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  • News

    August 23, 2012

    American Idol Meets the Museum

    The Hammer's Mohn Award is a grand experiment in art-world democracy

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Alfonso Ribeiro's 'Carlton Dance' Flash Mob Attempts Record (For Dorkiest Moves): VIDEO

    Updated at the bottom with crowd estimates. First posted at 5:30 a.m. Alfonso Ribeiro of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might do the nerdiest, preppiest dance of all time. But that didn't stop hundreds if not thousands of followers from joining him yesterday at Universal CityWalk and other locales in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    James Beard Awards 2012: Semifinalists Announced

    Los Angeles chefs made a strong showing among the semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Awards, which were announced today. Local nominees for the Best Chef, Pacific award include Josef Centeno (Lazy Ox Canteen), Michael Cimarusti (Providence), David Feau (The Royce at the Langham), Matt Molina (M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Van Dyke Parks Re-Emerges With A Set Of Singles, Each Covered By Works Of Art

    Illustration by Art Spiegelman​Story by Erik Himmelsbach Van Dyke Parks lives on the fringes of the city, up the hill in the northeasternmost nook of Pasadena. He's comfortable there; it's a geographic mirror of his own five-decade career as a culty wingman whose fingerprints are conspicuous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Would You Pay $3 Million for Ruby Slippers From 'Wizard of Oz'?

    Home comes at a price.​Ruby slippers! They're everywhere these days. Namely, slung from the many crackling telephone lines of Los Angeles -- an art project originally thought to be marketing for the West Coast opening of "Wicked" but really a preview to artist Manny Castro's new show in Echo P ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Jane Junn: Poll Dancer

    Home comes at a price.​Ruby slippers! They're everywhere these days. Namely, slung from the many crackling telephone lines of Los Angeles -- an art project originally thought to be marketing for the West Coast opening of "Wicked" but really a preview to artist Manny Castro's new show in Echo P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Pete Licata Wins US Nat'l Barista Championship; Nik Krankl Takes 2nd

    Here's an early afternoon pick-me-up. This past Sunday, Pete Licata of Honolulu Coffee Company beat out dozens of competitors to win the United States Barista Championships. The man who who won the 2011 Southwest Regional Barista Championship will go on to compete in the World Barista Championshi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Putting out for Hitler: America's craziest preacher claims Axis powers infiltrated our underpants

    ​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. The Truth About Juvenile Deliquency Author: Dan Gilbert Date: 1943 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    Beauty Mark(et)

    They put Cahuenga on the clubber map, made manicures and martinis a classic combo (wish we could always sip a cocktail while getting clipped and dipped!) and continue to offer some of our favorite, off-beat DJ nights (Still Fucking Awesome on Mondays, Trans-Am on Fridays), and now, The Beauty Bar is ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    February 1, 2007

    John Mason, John M. Miller

    They put Cahuenga on the clubber map, made manicures and martinis a classic combo (wish we could always sip a cocktail while getting clipped and dipped!) and continue to offer some of our favorite, off-beat DJ nights (Still Fucking Awesome on Mondays, Trans-Am on Fridays), and now, The Beauty Bar is ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    Stirring the Other L.A.

    How the media and immigrant advocates got 500,000 people to protest

  • Art+Books

    October 21, 2004

    High Times

    How the media and immigrant advocates got 500,000 people to protest

  • Film+TV

    August 28, 2003

    The Good, the Bad, and the God-awful

    Thoughts on Gigli and late-summer truffle hunting

  • Columns

    July 31, 2003

    What Would Satan Drive?

    Thoughts on Gigli and late-summer truffle hunting

  • News

    October 24, 2002

    The True Believer

    Righteous inquisitor Paul Schrader casts a baleful eye on celebrity and the perils of absolute selfishness

  • Music

    April 1, 1999

    The Suit

    An Anonymous Executive Talks

  • Film+TV

    December 31, 1998

    The Storyteller

    Paul Schrader and his (r)aging voices

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Enviros Can Kill Marsh, but not Playa Vista

    Paul Schrader and his (r)aging voices

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