los Angeles resident for over 30 years. When not working her day job in the film & TV industry, she spends her time over many obsessions, mainly music, art and exploring & photographing the oddities of the city she adores. So far she has written 110 Offbeat L.A. articles, published at the Los Angeles Beat. As a journalist she contributes regularly to LA Weekly, Blurred Culture and has also been published by Oddee.com, Twist Magazine, Strobe and Not For Hire. Nikki is also a mosaic artist, radio DJ and published photographer. Her photography has been featured in exhibit at the Museum of Neon Art, in print at the LA Weekly and in exhibit at the Neutra Museum in Los Angeles. She has recorded with the band Nikki & Candy as bassist, vocalist and songwriter, directing and appearing in the 'Sunshine Sunshine Santa Claus' music video for the band. She co-hosted the monthly radio show Bubblegum & Other Delights on Dublab.com for over two years. Her acting credits include a recent role in the ABC-TV show 'For The People', 'Incident at Guilt Ridge', 'Two and a Half Men', the film 'Minority Report' and 'Offbeat L.A.', a web series, written and hosted by Nikki Kreuzer. Her writing, radio and video portfolio can be found at OffbeatLA.com, her photography work @Lunabeat on Instagram and her music history posts @NikkiKreuzer on Twitter. Find Nikki & Candy music on iTunes or Amazon.

Offbeat L.A.: The Hollywood Show… A Convention of Surreal Star Sightings

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

As most of us fully realize, in the United States we live in an easily disposable culture. Many people focus on the newest, shiniest, trendiest things while forgetting about what was valuable in the recent past. Often when something becomes truly … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A. event: The Great Horror Campout

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

I have to admit that I do love a good haunted house. In fact, every October you can find me geeking it up, gathering friends and attending as many fright events as I have time for. So when The Great … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Attack of the Giant Donuts – It’s not just Randy’s: The History of Los Angeles’ Big Ones

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

Doughnuts have been around far longer than our city, or even our country for that matter. Ancient Greeks and Romans served fried dough bits with honey, Medieval Arabs dipped theirs in sugar syrup, Renaissance-era Europeans began stuffing their version with … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Sexy Space Age – The Theme Building at LAX

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

Poised in the center of Los Angeles International Airport like a flying saucer that has just landed is the iconic Theme Building. Looking at the graceful lines of its space age architecture summons memories of early Sci-Fi movies, and if … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Police on my Back- The Los Angeles Police Museum in Highland Park

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

Besides being renowned for our relentless sunshine and our parade of endless celebrities, another thing that draws the eyes of the nation to the sprawling City of Angels is our police department. Whether hitting the beat with Jack Webb’s Dragnet … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Rockin’ Bones- Los Angeles Cemeteries… Visit the Stars

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

  Take me to the cemetery and “We’ll hear the dead people talk. They do talk there. They chatter like birds… but all they say is one word and that one word is ‘live.’  They say ‘live, live, live, live, live.’ … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Dingbat Apartments- True Los Angeles Kitsch

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

They are as common as the dreamers that flock to our fair city in hopes of their big breaks. They are disparaged and celebrated almost in the same breath. With their utilitarian boxy structures and their lofty and hopeful names … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Pharmaceutical Itch- Skeletons in the Closet and the Southern California Medical Museum

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

We have tripped the light fantastic into the dark side of Los Angeles in a few Offbeat L.A. articles already. We’ve followed the Manson family’s footsteps with the Dearly Departed tour company, hiked to a failed Nazi retreat in Pacific Palisades … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: The Los Angeles Police Academy

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

“Once upon a time there were three little girls who went to the Police Academy”… If you recognize these words as part of the opening sequence to the ’70’s hit TV show Charlie’s Angels then you are also sure to … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Angelyne- Pretty in Pink

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Nikki Kreuzer

“You gotta have a little trash or people aren’t interested. The right kind of trash.” -Angelyne Hollywood… a neighborhood in our city that is, well, just a neighborhood. But to the eyes of the world Hollywood is larger than life, … Continue reading →

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