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  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    10 Awesome Photos of Space, From 'The History of Space Photography' Show in Pasadena

    Four hundred years ago, stargazing was practically illegal. The Roman Inquisition sentenced Galileo for supporting Copernican astronomy, and most people still believed the earth was flat. Fortunately, science has since come a long way, and now, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena has made space e ... More >>

  • Stage

    April 12, 2012

    Val Kilmer's Citizen Twain and Matthew McCray's Eternal Thou

    Four hundred years ago, stargazing was practically illegal. The Roman Inquisition sentenced Galileo for supporting Copernican astronomy, and most people still believed the earth was flat. Fortunately, science has since come a long way, and now, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena has made space e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Oprah Beats Obama To L.A. For High School Appearance

    ​Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale announced this week that it is one of six national finalists, and the only one west of the Mississippi River, competing to host President Barack Obama for spring commencement. School boosters are asking Angelenos to vote for the campus in the Whit ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Weed Takes Root

    Marijuana's steady march toward legalization nationwide

  • Film+TV

    November 26, 2009

    Frog of the South

    Disney’s song and dance about a black princess croaks

  • Music

    June 12, 2008

    Exene Cervenka: Exile in the Ozarks

    Away from the treasures and trappings of L.A., punk's godmother finds her muse in small-town Missouri

  • Stage

    May 31, 2007

    Theater Reviews

    The Adding Machine, Gamblers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and more

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    The Brand New Grind

    Choc Nitty’s All-Star Ghetto Mixtape Tour... starring Six Reasons, DJ Ayah, Fleshless, Jay Rock, Jay Ridah, Fatso Fasano, Grown Mo and many more

  • Columns

    May 11, 2006

    Stormy Weather

    Choc Nitty’s All-Star Ghetto Mixtape Tour... starring Six Reasons, DJ Ayah, Fleshless, Jay Rock, Jay Ridah, Fatso Fasano, Grown Mo and many more

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Getting Out

    Scenes from the overture to a modern reconstruction

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    The Ground You Fall Through

    Environmental and social neglect left New Orleans on dangerous footing

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Katrina Blues

    The displaced musicians of New Orleans

  • Music

    September 8, 2005

    Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down

    R.L. Burnside, 1926–2005

  • News

    December 2, 2004

    The Fat Lady Still Isn’t Singing

    One month after the election, the progressive PACs have one word for you: Recount

  • Columns

    September 9, 2004

    Water Torture

    Flooding and the future of the world

  • Music

    February 27, 2003

    Tiny Sparks

    Brendan Benson's pop nutrition

  • Music

    November 22, 2001

    High Water Blues

    The life and times of Charley Patton

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Thank$ a Million

    Uncomfortable questions about the outpouring of disaster donations

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Speed Sells

    A tale of methamphetamine, drug cartels and an amateur chemist named Fester.

  • Music

    April 29, 1999

    Gone North

    Tom Waits, upcountry

  • Film+TV

    January 28, 1999

    The Balding Soprano

    From antipasto to antidepressants: a Mafioso's midlife crises

  • Art+Books

    December 3, 1998

    Convict Cowboys

    The barbaric rodeo of Angola Prison

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