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L.A.'s Premiere LGBT Stage Celebrates 30th Anniversary, As Its New Artistic Directors Discuss the Future of Queer Theater

Only in Los Angeles could you expect to find a star-studded gala in a shopping center parking structure. But that's because only Burbank would think of squeezing its premiere legitimate stage in amid Macy's' and Ikea's otherwise disinterested parking-space trollers at Burbank Town Center mall. Yet ... More >>

Fast Food Holiday Strategies: Fish McBites Other Limited-Time Offers

It's no coincidence that McDonald's, Carl's Jr., and Wendy's have each rolled out a new fish option on their menus around the time of Lent. In time for St. Patrick's Day, participating Micky D locations also offer the Shamrock Shake, a limited-time mint milkshake. Fast food chains are relying more o ... More >>

An L.A. Theater Company Moves Into...a Retirement Community?

See also: *Our Latest Theater Reviews *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week Whatever else it might entail, making live theater begins with real estate -- a plot of land and a building to accommodate both a stage and an audience. And as any veteran of the cramped, repurposed storefronts with doubt ... More >>

90 Degrees-Plus in Los Angeles Today As New Heat Records Expected

Updated at the bottom: We did it! First posted at 6:08 a.m. Anybody look at the calendar lately? Yeah, November. Someone forgot to tell Mother Nature, because temperatures in the L.A. basin were expected to sneak into the 90s today and could break records, says the National Weather Service. Look ... More >>

DUI Checkpoint in Hollywood Tonight; Drunk Driver Crackdown Across L.A.

The dog days of summer are here, the 4th of July is way back in the rear view, and the season is winding down. But, for whatever reason, authorities across L.A. county are turning up the heat on drunk drivers with a "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign August 17 to September 3. Not only that ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/11 - 6/15

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad." "Foie gras masquerading as Singaporean street food? Why not? Time is fleeting." 10 Best Foie Gras Dishes in Los Angeles. "It could be a scene from Portlandia." Mother Dough: Thursday, June 14, 8:14 p.m. "It looks like a ... More >>

Jaclyn Swedberg, Chino Hills High School Graduate, Named Playmate of the Year

Updated with Jacyln Swedberg's top ten Facebook photos. Originally posted at 10:24am. Meet Jaclyn Swedberg, Playboy's newest Playmate of the Year. Or, if you're a graduate of Chino Hills High School, get re-acquainted with your former classmate. Swedberg, who was awarded the honor at a ceremony a ... More >>

Coop-to-Kitchen Class This Sunday: Meet Your Meat No Bird Required

Chickens are nothing new to L.A. -- Highland Park has the white noise of the freeway juxtaposed with the crows of several competing roosters who live along the Arroyo. Then there are the famed Freeway Chickens of Los Angeles, who have been living under the Vineland off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway ... More >>

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL! Maria Bamford

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Flappers Comedy Club: How Did a New Standup Venue Take Off Despite Down Economy?

Barbara Holliday​"In a city that is mostly 'showcase' clubs, it's a nice change of pace to be able to do a full hour-long headline set in front of good, appreciative crowds." So says comedian and podcaster Jimmy Pardo. He was talking to us about Flappers, a nightclub that opened in September ... More >>

The Three Best Karaoke Bars in L.A.

Tiffany Rose We can't promise James Franco doing karaoke in drag, but you never know​Did you catch our Best Of issue and snag our free Best Of app? Even if you did, we're betting you didn't make it through all of our write-ups; there are about a billion. So in the coming weeks we'll walk you t ... More >>

Saved by the Bell Musical at Victory Theatre: Seven Rejected Headlines for Our Review

For the print headline for this week's stage feature on the new Saved by the Bell musical in Burbank, written by our theater critic Steven Leigh Morris, the challenge was: how do you combine references to musical theater and Saved by the Bell in an amusing way while also making sure the maximum numb ... More >>

Midnight Ridazz 405 Carmageddon Ride Scrapped

Flickr​Just as the threat of seventh-circle levels of gridlock kept most Angelenos at home during Carmageddon weekend, chained to backyard barbecues in quiet desperation, the threat of arrest kept many of the 399 riders who RSVP'd to the 4PACOLYPSE ride's page on Facebook from doing a midnight ... More >>

Water Your Lawn, People: SoCal's Main Water Supplier Says Restrictions Are Off, Drought is Over

Water is plentiful in California again.​Update: Beverly Hills has lifted its fines for excessive water consumption but has decided to keep its mandatory-watering-days schedule, according to the Beverly Hills Courier. Remember those two- and three-times-a-week lawn watering restrictions you ig ... More >>

The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman

The Grace Card

Governor Jerry Brown: He's Just Like Us! Or, the Southwest Flight That Wooed a People

Byte-sized fares make for better budgets​At a time when ex-Prez of Egypt Hosni Mubarak is private-jetting off to his sprawling estate in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikha, where a charmed life awaits the loathed 30-year dictator (free of angry mobs and full of luxury frond-fan type shit - ... More >>

Stage Raw: LADCC Awards and Quiz3

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON PUZZLER AND ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICALCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2010 The 42nd annual ceremony takes place on Monday, March 14 at Burbank's Colony Theatre. Details will be posted at ... More >>

10 Great Restaurants Open on Christmas Day

Anne Fishbeinshellfish tower at Delphine​ What's our favorite thing to make for Christmas dinner?
 Reservations. Pardon us if you've heard that one before. But we know that sometimes the whole gather-the-family-for-a-huge-sit-down dinner isn't exactly for everyone. For those who would prefe ... More >>

TSA-Like Pat-downs Are Nothing New in the Inner City

CorbisThis happens to us everyday​ Arbitrary searches, humiliating pat-downs, unwanted fondling by authorities - such experiences have become a thing of horror among airplane passengers these days. This time, airline officials are no longer limiting such screenings to suspected "terrorists" ... More >>

More Deli at Moore's Deli

Felicia FriesemaMoore's rare roast beef on ciabatta with arugula and house made aoli.​ Little Flower Candy Company owners Christine and Robert Moore have been dreaming a little bigger these days. Inspired by Robert's parents' 1947 San Francisco sandwich spot of the same name, they opened Moor ... More >>

50,000-Gallon Load Of Sewage Runs Down Los Angeles River To Long Beach

Look, Billy! A turd!​Update: The stretch of Long Beach possibly contaminated by the sewage was reopened today. We hear they did tests and stuff, but still -- swim at your own risk. Originally posted on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 1:15 p.m. Excellently timed during fall's final heat wave, a pressuriz ... More >>

California's Mystery Freefall, 63,000 Jobs Vanish: Antonio Villaraigosa Doesn't Get It, But The Healthy Great Plains Hold A Secret

Watch interactive job-loss blobs grow. See map link on jump page.​What is causing the free-fall in job losses in California, while the Great Plains, with the raw exception of a few spots, are past the recession? 63,000 jobs vanished in California in September, of 95,000 lost in the United Stat ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: Lasagna to Go? Try the "Cupcakes" from Heirloom L.A.

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: This weekend, we're having some fellow parents over for a playdate with our 2-year-olds, and then dinner. With all that 2-year-old energy going on, I'm thinking it might be a good idea to buy a lasagna, so I don't have to slave away in th ... More >>

Vinyl of the Week: Captain Ahab's Grotesque Opus, 'The End of Irony' [MP3]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community, believing that good music deserves much more than a handfu ... More >>

The 2010 Donut Summit: Your Entry Fee Is A Dozen Donuts

Flickr/robjtakDonut Man's Strawberry Donut​It's no news that our city is a paradise for donut junkies. With stores on almost every corner cooking up ring shaped dough, it's hard to keep up with which kitchens have the best glazed donut or apple fritters. The people at Metblogs will bring us on ... More >>

Radioactive Material Detected At Burbank Airport

FoxMilhouse's 'Radioactive Man' from 'The Simpsons.'​File this one under spooky: Radioactive material was detected at a Southwest Airlines gate at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank Friday, prompting its closure. Bob Hope Airport spokesman Victor Gill said the detection happened about 1 p.m. at the ... More >>

Supreme Court Says No To YouTube Streaming Of Gay Rights Trial

​The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily prohibited online video streaming of the San Francisco-based trial that could uphold or knock down California's ban on same-sex marriage. The court also prohibited any other "broadcast of the proceedings" at least until Wednesday afternoon (PDF). ... More >>

'Our System Did Not Work' In Detroit Terror Attempt, Admits Napolitano

DeltaFile photo.​As you or loved ones prepared to get on planes at LAX, Long Beach or Burbank over the holiday weekend, you likely faced long lines, trepidation, perhaps even that fatalistic thought: Will I make it to the other side? This after a Nigerian man with ties to Yemen allegedly tried ... More >>

Carpetbagging for Cash in L.A. Council District 2

Eight committed San Fernando Valley activists try to stop two monied outsiders

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Stage Raw: NEA and John Fleck, Back Together Again

THIS COMING WEEK'S COMPREHESIVE THEATER LISTINGS ARE EMBEDDED WITH THE LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWSAlso at your fingertips, this week's THEATER FEATURE: an Off-Broadway roundupLUMINOUS BIRCHRandy Sean Schulman applies the convention of silent film to live theater. With a group called The Collective, ... More >>

Obama Visits Los Angeles, Leno and Orange County

If you're thinking of getting a glimpse of President Barack Obama, here's his itinerary from City News Service, and Yo! Venice offered a link to the signup sheet for attending the Town Hall (but alas, the seats are now all gone). It will be interesting to see whether the President announces any Los ... More >>

Southland's Sickest Patients: Its Hospitals

Forget King-Drew Medical Center, the inner city hospital long regarded as the sick man of California's health care facilities. A recent spate of news reports shows that even the most suburban hospitals are rife with health-threatening incidents or financial difficulties. Today's L.A. Times reports t ... More >>

RIP GIDGET GEIN- Local artist & former Marilyn Manson bassist found dead

The details are still sketchy, but close friends of musician and artist Gidget Gein (aka Brad Stewart) tell us he was found dead yesterday of an apparent OD in his home in Burbank. Considering his macabre sensibilities, we'd hoped this was some kind of goth stunt, but calls to the LA Coroner today c ... More >>

Was the Universal Studios Fire an accident?

Early reports are calling the fire that gutted three acres of Universal Hollywood's back lot an accident. However, it is unclear what caused the June 1 fire and whether the studios antiquated sprinkler system hampered the firefighters' efforts to save its famous tour relics, including its gargantuan ... More >>

Toxic Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Readers defend Virgil Middle School plan

Blurbs of Paradise

What to do in L.A., May 23-29

All That's Left

All not OK at Corral Canyon

Dennis Kucinich Has Five Minutes for You

Mr. Fish meets America’s peace candidate

Condensed Cream of Conceptualism

Ginny Bishton’s persistent vegetative state

Media City Ballet: Pasión de España

All He Wants for Christmas Is a Limited-Edition Nike

In Love, Pissed

Playwright/comedian Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch

L.A. Department of Water and Power Sites on the DWP's 100th Anniversary

News From Up North

What the City of Smog can learn from the City of Light

Captain Bringdown Captures the Flag

Consume Part I: Food

Forty-One Reasons to Live in LA