Goa

The Ballad of Ricardo Flores Magon, Plus All the Latest New Theater Reviews

Hosted by Rubén Martínez and Raquel Gutiérrez, Loyola Marymount University, KCET Community Television and VARIEDADES present The Ballad of Ricardo Flores Magón at the Ford Amphitheatre September 28, 2012, 8 p.m., 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood. The show features Quetzal, augmented by members of ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/30 - 5/4

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Goan restaurants are almost nonexistent in the U.S., perhaps due to the fact that the region enjoys such a resort-town popularity in India that few of its chefs would ever imagine emigrating their bustling hotel kitchen posts. ... More >>

Lawrence of India: Lizardfish The Cuisine of Goa

With the exception the Kerala-style dishes at Mayura, most of the Indian restaurants clustered along Culver City's Venice Boulevard focus on the same vegetarian-centric vaguely Southern Indian style of cooking. This is far from a bad thing -- can one ever have too many choices for jackfruit curry, p ... More >>

Michael Alan Rubin Says 'Hangover Part II' Really Happened -- to Him: He's Suing Studio For Allegedly Taking His Story

The Hangover Part II / Warner Bros.This shit is real.​If your experiences were the basis of one of the chapters of The Hangover franchise, wouldn't you just let it stay in Vegas (or, in this case, Thailand)? A man who claims that really happened -- to him no less -- is suing the makers of the ... More >>

When to Blast LMFAO's New Album? After You Get Buzzed at New Hotspot St. Felix

Lina Lecaro BBU kid (around) and play.​Does Cahuenga Blvd seem to look different nearly every time you roll past it? Well it is. Alongside staples like Burgundy Room, The Spotlight (still open!) and Beauty Bar, newbies pop up every few months here lately. It's gotten to the point where we don' ... More >>

Cowboys and Turbans, Where You'll Lasso Some Unusual Food

Barbara HansenCowboys and Turbans' taco​ What kind of chicken taco is this? The two stacked tortillas at the base look familiar. So do the chopped tomatoes and lettuce. But those fine yellow shreds over the top aren't cheese. They're skinny chickpea noodles. And there's no salsa. It's been re ... More >>

Destination Coachella

L.A. bands take to the desert for three days of music overload

But How's the Food? Mandi and Mehdi Rafaty of Tag Front

If the fictional Vinny Chase were to open a restaurant in the fantasy Entourage version of L.A., chances are he'd go to Tag Front to give it the right look. The firm's founders, brothers Mehdi and Mandi Rafaty, cover a lot of design ground, from residential construction to retail stores to selecting ... More >>

Farewell to Goa, and Other Club Closures

Adios, amigos

Best Hollywood Dive Bar: The Burgundy Room

Madness at Medusa, Nettwerk's Sync space and Tigerheat at Avalon

Death of Raven, a Hollywood Beauty

The city's noir streets made her the star of her own tragedy, then took it all away.

Salman Rushdie: An excerpt from The Enchantress of Florence

Abul Fazl, the Skeleton and the Mughal of Love

Grammy Kisses

Pre-awards parties; star spotting; survival of the hippest

Welcome to the Jungle

Speaking of Project Runway (below post), this will come as no surprise to those you’ve read our past posts: we actually kinda liked drag designer Chris’s winning leopard-print number last week. His wrestler diva’s red locks and big cat look is right up our alley. Guess we’re not the only ... More >>

Lights and Flash

Room with a groove; "White Lines" blow your way; stars and artists Zero in

2007: Outta Sight

Falling, spinning, shining stars and the year's most stellar parties

Makin' It Work

Style Wars, Divine Design and Kitchen 24

In Search of Shyam Benegal

Beyond Bollywood

Bhangra Chow Mein

Baba G's Masala for America

Independent Music’s Right to Fight

The record industry sued Napster and has just inhaled MP3.com. Is there a future for music on the Internet? Analog Pussy thought so... Then they got a scary e-mail...

True Lies

The Weekly has never let facts stand in the way of a good hoax — particularly for April Fool’s