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Lightning in a Bottle 2013 Lineup Announced

The lineup for Lightning in a Bottle 2013 is out! This year's electronic-heavy festival will feature headliners Nicholas Jaar, Rusko, Tycho, Emancipator, Griz and Paper Diamond. Ten GIFs of Ultra Ravers Shaking Their Shit As exclusively reported by West Coast Sound in January, the fest is going ... More >>

Fuck SXSW: 10 Ways to Re-Create It in Los Angeles

South by Southwest (or just "South by" if you're cool and/or in a fake hurry) is well under way, with the interactive and film portions kicking off last weekend and the biggest draw, the music, just beginning. Couldn't make it all the way to Texas? Fuck it. For those of us left behind, we bring you ... More >>

Good Vibrations

Meet the DJs of The Do Lab's Coachella Stage

The Do Lab's seventh annual combined stage and art installation dowses Coachella attendees with revitalizing water and movement inspiring electronic music. Known for Los Angeles based music showcases, and next month's upcoming annual Lightning in a Bottle festival, The Do Lab is developing a strong ... More >>

Nightranger: Lash and Learn

Cirque Berzerk at Club Nokia: Steampunk Circus in Hell

Lina Lecaro ​ [For behind the scenes coverage of Cirque Berzerk, see Liz Ohanesian's "Behind the Scenes with Cirque Berzerk".] What: Cirque Berzerk Where: Club Nokia When: 1/22/2011 Suggested attire for attendees of the wonderfully decadent and deranged Cirque Berzerk is "circus fabulous" so ... More >>

Dance Club Pick: HALLOWEEN X 3

Telling It Like It Was: How Coachella 2010 (aka Clusterfuckchella) Really Went Down

Philippa AllamYour average view at Coachella​ While other news outlets keep telling you that Coachella 2010 was a resounding, trouble-free success, and while the organizers are bragging about the size of the crowds to Billboard (as if bigger meant better when it comes to crowds...), you know ... More >>

Seen at Coachella: Hula Hooping at Night

Bill Jensen​ Check out our Coachella slideshows. #Coachella Day 1: Jay Z, La Roux, Them Crooked Vultures and More #Coachella Day 2: Shooter Jennings & Hierophant, Portugal. The Man and more FILTER Magazine VIP #coachella Kick-Off Bash Desert Debauchery at the Ace Hotel #Coachella Curious ... More >>

Over the Weekend: MusInk Festival, Infected Mushroom, Final Fantasy's Yoshitaka Amano Art Opening

Despite another stormy weekend, Angelenos opted to brave the slick city streets for live music, tattoos, skateboarding, art openings and more music. We can't hide indoors every time it rains, can we? Read on for what we did and who we saw. MusInk Tattoo & Music Festival Andrew YoussefThe "ink" in ... More >>

A Fresh New Scent

Over the Weekend: Lucent L'amour, Derby Dolls, The Crystal Method and More

It was a long weekend, even for those who decided to stay in Sunday night. Keep reading for a taste of what we saw across the city. Lucent L'amour @ Shrine Auditorium Josh "CuriousJosh" Reiss​Lucent L'amour returned for another Valentine's Day event filled with heavy beats, spectacular perfo ... More >>

EXHIBITIONISTS WANTED

Over the Weekend: New Year's Eve Celebrations from Hollywood to Downtown

Once again, L.A.'s numerous party scenes finished the year in outrageous fashion. L.A. Weekly hit the town in search of New Year's Eve parties from Hollywood to Downtown. New Year's Eve Downtown Crawl GiantHotelTimothy Norris​Photographer Timothy Norris spent New Year's Eve combing downtown ... More >>

Oh-Nine at Night

Fangs Out

Last Night: Lucent Dossier Seduces Hollywood & Highland With New H. Wood Residency

Lucent Dossier Experience Grand Opening Event "Gateway 11.11" at H. Wood Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Better than: Watching Spider-Man get arrested on Hollywood Blvd. Shannon Cottrell​Most Angelenos steer clear of Hollywood & Highland like they screen their phone calls after a one night stan ... More >>

Phish at Coachella, Night One: An Expansive Introduction

By Jeff Miller For me, watching a Phish festival on the same field that hosts Coachella each year's like introducing your college friends to your high school friends for the first time: you love them both equally, but there's always something kind of...off about that first introduction. Though they ... More >>

Rock Picks: Amadou & Mariam, Manimal Festival, Marianne Faithfull, Gil Scott-Heron

Also, Kylie Minogue, the Joe Perry Project, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks and others

How to Survive Vampire Con Without Getting Bit (Plus, Faking It at Vampirella's Ball)

View more photos in the "Vampire Con" slideshow. ​These are things you should know when going to Vampire Con, or the convention dedicated to vampires. It happened this weekend at the Music Box Theatre along with Vampirella's Ball. It was the first event of its kind. 1. Wear black. Duh. For ... More >>

Stage Raw: Pee Wee Forever?

The LATEST NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on Hair, at the Chance TheatrePEE WEE FOREVER?​Photo by Greg GormanNot quite "forever," but Stage Raw just learned that The Pee Wee Herman Show, originally slated for Nov. 8 - 29 at the ... More >>

THIS SUCKS

LA People 2009: The New Vaudevillians — Lucent Dossier

Best known for its Coachella water spectaculars, the circus troupe founded by Dream Rockwell reaches to the past and the future for its fantasy performances

LA People 2009: This Is LA

The waitresses and starlets ... the tech wizards and rock stars ... the activists, gang survivors, political warriors and policy wonks ... the scientists, teachers and fabulous nerds ... plus the nightlife shapers, art makers and fashion provocateurs

Coachella Saturday: Off-site Parties, On-site Tripping, M.I.A's Dayglo Circus & Do-Lab Love

Almost as soon as it began, sponsors and magazines have tried to find ways to promote themselves to Coachella's massive audience (as well as its performers), and there's no better way to do that than a party. Booze, food, DJs and other amusements are laid out at some swank Palm Springs/Indio pad, 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 >>

Lucent Lamour with Adam Freeland and Z-Trip; Peanut Butter Wolf, Prince Paul and Arabian Prince at the Echoplex

Hang the DJs with Yo! Majesty, Dazzler and We Are the World

Beige Beef Breeds New Rusty's Supperclub, and Lucent Dossier Experience at the Edison

N.A.S.A. lands at Cinespace for Aoki's bash

Into the Mystic

Stage Raw: Mystic

MYSTIC"A visceral theatrical experience exploring the mystery of human origin, the evolution of consciousness and galactic destiny." All this includes performers from Rabbit in the Moon, Blue Man Group, Lucent Dossier, Mixology and Mass Ensemble.The dance performance happens Thursday through Sunday, ... More >>

Stage Raw: Ovation Awards Tonight (Monday)

THE OVATION AWARDS ARE TONIGHTMonday at Luckman Auditorium, on the Cal State, Los Angeles campus. For more information, contact http://www.lastagealliance.com LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWS BEAUTY OF ASHES Writer and star Peres Owino's furious semi-biographical poetry and dance piece about female ... More >>

Stage Raw: Fake Radio Sing Along

Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

Stage Raw: A Conversation With Robert Lepage

Stage Raw: Director-Teacher Milton Katselas dies at 75

Stage Raw: Apollo bound for Oregon

Stage Raw: CTG Receives $90,000 New Play Development Grant

Last Night: Belly Dancing and Fish House Punch at Radio Room Speakeasy

Photo by Shannon Cottrell. Click image for entire slideshow. Last night I stopped by the Edison for Radio Room -- a speakeasy-themed cabaret show that was, in all truth, light on the cabaret and heavy on the belly dancing. With high-profile events like Lucent Dossier, Radio Room and this weekend' ... More >>

Best Weeknight Cabaret: Incandescence Wednesdays at the Edison

Stage Raw: Creative Criticism

Lucent Dossier Turns Acrobatics into Erotics

Last Night: Lucent Dossier Seduces the Absinthe Fairy, Turns Acrobatics into Erotics

Last night, September 17, marked the decadent premiere of Lucent Dossier’s Wednesday night residency at the Edison Bar. Deep in the dungeonesque belly of the first private power plant in downtown Los Angeles, the Vaudeville circus pranced around with feather headdresses and lace lingerie, dangling ... More >>

Flowers, Felt and Fantasy

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Fuck Tha Police

And culture clash at LACMA

Stumbling Toward 2006