GO CYMBELINE What might Shakespeare have written if he'd been asked by some 17th-century counterpart of a TV producer to come up with something quick, hot and flashy? It's likely an extravagantly plotted comedy like this one, with story ideas snatc...
Kestrin Pantera in the {RV}IP lounge. Some of the best discussions at SXSW Interactive happen in the corridors, where visionaries in their respective fields talk shop between panels and during cigarette breaks. I had the fortuity to be a party to ...
Location: Picked us up at 7th and Congress, travel time approximately 10 minutes in traffic to Magnolia Cafe. Why we loved it: You can spot this cab easily because it's probably the only yellow Eurovan in all of Texas. That, and there's the music bo...
1. A URL stapled to a $1.00 bill We haven't had time to go to the site but if you want to fall prey to their pretty brilliant marketing scheme then check out www.jdsxsw.com. 2. A nipple button (!!!) Which reminds me of my favorite OH convo at SXSW...
Mashable.com's Pete Cashmore We were at it again last night, and the party pings did not stop coming. Bumping into Fast Company guru Robert Scoble and PR impresario Brian Solis in the Hilton Hotel lobby after listening to an enlightening Core Conv...
1. A Word on Bathrooms: If you ever get a chance to pee in the Los Angeles Theater in historic downtown LA, I urge you to visit the Ladies' restroom. There, you will see this. It's way more impressive than I've managed to capture in the photo. ...
40TH ANNUAL L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS LAST NIGHT Vicki Lewis and Wenzel Jones co-hosted with considerable charm an awards show last night that was sweet, simple and too long -- probably due to multiple, multiple awards recipients. An apprecia...
View more photos in the SXSW Games and Girls slideshow. Courtesy of Mashable.com and Wm. Marc Salsberry, @wmmarc Julia Allison behind the decks at the Facebook party After a full day of paneling and working hard to bring you fresh SX...
For those of you who are unaware (because someone at the talk actually asked), Nate Silver is the Obama-win predicting mastermind behind fivethirtyeight.com, which takes it's name from the number of electoral votes available (it'll become 539 when DC...
SXSW Design of the Day: The Periodic Table of Twitter Victor Broadley We've stumbled across some cool gadgets thus far at SXSW Interactive (like the Poken) but this Twitter avatar design, created by Interactive and Film participant Vic...
L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE EL REY PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES GREASE at the Pantages Grease Photo by Joan Marcus NEW REVIEW G...
Day 3. The final day of Boxeight shows. It's nice to see the two bohemian Taiwanese sisters who design The Battalion line are back and bohemian as ever. They showed at GenArt last year. This season, their theme is "The New World" (appropriately enoug...
View more photos in the "Absinthe: The Green Hour" slideshow. Shannon Cottrell Fans of "The Green Fairy" gathered at Morton's downtown on Thursday evening to celebrate the recent legalization of a liquor that was banned in the U.S. and ...
No, it's not the new Twitter (according LAWeekly.com sources that's mobile phone app foursquare) but a Dutch woman giving away weird things in the Hilton lobby is so totally #SXSW that we thought it was newsworthy. Why? Because when you have to ask ...
"Number one, why did you build it in a graveyard? That seems a little odd. Why then, like, why did they abandon it, too? But I mean really... what's that?!" he laughs, pointing at the upside-down, rainbow-paneled pentagram hanging in the middle of...
View more photos in the SXSW Parties: Bigg Digg Shindigg + Driskill Flashmob slideshow Erin Broadley L.A. Weekly's Alexia Tsotsis and Digg's Kevin Rose After spending long afternoon holed up in the Hilton lobby getting our blog o...
Ah, Boxeight. It's messy in the best, most flattering sense of the word. As one reporter sitting next to me said, "Isn't it totally like the kids have taken over?" Yes, for sure. This fashion event is rough around the edges and has a sense of humo...
Sloane Berrent and Andrew Warner for L.A. Tech The audience at Sloane Berrent's and Andrew Warner's L.A. tech scene panel were a group of people I could name off the top of my head entirely in @s -- @andrewwarner, @sloane, @seanpercival, @lauriep...
Captain Obvious Having learned from our mistakes yesterday, we decided to eat something bland for breakfast this morning (what kind of a person has a taco for breakfast anyways?) and hit the convention center early in order to make one of the mo...
Erin Broadley Who: Wavy Gravy - Peace Activist, Comic, "Official Clown" of the Grateful Dead Location: Lobby on the ground floor of the Hilton on 4th Street, across from the SXSW convention center Quote: "You! I used to have a desk at t...
Kirk Douglas Theatre's Three Solo Shows Are Respectable But Don't Push the Envelope
In his absorbing solo show, St. Jude, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, gay-Latino writer-performer Luis Alfaro talks sincerely about himself, about growing up in California's Central Valley, and about his… More >>
On a blazing Sunday afternoon, the interior of downtown's Union Station provides a cool refuge from an early-September heat wave. But on this particular day, cool takes on its other… More >>
Theater @ Boston Court's program to its production of R II — what might otherwise be called William Shakespeare's Richard II — makes a point of not referring to the dramatist's work as a… More >>
GLOW Festival in Santa Monica: The Trials of Creating an Art Show on the Beach
A gas-fueled fire ring, held up by specially built scaffolding that rises over Santa Monica sand, will light up on Sept. 28 at sunset, as if capturing and keeping sunlight… More >>
Questioning Authority in Ah, Wilderness! and Prometheus Bound
In his program note to his elegant and fervent staging of the 5th-century Greek tragedy, Prometheus Bound director Travis Preston writes, "The dramaturgy of Prometheus Bound asks us to question… More >>
