Guatemala

Fiction Excerpt: Devil Rain

From the forthcoming novel This Wicked World

LA People 2009: The New Vaudevillians — Lucent Dossier

Best known for its Coachella water spectaculars, the circus troupe founded by Dream Rockwell reaches to the past and the future for its fantasy performances

Stage Raw: Photograph 51

THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING  AT THE EL REY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 30. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M.,  AND NO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP OR BUY TICKETS.BRODER AND SMITH ... More >>

Stage Raw: Grease

L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS TONIGHT AT EL PORTALL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE EL REYPURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES GREASE at the PantagesGrease Photo by Joan MarcusNEW REVIEW GREASE Born of NBC's re ... More >>

Stage Raw: Before Kirk Douglas Forgets

PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. BEFORE I FORGETKirk Douglas in Before I Forget. Photo by Craig Schwartz The gift in Kirk Douglas' one-man show, Before I Forget,  that opened over the weekend in the theater name ... More >>

Rock Picks: BLK JKS, Lambchop, Efterklang, Yelle

Also, Michael Gira, The Pretenders, Foreign Born, and others

Stage Raw: Getting Physical

DRACULADracula is this week's Pick. See review by pressing the Continue Reading tab at the bottom of this section. (All New Reviews are embedded within the Comprehensive Theater Listings.) Photo by Michael Lamont GETTING PHYSICAL Two bills of physical comedy are being performed at Sacred Fool ... More >>

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

"Illegal" Is a Label of Pride, not Prejudice

Plus, stay-at-home Mexican dad gets flack from extended family

Theater Reviews: Bohemian Cowboy, Tartuffe, Black Women — State of the Union

Also, American Guilt, The Taming of the Shrew and more

Stage Raw: Bohemian Cowboy

BOHEMIAN COWBOY is this week's Pick of the Week Crossing the Center Line A father heads into the desert, never to return By Steven Leigh MorrisThe original title of Raymond King Shurtz's one-man show was The Gospel of Irony ― which would have been a particularly ironic title, had it stuck, s ... More >>

Looking for Jesus at Home Depot: Or, How a Day Laborer Named Tino Ended Up in a Miller Duvall Music Video

The gold teeth didn't hurt

In the Wurst Way: Downtown's Wurstkuche Serves Up Bohemia on a Toasted Roll

Sausage that demands beer

The 10 Best Dishes of 2008

Hot dogs and hominy, blowfish and a fine cup of joe

Top 10 Latin Music Albums of 2008

By Julienne Gage Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican!: Special Recap Edition

The meaning of "wab"; the Guatemalan question

Tierra Mia Explores Coffee for the Latino Palate

A journey through the world's best beans

Tongues Twisted

Mellifluous D.F. diction meets Midwestern drawl

Hammer Time: The Zeltsman Marimba Festival

Musicians raise their mallets for the marathon finale

Mallet Adjusted

Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Theater Reviews: Sanctuary, Alexandros

Also, Lucia Mad, In Heat, A Thousand Words, and more

Special Iberian Edicion

Spanish blood, Portuguese tongue

Where to Eat Now: New to the List

StoryCorps' Oral Historians

Lift Every Voice

¡Ask a Mexican! Dead Reckoning

¡Ask a Mexican! the Dating Gain

Dear Mexican: Why do so many of my peers assume I must have low self-esteem just because I’m dating a Mexican guy?

Call It LACKMA?

¡Ask a Mexican! Naming Conventions

I’d like to proudly display our last name on the back window of the family car, but she won’t allow it. How can I convince her that it’s a long and honored Mexican tradition to do so?

A Heavy Load

The ports say they have a plan for cleaner, safer trucks. But do they have a plan for the truckers?

¡Ask a Mexican! Canadian Edition

In honor of my hometown Anaheim Ducks pounding on pussy Canadians to win the NHL Stanley Cup, I dedicate this week’s column to ellos:

May Day Do-Over

“Curiously, none of the angry protesters that I saw appeared to be actual immigrants.”

Film Reviews: Chalk, The Ex, 28 Weeks Later and Delta Farce

¡Ask a Mexican! Brownie Mix

Between the Lost and the Found

Daniel Alarcón and his novel of the disappeared

Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Shorts

Including Recycled Life and The Blood of Yingzhou District

Shades of Brown

The L.A. Times’ Latino problem

¡Ask a Mexican!

Special Tres-Question Edition

Tales of the (Inner) City

¡ask a Mexican! Oral Quiz

Double Cheap Shot

Best Post Cards From the Lake’s Edge

¡Ask a Mexican! Relativity

What the hell is wrong with these retards? Can’t they see that those two might not be qualified parents?

Immigration Rites

Requiem for a movement. The real aliens are in Congress

Remember the Immigrant-Rights Movement?

The case of Elvira Arellano inspires L.A. organizers

People Are Pissed

Channeling the anger of Mexico’s oppressed

King of Beers

Sam Samaniego and his 700 bottles of beer on the wall

Antonio's Long Ride

How immigration issues torture the mayor

In the Land of the Brother Leader

Vacation in Libya? Totalitarian tourism and the search for truth... and a good meal