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  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Zina Bethune, Famed Dancer, Theater Founder, Killed in Possible Hit-and-Run After Stopping to Help Injured Animal

    Cops today were looking for the driver of a white car who might have fled after hitting Hollywood dance legend Zina Bethune near Griffith Park, leaving her for dead. Bethune, who was born Zina Feeley, is the founder of Theatre Bethune in L.A. She danced with the New York City Ballet under George Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Q A With Eva's Gabriella Mlynarczyk: On Leaving NYC Cocktail Life For L.A. The Coastal Mixology Differences

    GMlynarczykGabriella Flaming An Orange Peel​What does a former New York City mixologist think of life on the L.A. cocktail circuit? Gabriella Mlynarczyk, now at Eva after nearly 15 years on the New York scene (most recently, she was behind the now-closed Manhattan speakeasy Woodson and Ford), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Dennis Coffey's Show Was Canceled; Who Cares? He's Still Amazing

    Doug Coombe​By Craig D. Lindsey Detroit soul/funk guitarist Dennis Coffey was supposed to do a show at the Troubadour this week. Unfortunately, it was canceled. But considering how fascinating the man is, we decided to profile him anyway. After all, Coffey brought a new form of funk to Motow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Winning the Future: Car Thieves Prefer Domestic Makes for First Time Since 2002

    ​President Obama should be damn proud of the 2010 car-theft report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, craftily titled "Hot Wheels": Nationally--and for the first time since 2002--thieves preferred domestic makes over foreign brands. Ford took three spots, Dodge two and Chevrolet held o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Stage Raw: Theatrification and Broadway 100

    COMPREHENSVIE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Tim Crouch's The Author, and the Belarus Free Theatre L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESTHEATRIFICATION AND BROADWAY 100 ​Broadway and the Vaudeville circuit began in Los Angeles 100 years ago, in the downtown Historical Theater Di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Drive-By Paintball Gang Launches Yellow 'Shooting Spree' on Unsuspecting Pedestrians in Burbank

    Creative NerdsPaintballs to the face in Burbank​The neighborhood hooligans must have been getting restless out in Burbank last week. In a span of two days, they launched a whopping 11 paintball-gun attacks on innocent sidewalk people in the Hillside and Valley areas of the suburban city [Burba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Crowds Got Way Too Close To Racers In Lucern Valley Off-Road Tragedy

    Dave Conklin / Associated Press​Authorities said there were few limits on how close crowds could be as off-road racers zoomed by at Saturday's deadly California 200 race that saw eight spectators perish when a prerunner-type Ford Ranger truck flipped into the audience. " ... There are no deli ... More >>

  • Music

    June 3, 2010

    Nightranger: Bringing Sounds to the Sea

    Dave Conklin / Associated Press​Authorities said there were few limits on how close crowds could be as off-road racers zoomed by at Saturday's deadly California 200 race that saw eight spectators perish when a prerunner-type Ford Ranger truck flipped into the audience. " ... There are no deli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Top 10 'Green Cars' Announced: Which One Is Your Roadside Status Symbol?

    Number one.​Remember when Escalades, Navigators and Hummers were all the rage? Dubs (20-inch-plus wheels), loud exhaust and bass music, right? Doesn't that seem like a million years ago? Today to be a true player in L.A., more modest hybrids are the status symbols to have. Kelly Blue Book on ... More >>

  • Music

    August 27, 2009

    Brick’s Picks: Notes of Summer

    Number one.​Remember when Escalades, Navigators and Hummers were all the rage? Dubs (20-inch-plus wheels), loud exhaust and bass music, right? Doesn't that seem like a million years ago? Today to be a true player in L.A., more modest hybrids are the status symbols to have. Kelly Blue Book on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    New Location of Pancho's Tacos Opens In Culver City

    If you grew up in Santa Monica, you've probably eaten at Pancho's Tacos. It originally opened in 1977, in a small strip mall on the corner of Pico Lincoln and Ocean Park, where it pleased locals and their kids, who scarfed down tacos and burritos, sipped Orange Bang and pumped quarters into the Ms. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2009

    Auto Design Discussion

    If you grew up in Santa Monica, you've probably eaten at Pancho's Tacos. It originally opened in 1977, in a small strip mall on the corner of Pico Lincoln and Ocean Park, where it pleased locals and their kids, who scarfed down tacos and burritos, sipped Orange Bang and pumped quarters into the Ms. ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    Les Paul, 1915-2009

    W.C. Fields on the legendary innovator: “The music you’re making sounds like an octopus. Like a guy with a million hands”

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Eat What Bourdain Just Ate: Cioppino and Offal, Burgers and Beer

    Sometimes the hardest things to find are those closest to you. In this week's No Reservations, Bourdain and the crew were in San Fransisco, eating all kinds of local specialties that you won't come across easily in Los Angeles. Sure, he also went to a great farmer's market, ate good-looking tacos fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Car Talk: An Interpretation of Honks

    Years ago a car company -- I believe it was Ford -- announced plans to build some kind of lighted message strip above the rear bumper of some of its cars. The idea, as I recall, was for drivers to be able to punch in pre-set messages from the dashboard that would appear for drivers following the For ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Do-Gooder Dining Agenda: AltaMed at Union Station, Concern Block Party, Dine Out for the Cure, Saban Extravaganza at Fox

    With Sacramento still in its maddening political deadlock, some friendly intra-Golden State showing off feels quite refreshing in contrast.

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Stage Raw: Actors and Chickens and Bears, Oh My!

    THE WEEKEND'S NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSCo-hosts Vanessa Claire Smith and Jake Broder at the 20th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Monday night. Photo by Tim NorrisTHE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSCo-hosts Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Sticker Shock Treatment: Fake Governor to Pay Real Sales Tax

    At the stroke of midnight Angelenos will get hit by a double dose of sales-tax increases that will bring our county's up to 9.75 percent -- tying us with Alameda County for having the state's highest countywide tax. (Some individual cities, such as Pico Rivera and South Gate, will be even higher -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Stage Raw: Tartuffed

    TARTUFFED A culturally provocative misunderstanding occurred over the weekend during a preview performance of Josh Chamber's "re-envisioned" Tartuffe, opening on Saturday at Theatre @ Boston Court. I'd arranged for a group of university students from Cal State, where I teach a world theater c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. Stage Alliance Approaches L.A. Weekly

    L.A. Stage Alliance Approaches L.A. Weekly over job cut News of L.A. Weekly's elimination of its Theatre Editor staff position, which I held until Wednesday -- as well as that of film critic Ella Taylor -- spread across the city last Friday, in a swirl of arts staff layoffs that also included Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Biggest Thank You Ever Given

    The Biggest Thank You Ever Given I'm thunderstruck and deeply moved by the outpouring and quality of your appreciations to me in your emails and in the comments to Friday's posting on the elimination of the L.A. Weekly's Theater Editor position. What a privilege: to read all that, to have served ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 2, 2008

    Movie Reviews: An American Carol, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Flash of Genius

    Also, Blindness, Still Life, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and more

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    Election '08: Beyond The Palin

    As I was talking to the editor of the LA Weekly this morning about Sarah Palin, I said that I hoped the American people were smart enough to see through this bit of Karl Rove-ian evil genius. Just as I said it, a Ford van, jacked up to monster truck proportions, powered by a 345 horsepower V-8, went ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2008

    Studebaker near Staples

    Here's a little relic that won't be around long. It's been 42 years since a Studebaker rolled off the line. Yet, almost right across the street from the convention center - and just a block or two from the Staples Center -is this old ghost ad on the side of a building which still seems to function s ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    July 19, 2007

    Harper by Oldham

    Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life

  • Music

    December 28, 2006

    All I Want for Christmas Is a New Music Industry

    Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Y'all Don't Come Back

    Country music, aerospace manufacturing and the white working class leave town

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    6 Highs and Lows of American Automobilia

    Country music, aerospace manufacturing and the white working class leave town

  • Stage

    April 27, 2006

    Strong Suits

    Dressing for war and peace

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    6 Highs and Lows of American Automobilia

    Dressing for war and peace

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    Spinal Fusion

    Ford bastardizes Spinal Tap and MySpace.com to sell cars; public is uncertain

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    I’ve Got You Under My Skin

    Remembering the stinging lungs of an L.A. boyhood

  • News

    August 26, 2004

    The Siren’s Song

    A Hollywood landmark comes under fire

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    The Capital of Car Design

    L.A. is, once again, where the action is

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    Valhalla on a Tank of Gas

    L.A. is, once again, where the action is

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    From the Red Car to the Hummer

    An automotive timeline

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Hummer Bummer

    Going for a test drive the day after explosions rip through a dealership

  • Columns

    July 31, 2003

    What Would Satan Drive?

    Going for a test drive the day after explosions rip through a dealership

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Then and Now

    Iraq through the lens of Vietnam

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Letters

    Iraq through the lens of Vietnam

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Out of Gas

    Auto industry cancels plans to kill anti-global-warming bill at ballot box

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Black to the Future

    Juan Atkins on the vision thing

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    The Big Blowup

    A mom’s guide to dumping Firestone tires

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Tilt, Roll Over, Play Dead

    A mom’s guide to dumping Firestone tires

  • Art+Books

    June 8, 2000

    Remix: Utopian Vision vs. American Dream

    One hundred years of architecture at the Geffen Contemporary

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Tough Driving

    SUV owners: Park it — right now, before I hurt you

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Bad News

    L.A.'s Low-Definition TV Journalism

  • Music

    November 12, 1998

    Rocket Reducer

    Wayne Kramer on the MC5

  • Art+Books

    May 7, 1998

    Moving Violations

    Art cars don't kill people. They just annoy them.

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