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Hello Kitty

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    My Little Pony Project Brings Bronies and Pegasisters to Toy Art Gallery

    See also: *More photos from the My Little Pony Project opening at Toy Art Gallery *Top 5 Lessons for Adults From My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic *Boba Fett as a Girl: N.C. Winters Mashes Up Star Wars and My Little Pony in 'Abandoned Menagerie' Just before 8:30 p.m., when the line to enter Toy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Royal/T to Close: Top 5 Memorable Events at the Culver City Maid Cafe

    Royal/T is preparing to close its Culver City digs. The popular restaurant/art gallery cultivated a unique vibe with a staff dressed in costumes inspired by Japanese maid cafes and a variety of unusual events. While the physical location is closing, there's more in store for the popular local brand. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    National Anthem Auditions - Dodger Stadium - 3/31/12

    National Anthem Auditions Dodger Stadium 3/31/12 Better than...having to listen to me sing the national anthem. The "Star Spangled Banner" is a notoriously difficult song to sing. Its one and a half octave range of chest-pounding passion has stumped many singers. Nonetheless last Saturday, for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    10 Awesome Tattoo Artists in L.A.

    When it comes to tattooing, we are fortunate to have an enormous wealth of talent in Los Angeles. Though tattoo culture erupted in mainstream popularity several years ago it was a vital part of L.A. long before that and remains so today. There are artists in every corner of the city, with faithful c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Locals Unite for 1-Year Anniversary of Tsunami In Japan

    It's been one year since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. In recent weeks, restaurants around town offered sake specials, discounts, raised funds and much more. On March 10, public appreciation event Japan Endless Discovery at the Grove, organized by the Consulate-General of Japan in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Sake Fuels Japan's Recovery A Few Local Events

    This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the March 11 catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that so terribly damaged Japan. Food-safety issues and scares -- particularly around the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor -- remain in the news. Although Japan's traditional sake brewers were h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Jonathan Gold's 60 Korean Dishes Every Angeleno Should Know

    See Also: A Google map for all 60 of the Korean dishes Jonathan Gold says every Angeleno should know, read "5 Koreatown Restaurants Open 24 Hours: Hangover Soup," learn about "5 Koreatown Beer Joints: Hite Requirement," or just look at more of Anne Fishbein's beautiful Koreatown food photography. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Trader Joe's Cookie Butter, aka Speculoos, is Back!

    ProfessorSalt.comTrader Joe's Cookie Butter, before they ran out last year​If you've never experienced the creamy, crackalicious wonder that is Trader Joe's Cookie Butter, it might be because the shipment they imported late last year caught on like wildfire. They've been sold out since before ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Spend Valentine's Day With Hello Kitty, at Hooters Japan

    Headed to Japan this week? Hooters Tokyo location is offering a Valentine's Day special through next Tuesday: Two promotional ice cream desserts called the Volcano of Love and the Rock of Love, and the first 1,000 customers to order either will get a collector's edition pin of Hello Kitty as a Hoote ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Funkiest Dish West of the 405: Moo Moo Thai's Yen Ta Fo

    Did your new year's resolution involve sampling strange cuisine from across the city? If you're the type who scours the San Gabriel Valley like a Sichuan-studded Star Map or can quickly rattle off every birrieria in the barrio then probably not. But if you're perpetually stuck in a quaint Westside f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Top 11 Fashion Trends of 2011

    Lina Lecaro ​The barrage of blogs tallying the year in trends and fashion has begun, and of course, we are totally participating. We do it every year, after all. And while we try to note the obvious, we also strive to call out the stuff you're not likely to see on the other blogs, stuff we no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Best of the Cons, Part 2: The Top Southern California Conventions of 2011

    Shannon CottrellHatsune Miku in concert at Anime Expo​ Read more in "Best of the Cons Part 1: 8 Standout TV Shows, Cosplays, Games and More from 2011." Is Southern California the land of the superfan? Maybe. At the very least, it's the land of the fan conventions. Trying to hit up ever con in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Zedd - Dim Mak Sunday - 11-27-11

    Zedd Dim Mak Sundays 11-27-11 Better than... bottle service. Last summer, Zedd hit L.A. to warm up the crowd when Deadmau5's Meowingtons Hax tour hit the Palladium for a few sold-out nights. He returned to the city last night as a headliner for his own mini tour, supporting the single "Stars Come ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Best of the Cons Part 1: 8 Standout TV Shows, Cosplays, Games and More from 2011

    There are still a few more conventions left for 2011, but it's not too early to begin the countdown of the best of the superfan scene. This week, I'm counting down a few of the most popular trends spotted at conventions this year. This list avoids perennial favorites (i.e. Star Wars, Star Trek and D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 - Rave 18 Movie Theater - 11/10/11

    Hatsune Miku in Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 39's Live in Sapporo​See also: *Hatsune Miku: Her Best Fan-Generated Videos *Live review of Hatsune Miku in Los Angeles *More photos of Hatsune Miku live in L.A. *Hatsune Miku/Hello Kitty collaboration, Miku-Kitty, appears at Anime Expo. *Local musi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Hatsune Miku: Her Best Fan-Generated Videos

    Shannon CottrellHatsune Miku on stage in Los Angeles​See also: *Live review of Hatsune Miku in Los Angeles *More photos of Hatsune Miku live in L.A. *Hatsune Miku/Hello Kitty collaboration, Miku-Kitty, appears at Anime Expo. *Local musicians Stephanie Yanez and Polo collaborate with Hatsune Mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Punk Rock Dads: Fuck The World? Nah, "For The Wee-ones"

    ​Forget about the brutality of slam pits, the relentless touring, and the struggle to maintain a viable career in a collapsing music industry. The scariest, most challenging endeavor many punk musicians have is raising a family. In the new documentary The Other F Word -- premiering tomorrow n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    What Will Be The Most Popular Music-Related Halloween Costumes This Year? And How Can They Be Made Slutty?

    ​By Lina Lecaro and Andrea Domanick Nothing is a more fun cultural zeitgeist indicator than what folks wear for Halloween. And, of course, musical personalities are prime fodder. So here are our predictions for what will be the most common music costumes this year. Of course, despite the fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    OnchMovement Pop-Up Shop, Perfectasy, Opens at Royal/T on August 4

    Shannon CottrellOnch​"Hello Kitty is still cute. Barbie is still flawless and gorgeous," says jewelry designer Onch, "but, I think that OnchMovement should be the next cute thing. Hopefully, OnchMovement is the cute now." Onch, a former contestant on Paris Hilton's My New BFF (and Hilton's "l ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    July 28, 2011

    Sally Lohan, Trend Forecaster, Finding the Pulse of L.A. Style

    Shannon CottrellOnch​"Hello Kitty is still cute. Barbie is still flawless and gorgeous," says jewelry designer Onch, "but, I think that OnchMovement should be the next cute thing. Hopefully, OnchMovement is the cute now." Onch, a former contestant on Paris Hilton's My New BFF (and Hilton's "l ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    July 28, 2011

    Simone Legno of tokidoki: Italian-Japanese Fusion

    Shannon CottrellOnch​"Hello Kitty is still cute. Barbie is still flawless and gorgeous," says jewelry designer Onch, "but, I think that OnchMovement should be the next cute thing. Hopefully, OnchMovement is the cute now." Onch, a former contestant on Paris Hilton's My New BFF (and Hilton's "l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2011

    Miku-Kitty Brings Together Virtual Singer Hatsune Miku and Hello Kitty (Updated with Photos of Miku-Kitty)

    Shannon Cottrell​See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's gallery, "Anime Expo 2011: Day One, Friday." Updated with photos of Miku-Kitty on Page 2. First published 7/02/11 at 7:36 a.m. Hatsune Miku fans were not left disappointed after spending Friday afternoon in line for the Miku Keynote pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    30 Scoops in 30 Days: Mikawaya (Day 6)

    For all its variegated culinary charms, there's one thing downtown Los Angeles, with its ramen and sushi and burgers and coffee and cupcakes and cocktails, doesn't have much of: ice cream. Sure, you can find a couple ho-hum ice cream stands in the Grand Central Market. Syrup Desserts at 6th and Sp ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Yoshiki: The Kei Master

    For all its variegated culinary charms, there's one thing downtown Los Angeles, with its ramen and sushi and burgers and coffee and cupcakes and cocktails, doesn't have much of: ice cream. Sure, you can find a couple ho-hum ice cream stands in the Grand Central Market. Syrup Desserts at 6th and Sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    The Music PEOPLE: Who made it into LA Weekly's 2011 PEOPLE Issue?

    Kevin ScanlonJ*Davey​Los Angeles is for music lovers. We could have chosen enough characters just from L.A.'s music scene to fill the entire PEOPLE Issue, but there are too many fascinating folks in L.A. for us to hog all the space. Here's who made our list his year:

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Chubby Bunny: Michelle Nguyen's Bows Were All the Rage with Sanrio, Now She's Launching Her New Collection at JapanLA

    Shannon CottrellMichelle Nguyen of Chubby Bunny​See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's gallery "Peek Inside Michelle Nguyen's Latest Chubby Bunny Hair Accessories Collection." Saturday night at Melrose Ave. shop JapanLA, Michelle Nguyen will debut her latest Chubby Bunny accessories collection ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Godzilla Would Be Proud

    Shannon CottrellMichelle Nguyen of Chubby Bunny​See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's gallery "Peek Inside Michelle Nguyen's Latest Chubby Bunny Hair Accessories Collection." Saturday night at Melrose Ave. shop JapanLA, Michelle Nguyen will debut her latest Chubby Bunny accessories collection ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Artist Luke Chueh Talks 'Possessed,' Sanrio, Anime and The Venture Bros.

    If you live in L.A., you might think that Luke Chueh is everywhere. The local artist with an international reputation has had, he estimates, ten solo shows in the city (his latest, Contemptorary ran at Corey Helford Gallery in February). He's been in countless group shows, from the Cannibal Flower e ... More >>

  • Stage

    February 24, 2011

    Theater Reviews: The Hyacinth Macaw, Locked and Loaded, Gigi

    Also The Sonneteer, Wrinkles and 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

    February 22, 2011

    Stage Raw: The Sonneteer

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ANNOUNCING THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESNEW REVIEW GO THE SONNETEER ​Photo by Katie Pomerantz Nick Salamone's play examines the ways in which homophobia, guilt, self-delusion and hypocrisy cause the gradual disintegration of the Cardamones, a first-generation Italian-A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Did Lady Gaga Sell Out in 2010?

    Markus Klinko & Indrani for Hello Kitty!Did Gaga sell out her progressive causes?​ By Liz Brown Theatrical dance-pop performer Lady Gaga skyrocketed to international relevance upon release of 2008's "Just Dance"; the record from which it came, The Fame, broke a record for the number of conse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    2010's Top 10 Fashion Trends In LA: Tranimals, Feathered Femmes, Wonderland Wares, And More

    Lina LecaroWe Heart 2010 Fashion. Well, some of it...​ For many, 2010 was a year for dressing to express, often in excess. Blending in, for the most part, was not an option when out on the town in LA. Inspired by everything from music and movies to retro style and well, we don't know what, her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Year in Review: Best Blog Comments of 2010

    Flickr/Shaun Martin​ Reader comments are to blogs what letters to the editor used to be, more or less. But as anyone who used to read those has long recognized, blog comments are -- not unlike blogs themselves -- faster, shorter, and often far more irreverent. Which is what makes them so much ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 2, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Cinderella, Schmutzigen Deutsche Kabarett

    Also, Sweet Mama String Bean and more

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Stage Raw: Schmutizen Deutche Kabarett

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festNEW REVIEW GO SCHMUTZIGEN DEUTSCHE KABARETT ​ Photo by Amanda Marquardt This latest, late-night creation from sardonic, surrealist director-choreogr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    What's Your Favorite Sanrio Character (That Isn't Hello Kitty)?

    For more from Small Gift, check out "Kitty in Pink: Sanrio's '80s Prom," "Sanrio Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary with 'Small Gift'" and "Sanrio Meets Fight Club in Peekaboo Monster's Installation for Small Gift." Hello Kitty might be the most famous Sanrio character, but she certainly isn't the onl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/15-11/19

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "As you might have expected, A-Frame, in what looks like an old IHOP tricked out with enough pine and track lighting to make it resemble a ski chalet, is pretty different from the legion of gastropubs." First Bite: Take the A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    A Clu to Royal/T's Tron Menu

    Royal/TLightcycle Salad (left) and Identity Disk Cake (right) from Royal/T's Tron-inspired menu.​ Royal/T changes identities more often than Madonna, but where she's turned into a Kabbalah cultist with impressive and terrifying monkey strength, the hyphenate Japanese maid café/gallery/store ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Nerding Out For Hello Kitty And Her Pals at Sanrio's Small Gift Celebration

    Lina LecaroRevenge of the Bubble Punch babes.​ When we think about the ultimate Sanrio fan, it's usually an adorable little Japanese girl or a punky, pink-haired grown-up Amercian girl, not a boy in broken glasses, suspenders and argyle socks. So we didn't quite get the "I Heart Nerds" theme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Sanrio Meets Fight Club in Peekaboo Monster's Installation for Small Gift

    L.A.-based artist Peekaboo Monster has neighbors who make soap. He wanted to include soap in his work for Small Gift, Sanrio's 50th anniversary art show currently running at Santa Monica Barker Hangar. But how was he going to combine the two? Shannon Cottrell​ Fight Club, of course. "Honestly ... More >>

  • Music

    November 11, 2010

    Nightranger: WILD FRONTIER

    L.A.-based artist Peekaboo Monster has neighbors who make soap. He wanted to include soap in his work for Small Gift, Sanrio's 50th anniversary art show currently running at Santa Monica Barker Hangar. But how was he going to combine the two? Shannon Cottrell​ Fight Club, of course. "Honestly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Frontier Records Dirty Thirty at the Echoplex Proves Old Punk Still Aint Out Of Vogue

    It's been 30 years since Frontier Records first began to expose an indelible roster of local punk rock bands to hardcore fans, forever leaving its mark on the music scene in LA and beyond. After last night's sweltering 8-hour-plus gathering at the Echoplex to celebrate the milestone with some of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Feline Fun and School Girl Rock at Royal T's Emily the Strange Masquerade

    Lina Lecaro Kittens come out for Emily the Strange​ According to her creators, Emily the Strange has become "an internationally known icon for individualism, empowerment and do-it-yourself style," but for many, particularly teen girls, she just looks really cool and dark and different, how ma ... More >>

  • Music

    September 30, 2010

    Nightranger: Pop Smart

    Lina Lecaro Kittens come out for Emily the Strange​ According to her creators, Emily the Strange has become "an internationally known icon for individualism, empowerment and do-it-yourself style," but for many, particularly teen girls, she just looks really cool and dark and different, how ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Wine Expo New Wine Tasting Bar in Santa Monica Hello Kitty Wine On The Lineup

    Champagne, Italian wine, blue agave and a now tasting room. Wine Expo in Santa Monica is opening a wine tasting room adjacent to the Santa Monica Boulevard strip mall shop this summer. The date is still TBD, but owner Ali Biglar says he's aiming for a late June or early July opening. There will be n ... More >>

  • Articles

    November 12, 2009

    Devo-lution

    Champagne, Italian wine, blue agave and a now tasting room. Wine Expo in Santa Monica is opening a wine tasting room adjacent to the Santa Monica Boulevard strip mall shop this summer. The date is still TBD, but owner Ali Biglar says he's aiming for a late June or early July opening. There will be n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Slayer Signs Guitars, Kids, Shark-Eaten Feet at Hot Topic

    Slayer Signs Guitars, Kids and Shark-Eaten Feet at Hot Topic

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    LudoBites Returns: Ludo Lefebvre Pops Up At The Royal/T in Culver City In December

    LudoBites is back. Chef Ludovic Lefebvre (Top Chef Masters, Bastide, L'Orangerie), whose previous pop-up restaurant was held at BreadBar, is popping up again at the Royal/T in Culver City. Lefebvre will only be cooking at the Japanese-style cosplay café for 13 days in December, in what is the prac ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 22, 2004

    Young, Dumb and Full of Cumin

    LudoBites is back. Chef Ludovic Lefebvre (Top Chef Masters, Bastide, L'Orangerie), whose previous pop-up restaurant was held at BreadBar, is popping up again at the Royal/T in Culver City. Lefebvre will only be cooking at the Japanese-style cosplay café for 13 days in December, in what is the prac ... More >>

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