Easter

Melissa Barak: The Rebel Ballerina

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. While New York has sustained sizable, world-renowned dance companies for decades, Los Angeles has yet to follow suit. Melissa Barak, ballet dancer and choreographer, sees dance ... More >>

Easter Bunny Stopped By CHP (PHOTO)

What's wrong with this picture? An Easter bunny riding down the freeway in motorcycle with a sidecar on Easter weekend? Perfectly normal scene for Southern California. Except that the bunny wasn't wearing the proper equipment (allegedly):

Weird World of Wine: A News Round-Up

Slate: The William Koch lawsuit over counterfeit wine sparks a look at how a $10,000 bottle of wine is a show of "prestige, rarity and age" and not necessarily of quality. NPR: New Jersey winemakers are seeking to formalize a geographical label of sorts -- Outer Coastal Plain -- to circumvent stere ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Beachwood Cafe's Chai-Ginger Hot Cross Buns

If, like any good Episcopalian, you feel that you should enjoy hot cross buns but, like many of us, you nonetheless loathe the yeasty rolls with their bitter bits of candied citrus peel, chef Minh Phan of Hollywood's Beachwood Cafe may have a solution for you. She replaces the citrus bits (currants ... More >>

Top 10 Peeps YouTube Videos: Duck Wars, Microwave Explosions A Peeps Recipe!

For many people, Easter means church services, maybe watching Judy Garland and Fred Astaire circa 1948 in Easter Parade, Sunday brunch, decorating eggs and orchestrating an egg hunt in the backyard. For others, the holiday is synonymous with those neon yellow duck-shaped marshmallows called Peeps. ... More >>

Q & A With Lou Amdur: Glazed Hams, Slutty Chardonnays What to Drink at Easter

See also: L.A.'s Wine Bars Are Better Than Ever. Here Are Our Seven Favorites Lou Amdur, may have sold his cozy, Laundromat-and-Thai massage parlor adjacent Hollywood strip mall wine bar, LOU, last March. But he still has that gift for being able to effortlessly hold forth on all things wine and fo ... More >>

Easter Sunday Food Drink Specials

For those who celebrate the holiday, Easter Sunday is a time to gather loved ones for brunch and, maybe, an afternoon egg hunt. If you're planning to host a celebration at home, there are purveyors and markets like Lindy & Grundy who offer a range of resources from traditional smoked hams and legs o ... More >>

Cookbook of the Week: The Complete Bocuse, Easter Wines A Hay-Cooked Ham (!) Recipe

As Easter approaches, we repent. Late last year, The Complete Bocuse, a nearly 800-page tribute to Paul Bocuse's modern French cuisine, went straight from our desk to our permanent cookbook shelf without a weekly cookbook feature. Too many end-of-year cookbooks, too much holiday ham, too much wine. ... More >>

11 Great L.A. Chefs Tell Us Their Holiday Food Traditions

For the past couple of weeks, we've been talking to L.A. chefs about their holday food traditions. Here's a roundup of all of those great chefs and what they do for the holidays, food-wise, plus a couple of extras thrown in for good measure.

Chefs Cook At Home, The Holiday Edition: Sotto's Steve Samson A Recipe For Tortellini

This week and next, we'll be featuring the holiday food traditions of L.A. chefs. Today, Sotto's Steve Samson tells us about his family's Christmas tortellini. "My mom is from Bologna so practically every special occasion meal, especially Christmas Day and Easter Sunday, is centered around tortelli ... More >>

10 Most Memorable L.A. Art Events of 2012

This year felt like a year of growing pains for art in Los Angeles. Maybe that's because 2012 started as Pacific Standard Time -- that regionwide, Getty-funded series of exhibitions on SoCal art history -- wound down and the art community shifted attention from past to present. Maybe it's because th ... More >>

Quentin Tarantino Wants a Second Oscar. Will Django Give It to Him?

Quentin Tarantino emerges from a chaotic couple of years with his most ambitious film to date, Django Unchained. Will the Academy really, really like it?

Have a Happy, Tacky Christmas

Rise of the Guardians Review: With Alec Baldwin as the Voice of Santa Claus, What's Not to Like?

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Jeff Goldblum as a Writing Teacher

Starting this week, we will now include our listings of all ongoing shows, below the new reviews, to help make it easier for you to decide which shows to see this week.The writing of neurologist Oliver Sacks has inspired a new work at Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena -- Kathryn Walat's Creation. S ... More >>

The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon Review: Yes, It Has Cursing, But It Also Has Heart

That Broadway might have found its salvation in a religious satire written by some of the raunchiest theater creators of the past 15 years is ironic. But for all the sly winks and outright punches thrown, The Book of Mormon -- written by Robert Lopez of Avenue Q and Trey Parker and Matt Stone of Sou ... More >>

Guillermo Pino, Missing Anza-Borrego Hiker, Found Dead in 60-Foot Crevice; L.A. Sheriff's Detail Helps Pull Him Out

After a long, frantic month of combing hundreds of caves throughout Anza-Borrego Desert State Park for any signs of missing UC San Diego graduate Guillermo Pino, Jr., 25, he was discovered dead last Saturday at the bottom of a 60-foot crevice. Pino had gone hiking on Easter Sunday with a group of f ... More >>

A Last Minute Easter Recipe: Nigel Slater's Lamb Tagine With Apricots

It's the Friday before Easter weekend (Really?) and you (we) have no idea what to cook on Sunday (oops). Lucky us, Nigel Slater's new book Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard, which hits stands next week, has just shown up at our doorstep. We're considering the book's arrival a premonition. We should real ... More >>

Beware the Easter Bunny

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: L.A. Chamber Orchestra with Susan Feniger, Beer Festival, Venice Meet, The Coop Nose to Tail Lamb at Sotto

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Westside Connections With Susan Feniger Westside Connections, a series that explores the relationship between music and other arts, is focusing on food. For this concert, pieces include works by Saint-Saens and Ravel, and chef Susan Feniger of Border Grill and Street w ... More >>

World's Most Expensive Chocolate Easter Egg Sold for $10,000

Thank you, Easter Bunny! London-based chocolatier William Curley has cracked a Guinness World Record by crafting the most expensive non-jeweled chocolate egg ever sold at auction, according to London & Partners. The 110-lb. confection sold for over $10,000 (you could buy about 10,000 Cadbury crème ... More >>

Hey You "Homo Superiors" — Go to This!

Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Shirley Caesar - "America's Best Church Choir" Finale - Staples Center - October 28, 2011

Wireimage​Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Shirley Caesar, and nine choirs "America's Best Church Choir" Finale Staples Center October 28, 2011 Last night's competition for "America's Best Church Choir" proved that you can take the girl out of the gospel choir, but you can't take the gospel choir ... More >>

The Decemberists and Wye Oak - The Greek - 08/12/2011

Timothy Norris​What: The Decemberists With Wye Oak Where: The Greek When: 08/12/2011 If there's one god awful concert tradition that needs to die of a combination of ebola AND bird flu, it's the ridiculous ritual in which the band prematurely ends an excellent set, dishonestly says 'goodnigh ... More >>

William and Kate, Royal Couple, Plan Visit to Hollywood This Summer

New York PostWills and Kate to do L.A.?​It's official! Updated after the jump with the royal couple's dates of stay. Paparazzi alert! Y'all can take a break from heckling Paris Hilton and her belligerent stalkers for a couple days this summer, because brand-spankin'-new royal couple Prince Wi ... More >>

LAVA Flows Downtown at Clifton's Cafeteria

Tanja M. LadenIan Whitcomb reads from "Lotusland: An Englishman in Exile"​The Los Angeles Visionaries Association (LAVA) held its 14th free monthly Sunday Salon at Clifton's Cafeteria on April 24, attracting an eclectic crowd of salon regulars as well as first-timers. An informal gathering of ... More >>

Snackology: Cadbury Eggs, Magnificent & Sickening Easter Treat

It's a good thing Cadbury only releases their signature Easter candy for a few months each year. Eating an entire Cadbury Creme Egg is the confectionary equivalent of shotgunning a Monte Cristo sandwich -- if it were made with foie gras instead of ham. Halfway through the gooey granular "yolk" -- ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

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Miami Man Tries To Smuggle 14 Pounds Of Colombian Cocaine Through LAX In Candy Easter Eggs

Easter came early for ICE officials last Thursday​Esteban Galtes, the 23-year-old Miami resident due in L.A. federal court today for smuggling blow, could have at least waited until springtime to disguise his stash in little pastel candies shaped like Easter eggs. When asked why he was carryi ... More >>

Man Attempts to Smuggle 14 Pounds of Cocaine Inside Easter Candies

Flickr user ♥ellie♥Easter candy​Simone Walsh, over at LA Weekly's blog the Informer, is reporting that a Miami man is due in L.A. federal court today after attempting to smuggle cocaine, "in little pastel candies shaped like Easter eggs," at LAX. It would seem as though his plan has failed ... More >>

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Extravagant-ganza

bravotv.comKyle Richards is reeeeeally enjoying Lisa's Easter present.​Attention actors and actresses of Los Angeles: we know the whole starving artist bit can be fun and that you'd most likely prefer to save yourself for roles that speak to your talent and really challenge you. However, afte ... More >>

LAFD In 'Earthquake Mode' Following Swarm Of Shakers In The California Desert

​A swarm of temblors shook the desert county of Imperial east of San Diego Monday night, prompting the Los Angeles Fire Department to go into "earthquake mode" at 9:55 p.m. as a precaution, according to the LAFD's Devin Gales. The biggest of the shakers was a magnitude 5.7 that struck five mil ... More >>

Music Picks: Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, VoicesVoices, Peter Gabriel, Jakob Dylan

Also, Ane Brun, the Melodians, Kate Miller-Heidke, Ian Whitcomb and others

Interview: Mike Bender and Doug Chernack of Awkward Family Photos

Embarrassing photographs are another example of how one man's trash is another blogger's treasure. Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, both local screenwriters -- Bender's worked on the MTV Movie Awards and wrote 2001's Not Another Teen Movie, while Chernack has produced reality TV shows, including 2002' ... More >>

The White House Easter Egg Roll: Live Streaming With The President & The Easter Bunny

Although many of us played with Easter eggs and celebrated the start of baseball season yesterday, the White House will be officially doing both of those things today. This morning the White House is holding the 2010 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn: watch the live stream below. And later today Pre ... More >>

GLORY BE! JESUS IS REBORN!

JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS -- SO PASS THE GRAVY!

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

Liberty Inn: The Musical

L.A.'s Medical-Weed Wars

How the potheads outwitted Antonio Villaraigosa and the L.A. City Council

WHAT WOULD JESUS SPIN?

The Green Stuff

In praise of bitter