Louisville

Colorblind and I'm Not Rappaport, Two Plays Dealing With Race Relations

Theater Issue 2013: Why Be a Playwright in L.A.?

Exclusive: Heavy Rockers Coliseum Discuss Will Oldham Collab, Louisville Hardcore and the Philosophies of Punk

Exclusive: Heavy Rockers Coliseum Discuss Will Oldham Collaboration, Louisville Hardcore and the Philosophies of Punk

Great Harvest Bread Company Opens in South Pasadena

With the nearest Great Harvest Bread Company more than 40 miles away in Thousand Oaks, the western San Gabriel Valley's ripe for a bakery that mills its own wheat. Co-owner Patricia Diaz spent ten years researching franchises that would give her creative control without compromising corporate suppo ... More >>

Bonnie "Prince" Billy to Present a "Ladies Night" at Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater in January

Singer, songwriter and troubadour Bonnie "Prince" Billy is no stranger to film. The artist, whose real name is Will Oldham, got his start as a performer acting in John Sayles' Matewan (above, though the words are not part of the original film, but add-ons of the YouTube uploader). Oldham, however, ... More >>

Inglourious Basterds' Final Solution

In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun

Rock Picks: Iron & Wine, Mika Miko, the Vaselines, Extra Golden

Leslie & the Badgers, Scout Niblett, Theresa Andersson, Meat Puppets and others

Stage Raw: "Song of Extinction" Wins Steinberg/ATCA Prize

THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSFor the weekend's New Reviews, press the "Continue Reading" tab at the bottom of this section.SONG OF EXTINCTION WINS STEINBERG/ATCA PRIZE A scene from the world premiere of Song of Extinction; Photo courtesy of Moving Arts. The largest national award for ... More >>

LA Weekly's Interview with Will Oldham: On Acting, Hollywood, the Nature of the Press, and Facebook

Yesterday Will Oldham, aka Bonnie Prince Billy, did an instore performance at Amoeba Records on Sunset, and West Coast Sound's Nikki Darling was there to report on the scene: Will Oldham gets French pedicures and shows them off while wearing flip-flops and Hawaiian board shorts. That's the first ... More >>

GO LA: Louis C.K., Cupcakes for AIDS Research and Jokes for Old Jews

Plus various other events to help you forget this cruel world, March 27-April 2

Out of the Fog: Will Oldham's Warm and Fuzzy Return to L.A.

Plot thickens with Bonnie Prince Billy’s new album, Beware

Last Night: Wicked Cast Hosts 'Defying Inequality' Cabaret Benefit

(Photos by Brian Putnam. Click images for Wicked's "Defying Inequality" slideshow.)On Sunday January 11, after two years of being the must-see musical at Hollywood's Pantages Theater, fans bid Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West a fond farewell as the curtain fell for Wicked's final Southern Cal ... More >>

Rock Picks: DJ Quik, Alejandro Escovedo, Ratatat

Also, the Bad Plus, Amos Lee, Built to Spill, and more

Film and Video Events

Revival house screenings and other events, Aug. 22-28

Rock Picks: Warped Tour, Pop Levi, Valient Thorr

Also, Previously on Lost, Raphael Saadiq, Liz Pappademas

Special Tortilla Contest Edition

Corn vs. flour: Cual es mas masa?

Cantinflas: Actor as Household Verb

And he wouldn't be caught dead in Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Tonight in LA: Ghanian Hip Hop, Blowfly and Les Nubians, Among Others

Okay, so on the surface perhaps a slow Thursday night in LA. No grand slams, it would seem, few hipster throw-downs. But I would like to present a few pieces of evidence that might provide a little nudge out the door tonight. Item one: BLOWFLY. Last year, I saw Blowfly open for Bonnie “Prince ... More >>

Richard Greenberg's The Injured Party and SCR's New Play Fest

It's a small world after all

Why My Morning Jacket Is the Best Live Band in the World

In an age when certified rock stars are a dying breed, a Kentucky band stakes its claim

SXSW Day 1-My Morning Jacket Prove That They May Be Invincible and Britt Daniel is Everywhere

If you do a Google Image search for "Austin" this is one of the first things that pops up. Two girls at the 1998 Austin Corvette Day. Granted, this probably has nothing at all to do with SXSW--yet judging by my first impressions of this place, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if by the end ... More >>

When Theater Is Sanctuary and not Temple

Dancing butterflies

Rock Picks: Jimmy Scott, the Raspberries, Sharon Jones, Wreckless Eric

For the week of November 30 - December 6

Slint's Return to Spiderland

Brian McMahan on the return of his band . . . and party music!

American Theater's Failure of Nerve

The Pacific Playwrights Festival showcases what’s going wrong

Rock Picks

For the week of May 17 – 24

Rock Picks

For the week of May 10 – 17

Trout-Faced Piano Man Sings of Sex, Dogs

Twin Stars

Leigh & Chandra Watson are more than indie-rock backup singers. The Watson Twins are magical

Naked Magicians and Funny Liberals

Town Without Pity

A Deep South in the East Bay

Mock Court

The injudicious farce of David Mamet

Burial in the Sky

Hunter S. Thompson goes up in smoke

Fear of the Dark

Melanie’s Marnich’s Blur

Comedy, Sex and Being Recognized

Monica Palacios and Culture Clash, separated but equal

The Story in the Soil

The Omaha rock scene, the world of the flyover people, the future of the music business, and one vicious head wound

Let Bygones Be Buy Gone

Letters

Collage of Hard Knocks

An interview with Charles L. Mee

Razorlines

God Save the King

August 16 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. Four and a half months later, on January 2, 1978, the Sex Pistols arrived in America for their brief abortive tour, and the seam of history unraveled. Coincidence?

The Storyteller

Fred Rochlin, 1923­ - 2002

ASK Won’t Tell

Turmoil and uncertainty rock an L.A. art mainstay

Top Jimmy, 1954–2001

Regional Accents

Louisville’s Humana Festival turns 25

Reluctant Exile

Eduardo Machado on Padua, the Taper and P.C. hell

Existential Funk

A summer guide to solipsistic Sartre rock

Dark Stars

Micro-East Collective in the race for space

Nobody Nowhere

Just to Spite you

On the Road Again

Fred Rochlin has some stories to tell