Kiev

Q & A With Orange is the New Black's Kate Mulgrew: Prison Food, Hair Advice Thoughts on Chicken Kiev

Even if you've only watched a couple episodes of Netflix's new women-in-prison series Orange is the New Black, one fleeting glance at a group shot of the ensemble cast of Jenji Kohan's comedy-drama based on Piper Kerman's memoir of the same name and you will remember Galina "Red" Reznikov. She's the ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See In L.A. This Week

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Monday, August 5 The Janks, The Herbert Bail Orchestra THE SATELLITE The Herbert Bail Orchestra's lead singer and guitarist Anthony Frattolillo credits his mentor, Juan, a janitor and apparent musical genius from Chile, for ... More >>

Music Picks: Hard Summer, Sunset Strip Music Festival and Bob Dylan

Britt and Amanda Brown Do it For Love, and a Little Money

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] If you lacked directions to Britt and Amanda Brown's house in the Highland Park hills, you probably could guess the address. Look for the tea green and p ... More >>

Maya Deren on Film

The avant-garde pioneer's work at LACMA

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Also, Enuff Z'Nuff, Gizzelle, Goliath and others

Bronson Bared

The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook: Eat and Drink Like Don Draper, Cook Like Betty

Carin Baer/AMCJanuary Jones as Betty Draper on Mad Men, serving gazpacho.​For even the most diehard fans, it's often difficult to pinpoint exactly why we love Mad Men, perhaps because what sets the show apart is its subtlety. If you've seen even a handful of episodes you know that, like a trul ... More >>

Huckleberry: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Zola Jesus, LA Vampires, Xanopticon - Echoplex - October 31, 2011

ian Cohen​See also: *Zola Jesus Brings Her Unsettled and Prickly Vision to L.A. *Amanda Brown of LA Vampires: Raw Foodist, Colossal In Kiev Zola Jesus, LA Vampires, Xanopticon Echoplex October 31, 2011 Better than... Seeing MC 900 Ft. Jesus on Columbus Day. Gotta admit, perhaps the greates ... More >>

Amanda Brown: Raw Foodist, Colossal In Kiev

Britt BrownAmanda Brown​See also: LA Vampires perform at Dem Passwords, 8/3/11 At Cafe Gratitude on Larchmont Boulevard, the menu items aren't labeled as soups or burgers or salads or whatever; instead, they're hippie affirmations, like "I Am Liberated" or "I Am Honoring." When the waitress d ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Wako Donkasu

Music Picks: Breakestra, Slang Chickens, the Muffs, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Also Meth Leppard, Tennis With Lord Huron, Kid Infinity and others

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- The invention of the pub library: Gyopar, a Communist-era pub outside Budapest. [Reuters] -- Tarte Tatin bakery, coming soon to Beverly Hills. [Grub Street] -- If you're still hungry after watching Mad Men's season premier last night: a recipe for Chicken Kiev. [Eatocracy] -- Why mini cows ... More >>

Why Theater Matters

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Huckleberry Hounds: The Brunch Crush at Zoe Nathan's New Cafe

Even the governor waits his turn

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Our comprehensive guide to more than 40 festival titles

Movie Reviews: 30 Days of Night, Canvas, Futbaal

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The World According to Hutz

Sufism, Chernobyl, Little Richard madness and other adventures in cultural fusion with Gogol Bordello’s mastermind

Where To Eat Now

Sweetheart Deal

Providence’s night of happy endings

Mish-Mash

Danube Bulgarian cuisine is all over the map

From Russia With Love

Best auto bodywork for the bourgeoisie and proletariat

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Time-traveling with an American in Moscow

Viktor vs. Viktor, Live From Independence Square

Democracy’s Heroes

...Of Things Past

The American in the French Kitchen

Steve Stumped

Soboroff couldn’t figure out a way to the runoff

Dust Bowl

Dieties of the Big Bang

The Matter at Hand

In some of our favorite parts of the world, everything is finger food, from steaming gobs of rice to whole fried carp.

The Matter at Hand

In some of our favorite parts of the world, everything is finger food, from steaming gobs of rice to whole fried carp

Too Damned Far

But -- to paraphrase Michelin -- well worth the drive

The Pharmacist's Daughter

Culver City in the '50s

Curry With the Singe on Top

Hot food for the hot summer

Sheep Thrills

In the spring, a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of lamb

Soviet Blocks

A story of getting lost -- and found -- in pre-glasnost Kiev

The Shootist

Ex-cop gets jail, charges LAPD misconduct

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