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Five Dance Shows to See in L.A. This Week, Including Tap Dancer Savion Glover

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include four Balanchine ballets and the Tap Dance Kid grown up. 5.What an L.A. Times dance critic has to do to get onstage with th ... More >>

Cocktail Nerdom: It's National Margarita Day!

See also: 5 Best Margaritas In L.A. We all know that the true national margarita day is Cinco De Mayo, but because every food thing under the sun must have a day of its own (Why? Who the hell knows?), today is the official National Margarita Day. This seems a tad counter-intuitive. If it were marga ... More >>

Yes, Anita Ho Is the Name of a Real Movie

How many Asians in film can you name? Sure, there are some of the obvious ones, like Ang Lee or Jackie Chan. But most people probably can't list more than ten. To try and help spread the word of Asians in the film industry, Asians on Film had their first film festival this past weekend at J.E.T. St ... More >>

17: Green Curry Mussels at Jitlada

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 17: Green Curry Mussels at Jitlada. If there is one menu in town that has the best chance of being written about by cultural anthropologists twenty ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Fresh In-The-Husk Macadamia Nuts from Mud Creek Ranch

Macadamia nuts are not very shelf-stable for two reasons: high sugar content and high oil content. Rancidity is the curse around the corner, so a lot of growers opt to sell to processors who then do a quick roast to help stabilize them for sale. This works great for some varieties, but if it's one ... More >>

Q & A With Haven Brewing's Dave Larsen: L.A. Beer Week, New Zealand Hops Stone's First Local Collaboration

The fourth annual Los Angeles Beer Week might have officially ended with Sunday's festival at Union Station, but there's still one more special LABW brew that has yet to be released. Too bad it's not even ready to drink yet. That's because early in the morning on Thursday, Sept. 20 -- while many e ... More >>

The Five Best Shows in Los Angeles This Week: Garbage, Nick Lowe, Culture Collide

Tuesday, October 2 Garbage WILTERN When they formed in 1994, future chart fixtures Garbage had the makings of a sterile vanity project. Created by veteran studio rats (including Butch Vig, producer of Nirvana's Nevermind), with a grafted-on unknown vocalist, their formula appeared better suited to ... More >>

Lord of the Rings Fans Celebrate The Hobbit's 75th Anniversary at TheOneRing.net's Annual Picnic

"We were the number one place to be in Hollywood on Oscar night!" Josh Rubinstein gushes, reminiscing about the three celeb-laden Academy Awards parties he helped plan as one of the L.A. events supervisors for Lord of the Rings superfan site TheOneRing.net (TORn). Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson and most ... More >>

Dole Sends Businesses Packing to Japan for $1.7 Billion

Yesterday, fruit conglomerate Dole Food sent two of its major assets winging across the Pacific. As reported in Reuters, Dole has sold its packaged foods and Asian fresh produce businesses to Japanese company Itochu Corp. for the handsome price of $1.7 billion. The deal gives Itochu exclusive righ ... More >>

The 5 Things You Need Know About This Week's Review of L&E Oyster Bar

This week I review L&E Oyster Bar in Silver Lake. Here are a few outtakes from the review to whet your appetite: Food: The star of the show here is the oysters, from all over the Northeast, West Coast, and as far away as New Zealand. But there's also simple grilled fish, refreshing salads, and a fa ... More >>

The Summer of Riesling: Los Angeles Edition

This year marks the fourth annual Summer of Riesling in the U.S., a hostage program established in 2008 by "Acid Overlord" Paul Grieco of the restaurant Terroir in New York, in which white wine by-the-glass programs are hijacked by what most sommeliers and wine professional think of as the most thri ... More >>

Nestle Acquires Stake in "Brain Food" Company

Your teeth may be rotten, but your brain will be sparkling! Nestle, best known for making candy bars like Butterfinger and Kit Kat, is branching out into "brain health products" by purchasing a stake in a company that makes milkshakes for Alzheimer's patients, The Wall Street Journal reports. Broom ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Aussie Tribute

KCRW Broadcast #160 for Saturday, April 14, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Japanese Guitar Freaks From Outer Space Fanatics! I am Australia bound. At this moment, I am in Wellington, New Zealand with show #60 for the year a few hours behind me. I will be in Australia for quite a long sp ... More >>

Hollywood Websites Attacked by Anonymous Hackers in Wake of Megaupload Bust, SOPA Support

Hollywood might be on the offensive when it comes to limiting your internet freedom (via the controversial and moribund Stop Online Privay Act), but it appeared to be against the ropes today following the U.S. Justice Department's takedown of file storage sight Megaupload at the behest of the conten ... More >>

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Hitchcock uncovered, Kuchar remembered

Music Picks: Linda Perhacs, Joni's Jazz, L.A. Phil, the Go-Go's

Also, J*DaVey, the Decemberists, Dragon Head, Wye Oak and others

I Bring The Music, You Bring The Food: Backstage With Amanda Palmer Her Catering Fans

Cathy KirkpatrickAmanda Palmer (center) at a backstage family meal in Australia​ A couple of weeks ago, we learned how comedian Kathy Griffin enhances the quality of what she eats on the road by getting her more than half million Twitter followers to direct her to small mom-and-pop restaurants ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: Rollins' Predictions for 2011 (Protip: It Gets Better)

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every week and make sure to tune in to Henr ... More >>

IT' ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE

Live Review: Midnight Juggernauts and The Naked and Famous at The Echoplex

Michael OrloskyMidnight Juggernauts​ Last night the line to get into the Echoplex stretched all the way down the driveway and around the block. Security guards had to shoo away alternate lines that started forming by those who were still hoping in vain for an extra ticket even though the place ... More >>

Shock the Junkie

A hallucinogen called ibogaine has helped addicts kick heroin, meth and everything in between. Is it the trip that does the trick?

Hundreds Of 'Twi-hards' Camp Out For 'Eclipse' Movie Premiere

​Hundreds of die-hard Twilight fans this week have been camping out in front of LA Live for the opening premier of the latest Twilight installment, Eclipse which is set to take place on Thursday night. Fans began arriving in droves beginning Monday in hopes of scoring a ticket for the premier ... More >>

San Francisco Airport Takes Racially Tinged Swipe At LAX

An image from SFO's video.​A video marketing the advantages of flying into San Francisco International Airport from Australia and New Zealand seems to take a racially charged swipe at Los Angeles International Airport, which is the only other direct California destination from those nations. ( ... More >>

All About Eva

Actually, Eva is all about you

Chardonnay or Chantilly? Cupcake Vineyards vs. Layer Cake Wine = A Hungry Jury

Cupcake VineyardsChardonnay and cupcake pairingA cabernet frosted cupcake is bad enough. But cupcake-inspired wine? Despite the name, Cupcake Vineyards, a division of global producer The Wine Group's Underdog Wine Merchants, produces no dessert wines. Last fall, Cupcake introduced a selection of $ ... More >>

"Toy”-Camera Film Festival: The Kids Stay in the Pxl

Everything low-res is new again

Don't Knock the Rock '08

Can't stop the music

Can't Stop the Music

Movie Reviews: Encounters at the End of the World, Finding Amanda, Wanted

Also, The Unknown Woman, Expired and more

Richie Hawtin, Moonshadows Summer Sessions and Minuit

Sideways at Vertical

Pamela Z: Wunderkabinet

Best Dispatches From Captain's Quarters

A Race for Life

Adventure racer Louise Cooper

The Malloy Brothers Conspiracy

They left behind the world of competitive surfing and big-money contracts to get back to the roots of classic surfing. They might just save the sport.

Where’s the Beef?

Rustling makes a comeback in California

Post-Puck Generation

Cooking in the Age of Anxiety

Firing Arnold

Return of the Free Spirits

How Scary This Year Was for Parents:

Dinner at Eight

Expert Advice: Flower Power

The House Call

Let's Have a Party

Personal View

Hitting the Fan in 2002

Great Walls

Chinatown revisited

A Distaste for Trash

A Choice Experiment

Charter schools’ hype outpaces results

Between the Waves

An Absentee Lucia