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Chinatown

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Nong Lá Café Brings Bun Bo Hue to West L.A.

    Nong Lá Café, the latest addition to the strip of Sawtelle Boulevard often known as Little Osaka due to its concentration of Japanese eateries, is offering something a bit different than most of its neighbors -- instead of ramen and yakitori, diners will able able to get a taste of Vietnamese spec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Institute For Figuring's New Space: An Art Gallery For Math and Science Nerds

    A new space has opened its doors in Chinatown, and this time it's not your usual funky alternative art gallery. The Institute For Figuring is a center for hands-on discovery of cool scientific and mathematical concepts, with a strong artistic bent. Australian twin sisters Margaret Wertheim, a note ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Malibu in 3-D

    This week's list includes an awkward, bearded voyeur in West Hollywood, a picture of a white horse in a Chinatown basement and stereoscopic images of made-up archeology in Crenshaw. 5. Underground Malibu in 3-D The name "Malibu" comes from "Humaliwo," a word the Chumash Native American people used ... More >>

  • Music

    April 26, 2012

    Esther Wong: Her Flawed Legacy

    Contrary to revisionist history, her club Madame Wong's did not propel L.A.'s punk scene

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    See A Map of Korean Businesses Targeted During L.A. Riots 20 Years Ago

    Leading up to the 20th anniversary of the L.A. Riots Sunday, the KoreAm Journal has an extraordinary oral history of events, including memories from students, cops and the Korean business owners victimized by the uprising. Of the more than 3,000 buildings burned to the ground, 1,867 of them were ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Chinatown Walmart Approved Day Before L.A. City Council Acts (Really)

    So let's get this straight: During a week when the most pressing issue at the L.A. City Council was a toothless "resolution" condemning conservative talk-radio hosts for their racist leanings, the body passed up an opportunity to block a Chinatown Walmart that, it would seem, none of the powers that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Walmart's Chinatown Plans Decried by Pro-Labor Group

    We told you this wouldn't be easy. Even though Walmart appears to have slipped into a Chinatown space that doesn't need the kind of extraordinary City Hall approvals that could have kept it out of other parts of L.A., the labor community is still fighting it. Unions don't like Walmart because of th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2012

    Chinatown turnover

    We told you this wouldn't be easy. Even though Walmart appears to have slipped into a Chinatown space that doesn't need the kind of extraordinary City Hall approvals that could have kept it out of other parts of L.A., the labor community is still fighting it. Unions don't like Walmart because of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including the LACMA Rock and Martha Stewart Meeting a Hoarder

    This week's list includes a tribute, disguise, displacement, hoarder and megalith. It runs the gamut, in other words. 5. Banana face Urs Fischer likes obstructions and disguises. Better yet are obstructions that double as disguises. For his exhibition at Gagosian in Beverly Hills, he's blown up vin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2012

    Walmart Aiming For Chinatown in a Los Angeles Hostile to This Big-Box Retailer

    Walmart​Updated at the bottom with Walmart telling us work will begin on the store in summer. Opponents of Walmart vow a "major fight" over the planned market. First posted at 5:44 p.m. Friday. Los Angeles, a big labor town when it comes to grocery store workers, has been notoriously hostile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    'Breaking Ground' at Chinese American Museum Shows That Not All L.A. Architects Are Old, White Dudes

    Common thinking is that architects are predominantly old white dudes (and they mostly are), but the Chinese American Museum's exhibition "Breaking Ground: Chinese American Architects in Los Angeles (1945-1980)" highlights four astonishing designers who eclipsed the profession's exclusionary demograp ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2012

    As If There Isn't Already Enough Sex in This Issue

    Common thinking is that architects are predominantly old white dudes (and they mostly are), but the Chinese American Museum's exhibition "Breaking Ground: Chinese American Architects in Los Angeles (1945-1980)" highlights four astonishing designers who eclipsed the profession's exclusionary demograp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including the Grim Reaper's Bike Seat

    Great video is slated to screen Valentine's Day at the Hammer, and the inspired My Barbarian collective is moving into Human Resources' Chinatown space for a monthlong residency, which can only bring good things. 5. Art or lawn furniture? Diana Molzan's painting Untitled, shaped like a table and pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2012

    Enter the Dragon

    Great video is slated to screen Valentine's Day at the Hammer, and the inspired My Barbarian collective is moving into Human Resources' Chinatown space for a monthlong residency, which can only bring good things. 5. Art or lawn furniture? Diana Molzan's painting Untitled, shaped like a table and pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Chinese New Year: A Feast of Symbols

    The eve of Chinese New Year is often favored for its capacity to cultivate dreams and generate good will. Dining tables whereupon many Chinese families gather this Sunday evening will witness a brief, but sharp increase in property value as hopes for the new lunar year manifest in a symbolic feast. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2011

    History Hoarder

    The eve of Chinese New Year is often favored for its capacity to cultivate dreams and generate good will. Dining tables whereupon many Chinese families gather this Sunday evening will witness a brief, but sharp increase in property value as hopes for the new lunar year manifest in a symbolic feast. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2011

    Christmas Monster

    The eve of Chinese New Year is often favored for its capacity to cultivate dreams and generate good will. Dining tables whereupon many Chinese families gather this Sunday evening will witness a brief, but sharp increase in property value as hopes for the new lunar year manifest in a symbolic feast. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Where To Eat Out on Christmas in Los Angeles: 5 Categories, 25 Ways to Eat Out on the Holiday

    J. RitzHoliday tree cheer at the Hungry Cat Hollywood.​ With all due respect to hearty home-cooked Christmas meals centered around major hunks of proteins, tamales and starchy vegetables, it's not all that difficult to find interesting ways to eat out on December 25th in Los Angeles. Alright, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2011

    Hoarders: Art Gallery Edition

    J. RitzHoliday tree cheer at the Hungry Cat Hollywood.​ With all due respect to hearty home-cooked Christmas meals centered around major hunks of proteins, tamales and starchy vegetables, it's not all that difficult to find interesting ways to eat out on December 25th in Los Angeles. Alright, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    LinA In LA Party Picks: Our Post-Thanksgiving Workout Plan

    Forget about cornbread. We've got the recipe for the kind of stuffing that won't leave you comatose after consumed, unless you want to be. Stuff your weekend with the following ingredients: '70s disco, '80s new wave, brand-new electro house, zombies, fashion fiends, hipsters, gays, straights, pan-se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Sam Benjamin's 'Brief History of Porn' Lecture

    Courtesy Actual Size L.A.A shrine-like installation in Gustavo Herrera and Spencer Douglass's exhibition "Hollenbeck"​ If you need a break from all the nostalgic historicizing saturating the art world these days, dash over to see an ingenious artist-made, open-air storefront on Alvarado. But d ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    Best Free Ride

    Courtesy Actual Size L.A.A shrine-like installation in Gustavo Herrera and Spencer Douglass's exhibition "Hollenbeck"​ If you need a break from all the nostalgic historicizing saturating the art world these days, dash over to see an ingenious artist-made, open-air storefront on Alvarado. But d ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    August 25, 2011

    Night Gallery, Museum of Public Fiction and Other Eastside Experiments

    Courtesy Actual Size L.A.A shrine-like installation in Gustavo Herrera and Spencer Douglass's exhibition "Hollenbeck"​ If you need a break from all the nostalgic historicizing saturating the art world these days, dash over to see an ingenious artist-made, open-air storefront on Alvarado. But d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    LinA In LA Club/Party Picks: Das Bunker, Bar Sinister, Studio 69, Psychedelic Desert

    Matador y TorosBoa-dacious at Club AM/FM​Cosmic rave-like excursions, fetishistic extravaganzas, undead dance orgies, Chinatown birthday blowouts... it's another week in party picks. Enjoy! Fri., Aug. 12 A decade ago Club Underground opened its doors at Tempest on Santa Monica Blvd. Unlike m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Hard Summer Festival Near Downtown Sees 31 Medical Emergencies, 10 Arrests

    Gary RichardsHard Summer, like it says.​Updated at the bottom with the arrest number revised upward. See our Hard Summer slideshow here. First posted at 8:03 a.m. on Monday. The Hard Summer Music Festival on Saturday saw sixteen hospitalizations and 31 medical emergencies, according to a stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Perform Chinatown Festival: Vikings, Bunnies, Unicorns, Masturbation, an Emperor With (Literally) No Clothes and More

    Catherine WagleyJohn Kilduff (a.k.a. Mr Let's Paint) painting a character actor who appeared as "The Emperor with No Clothes"​ Vikings, oversized bunnies, an itinerant matchmaker, a painting instructor doubling as a life coach and running on a treadmill, an impromptu dinner party, a woman mast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    L.A. Department of Water and Power Makes List of 'The 19 Most Hated Companies In America'

    'Chinatown'The DWP shares the same bed with the most hated companies in America.​Not sure if you remember the days last year when the L.A. Department of Water and Power held City Hall's wallet hostage over its insistence on a rate hike. The department told the City Council that if it didn't ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Are You A Flake? Then You Might Like JB Jurve's Exhibit About...One Sec, I Got a Text

    JB JurveWayne Atkins: Cave Painting, 2009​ When I visited JB Jurve gallery, an eight-month-old space off Broadway in Chinatown, last Saturday, the door was locked. Later, I called the number listed and found they had closed early in anticipation of Father's Day, a holiday that, for most, is d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Homeboy Diner to Open at LA City Hall

    Celia Soudry​Homeboy Industries, a non-profit gang intervention group, will open its newest eatery, Homebody Diner, on Thursday -- this one inside City Hall. Founded by Father Greg Boyle in 1992, the organization already runs the semi-successful Homegirl Café near Chinatown and has, in the ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 31, 2011

    Jonathan Gold on Kid-Friendly Restaurants

    Celia Soudry​Homeboy Industries, a non-profit gang intervention group, will open its newest eatery, Homebody Diner, on Thursday -- this one inside City Hall. Founded by Father Greg Boyle in 1992, the organization already runs the semi-successful Homegirl Café near Chinatown and has, in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Measure L: Chinatown Branch Manager Shan Liang Says Immigrants Hurt by Severe Budget Cuts to L.A.'s Public Libraries

    Chinatown Branch Library in downtown L.A.​Read the most recent L.A. Weekly news story on public library budget cuts: L.A.'s Library Measure L. At the Chinatown Branch Library in downtown Los Angeles, manager Shan Liang says Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese immigrants who know little, if any, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    WHAT SUPER BOWL?

    Chinatown Branch Library in downtown L.A.​Read the most recent L.A. Weekly news story on public library budget cuts: L.A.'s Library Measure L. At the Chinatown Branch Library in downtown Los Angeles, manager Shan Liang says Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese immigrants who know little, if any, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Ask Mr. Gold: Where To Eat & Live In L.A. If You Don't Have A Car

    Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: What's the best neighborhood in L.A. to live in if you don't have a car? Purely within the gastronomical interest, of course. --Sophia Lee, via Facebook Dear Ms. Lee: Although my first impulse was to nominate San Gabriel or Monterey Park ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    December 9, 2010

    Huge Tree Bakery

    For You Tiao, Niu Ruo Shao Bing and all good things Chinese

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    DANCE CLUB PICK: Two Words: Pete Rock

    For You Tiao, Niu Ruo Shao Bing and all good things Chinese

  • Eat+Drink

    September 2, 2010

    Eating the Obvious

    Chinese in Chinatown?

  • Eat+Drink

    May 13, 2010

    Gourmet Island: Sweetness and Light

    At Alhambra restaurant, less is more

  • Music

    September 3, 2009

    Labor & Leisure Suits

    At Alhambra restaurant, less is more

  • Eat+Drink

    February 26, 2009

    Bamboodles: Packing a Rod

    Master Kenny Chen practices the ancient Chinese art of bamboo-stick noodles

  • Eat+Drink

    May 1, 2008

    Heads and Tails: Salt-Baked Shrimp

    Master Kenny Chen practices the ancient Chinese art of bamboo-stick noodles

  • Eat+Drink

    December 27, 2007

    Green Parties

    Festive settings for meatless dining

  • Eat+Drink

    May 4, 2006

    The Roti Less Traveled

    Festive settings for meatless dining

  • Eat+Drink

    January 26, 2006

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Festive settings for meatless dining

  • Eat+Drink

    June 9, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Festive settings for meatless dining

  • Eat+Drink

    April 29, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Festive settings for meatless dining

  • Eat+Drink

    January 1, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Festive settings for meatless dining

  • Eat+Drink

    July 17, 2003

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Festive settings for meatless dining

  • Eat+Drink

    June 26, 2003

    Pho 101— A Crash Course

    Festive settings for meatless dining

  • Eat+Drink

    February 5, 1998

    A Pretty Good Chinese Restaurant

    Chinatown’s Mandarin Shanghai revisited

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