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"Lavish" NYC Trips Drag Irwindale City Officials Into Court

Go to New York on the taxpayers' dime, go to jail? Maybe. Four current and former Irwindale city officials were charged with misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement and conflict of interest, the L.A. County District Attorney's office announced this afternoon. What's strange about this case t ... More >>

A Tour Through the L.A. That Could Have Been

Yachting in Echo Park Lake

By Craig Stephens It's a sunny day at Echo Park Lake, which is finally reopening after its $45 million facelift. Some families stroll its banks; others spread out picnics. The area's signature hipsters frolic, toke weed and play croquet. The vibe is chill, with no oafish territorialism in evidence. ... More >>

Theatre to See in L.A. This Week, Including Broadway's Scottsboro Boys at the Ahmanson

Kander & Ebb's musical The Scottsboro Boys, a Broadway-import minstrel show about Jim Crow, rolled into the Ahmanson and grabbed this week's pick. Good notices also for Zayd Dohrn's immigration saga Long Way Go Down at the Art of Acting Studio, and for the silly Aussie import Priscilla Queen of ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Richard III In Overdrive

Zombie Joe's Underground and director Denise Devin turn Shakespeare's Richard III into an enthralling one-hour redux, says critic Jenny Lower. The production is this week's pick of the week. For all the latest new theater reviews, and comprehensive theater listings, see below. Beauty to be found in ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Pulitzer Finalist About the Iraq War

Lee Melville, a true gentleman and decades-long friend of our theater, died last night. Melville was a critic and editor at Drama-Logue and, most recently, L.A. Stage. More details as they come in. Christopher Shinn's drama Dying City, about a family in the wake of the Iraq War, being performed a ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Jacobean Incest Melodrama

The scandal surrounding a love affair between a brother and his sister forms the centerpiece of John Ford's 17th century play, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. Archway Theatre's downtown production is this week's pick. See below for all the latest new theater reviews and comprehensive theater listings. Thi ... More >>

Theater to See This Week, Including a Riveting Police Story

L.A. Weekly critic Lovell Estell III found a police melodrama Cops and Friends of Cops to be a refreshingly unpredictable new play, and made it this week's Pick. Good reviews also for Peter Pan, presented by the Blank Theatre at Second Stage, and Falling for Make Believe, a play about the theater at ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Riveting Drama About Holocaust-Era Poland

Our critic Deborah Klugman found Tadeusz Slobodzianek's drama, about Polish complicity in the German Nazis' persecution of Polish Jews in the 1940s, and presented by Son of Semele Ensemble at Atwater Village Theatre, to be a model of stagecraft and emotional to watch. For all the lastest new theater ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Family Strife and Sexual Taboos in Machu Picchu, Texas

Family trauma drama Machu Picchu, Texas (pictured above) grabs our Pick of the Week this week. Good reviews also for Noel Coward's Fallen Angels at the Pasadena Playhouse and David Henry Hwang's Chinglish at South Coast Rep. For all New Theater Reviews, and this weekend's comprehensive listing ... More >>

Army Corps' Eco-Disaster in Valley

Army Corps homophobia may have prompted destruction of 40 acres of habitat

Hollywood's Urban Cleansing

12,878 mostly Latinos are pushed out by City Hall, high rents and hipsters

Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy Taylor Negron

Taylor Negron

Grand Park Is Not L.A.'s Central Park, But It Could Become Downtown's Backyard: Our Review

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. During our recent run of 95-degree autumn days -- can we be done with those? -- the last place one would think to seek relief is in ... More >>

CicLAvia Rules! How Bicyclists Made L.A. a Better Place

Bingham Ray, Indie Film Distribution & Marketing Legend, Dies While Attending Sundance

Jaw-dropping news came down around noon Park City time Monday, when Sundance issued a press release confirming that Bingham Ray -- indie film legend, co-founder of seminal '90s indie distribution outlet October Films and current executive director of the San Francisco Film Society -- had died. Ray, ... More >>

Fab Hot Dogs: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Occupy Wall Street Considers Moving to L.A. for Cold Winter Months

Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles TimesWill OWS thaw its toes out west?​SoCal's famously bland winter weather is looking mighty appealing to the frozen campers at Occupy Wall Street right about now. The roughly 200 tents occupying New York's Zuccotti Park are facing a long season of snowstorms and fre ... More >>

Food Truck in New York Begins Selling Alcohol: Start Spreading the News

Photo via DNAinfo.​For once we're going to concede that New York is ahead of the game. Manhattan news outlet DNAinfo reports that Pera's Turkish Taco truck began serving alcohol today alongside its street fare. Pera's is the first food truck with a liquor license in the city.

Jonathan Gold Reviews Papaya King

First Bite: Papaya King Papaya King Brings Late-night Hot Dogging to Hollywood

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ When America's hot dog traditions are discussed, the Talmudic parsing of the Chicago dog and the Detroit coney and the Rochester white-hot, somebody will inevitably bring up the New York hot dog, as if it were an entity conforming to a single, Platonic ideal. And wh ... More >>

Gather 'Round the Induction Stove Campfire: 7 Summer Cooking Classes for Kids

J. Ritz​ Art, soccer, drama and the like are all edifying pursuits that help young people find their passions and build character. But you can't eat them for dinner. Cooking classes for kids are fun, educational, and let's face it, useful. Come summertime in Los Angeles -- and it's just around ... More >>

Theater Reviews; The Comedy of Errors, The Birthday Boys, The Woodpecker

Also A Night at the Oscars, Women in Shorts and more

Stage Raw: Comedy of Errors

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Oedipus the Tyrant and King LearL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESNEW REVIEW GO COMEDY OF ERRORS ​Photo by Craig Schwartz A strongman, a ventriloquist, three showgirls and a mimic with 1,000 voices make up just half of the Bu ... More >>

Death, Money and Megaraves

Why Los Angeles politicians embrace a growing Ecstasy phenom that kills

Stage Raw: John Ferraro (1946-2010)

The COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS feature will return next weekNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin in Much AdoJOHN FERRARO​If you've been lucky enough to see Two Headed Dog's grimy, Beckettian clown show (Clowntown City Limits) -- about a trio of un ... More >>

CityCenter: Vegas 4.0

How Frank Gehry, Nancy Rubins, Cesar Pelli, Maya Lin and others are reinventing California’s favorIte playground

Rumor of the Day (Again): Pavement to Play Coachella 2010?

Yes, it's a little early for Coachella 2010 rumors, but we couldn't pass this one up: Brooklyn Vegan last night posted a semi-speculated, semi-reported suggestion that Pavement will be playing Central Park's Summerstage concert series next year. This morning Pitchfork seems to confirm said reunion. ... More >>

Did ABC Brass Allow Whitney Houston's Voice to be 'Corrected' Before Airing?

Gawker is reporting that ABC producers in Los Angeles allowed Good Morning, America to digitally correct singer Whitney Houston's vocal track during her performance in Central Park this morning. Relying on an unnamed source, Gawker's Andrew Belonsky writes that GMA post-production "went to extreme m ... More >>

Bad Penny

Fab the Ripper: Every Hot Dog Has Its Day

Danger dogs, Chicago dogs, Oki dogs . . . but oh, that Jersey dog

Noriyuki Sugie guest stars at Breadbar

But hurry ... Crudobar lasts just until May 15

Hey, Donald, You Should Be Fired

The Apprentice’s host, like so many big-shot CEOs, is a big, fat fraud

Coffee, Tea or Handcuffs?

An Australian journalist gets a taste of Department of Homeland Security hospitality