Adam Gropman

Shrikanth Narayanan: USC's People Reader

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. People who spend lots of time around Shrikanth "Shri" Narayanan may not hear him ask "What are you thinking?" too often. That's not because he doesn't care but because he might ... More >>

Stephen Glassman Wants to Create Billboards Made of Trees

The helicopter hangs in the air over downtown L.A. for what seems like a very long time, its whirring blades adding the slight chill of potential alarm over the otherwise quiet Sunday night streets. The airship hovers at around a hundred fifty feet, it's powerful bluish spotlight illuminating the ro ... More >>

10 Best Workouts in L.A. for People Who Hate Working Out

See also: *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A. *Top 10 Gyms in L.A. *10 Bars Most Likely to Get You Laid in L.A. Running is boring. Treadmills make me feel like a rat in an experiment. And tennis -- my racket is somewhere, and, do do I have t ... More >>

10 Best Ways to Get in Shape in L.A.

See also: *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Top 10 Gyms in L.A. *Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A. You see the flab. You want the flab gone. You want it gone now. There's no New Year's resolution. There's no wedding dress to fit into. It's just getting in shape time. Becau ... More >>

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Silverlake Beard/Mustache Contest Brings Hairy Hipsters to L.A. Public Library

Adam Gropman​The L.A. Public Library's Silverlake branch wants to raise a lot of community awareness and a little extra funding. That means they're probably gonna throw a bake sale or a car wash or maybe a used book clearance event, right? Are you kidding me? This is Silverlake! They hold a ... More >>

Omar Von Muller's Skateboarding Dogs. Yes, Skateboarding Dogs.

Adam GropmanDash goes skateboarding​It's a pleasant summer day down at Venice Beach, the boardwalk humming with activity. On the paved path pointing toward the water, near where Windward Avenue ends at the beach, a skateboarder shows off, kicking sturdily against the pavement, leaning into ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

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THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING  AT THE EL REY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 30. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M.,  AND NO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP OR BUY TICKETS.BRODER AND SMITH ... More >>

Born Again Korn: Guitarist Fieldy Does Book Soup, Plays a Little Bakersfield Country

Adam GropmanFieldy: Every Dreadlock is numbered, like every grain of sand By Adam Gropman Last Thursday night, some of the gnarly, tattooed, hard-rock world often associated with the western Sunset Strip invaded the higher-brow literary/intellectual world of Strip oddity Book Soup. Korn bassist Fi ... More >>

Get Your Crime on at CSI: The Experience, California Science Center

Adam GropmanCSI Exhibit: Notice the ripped headshot. Maybe her career was dead long before she was? By Adam Gropman As a kid I watched the TV show Quincy, Medical Examiner and really wanted to be a coroner - the special kind of doctor that wears a white lab coat and goggles, cuts open dead bodies an ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Suicide Girls Lingerie Party, Stylized Anarchy of Kawaiietly Please, Comic Book & Sci-Fi Convention, Dog Show Madness

For those who see Valentine's Day as much more than Hallmark's evil scheme to tap your piggy bank, the romantic holiday can bring on full-blown panic attacks for singles (and couples) who don't have a plan of action. Luckily, Angelenos had more than enough events and parties to pick from over the we ... More >>

Haute Dog! Bulldog Beauty Contest in Long Beach

Click photos for entire Creative Poodle Grooming Bulldog Beauty Contest slideshow. Adam GropmanThe last of the Confederate dogs By Adam Gropman Former Alabaman Justin Rudd is a dog lover, pet photographer, long distance runner, professional singer, creator of the "30 Minute Beach Cleanup," foun ... More >>

Pussy & Pooch: Extreme Dog Culture Unleashes New Nightlife

By Adam Gropman Photo by Sonia Paulino. Click image for entire slideshow. As a dyed-in-the-wool cat person, I'm a bit of an undercover double-agent at this swanky, Downtown dog party. Sharp, creative urbanites, dressed from crisp casual all the way to downright glamorous, serenely mill about or s ... More >>

Letters

...Your May 15-21 Naked Hollywood article by Charles Fleming ["It's the Jews"] was irresponsible journalism at its worst...