Nobel Peace Prize

Jeremy Scahill of the New Film Dirty Wars Talks About the Dangers of Covert Ops

Dennis Rodman Visits North Korea?!

Basketball bad boy and former SoCal party man Dennis Rodman was expected to arrive in North Korea today. That according to Associated Press, which reports exclusively that Rodman is headed to the most politically isolated nation on the planet with a crew from Vice Media. He's being billed as "an un ... More >>

Henry Rollins Doesn't Smoke Marijuana. But He Has No Problem With It

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] If the spread of marriage equality wasn't enough good news for you, recreational use of marijua ... More >>

Athol Fugard's The Blue Iris at the Fountain Theatre

L.A. Gay Pride: Author Robert V. Taylor Answers 'What Does It Mean To Be Gay?'

Los Angeles Gay Pride starts up on June 8, and we thought it's a good time to ask, 'What does it mean to be gay?' In a weeklong series, different gay folks will answer that question. To kick it off, we have Robert V. Taylor, the author of A New Way to Be Human. He is an openly gay Episcopal priest ... More >>

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Rev. Robert V. Taylor Talk Gays and God at LACMA

Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu made a rare appearance in Los Angeles last night at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with his friend and protege the Rev. Robert V. Taylor, who has written the book A New Way to be Human. A God that loves everyone and connects everyone figures h ... More >>

Sacramento Press Joins Washington on Love Train for L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (Barf)

Well, it looks like L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will get what he wanted all along: a ticket out of this place. Everyone seems to love this guy but the people who elected him (and who've been dealing with that decision for the past half-decade). The New York Times ran a glowing piece last month ... More >>

Thoughts From A Random Black Guy: Jasper Dolphin Makes Amazing Rescue

Brick Stowell​[Editor's note: Odd Future member Lionel Boyce writes a weekly column for West Coast Sound. His archives are available here.] Dr. Jasper Dolphin, a member of that one rap group known as The Odd Futures, is set to receive a medal of honor, the key to the city and the Nobel Peace ... More >>

Granito: How to Nail A Dictator Review

C.A.V.E. Gallery's New Show is 'Street Art Saved My Life,' But How Exactly Does that Happen?

Courtesy of C.A.V.E. GalleryGerman street art duo Various & Gould's self-portrait, Street Art Saved OUR Lives​ Now that MOCA's "Art in the Streets" exhibition has finally shut its doors, where can you go for your next fix? C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice has the answer: this Friday, it opened "Str ... More >>

Gay Community Asked to March in Martin Luther King Jr. Kingdom Day Parade

​The gay and lesbian folks at Here to Stay Coalition and Jordan/Rustin Coalition are asking other gay and lesbian folks to join them for the Martin Luther King Jr. Kingdom Day Parade in Leimert Park in Los Angeles. The parade, which honors Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil rights icon the R ... More >>

Why is Armenia Anti-Emo?

Lauryn Hill Schedules Tour, Anti-Emo Armenia, Pearl Jam Makes Festival, Dylan's Lyrics Bring Big Bucks

Desmond Tutu Criticizes President Barack Obama's AIDS Strategy

Rev. Desmond Tutu​AIDS Healthcare Foundation president Michael Weinstein isn't the only person slamming President Barack Obama's AIDS strategy, which L.A. Weekly reported last week. Now Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu has spoken out. "I appreciate that tough financial times require the ... More >>

Happy Martin Luther King Day: Go Bake Some Cookies

A. ScattergoodDemocrat & Republican ginger cookies​Squid Ink is off for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Between the holiday and the rainstorm, it's a good day to stay home if you can and bake some cookies. Going with the day's theme of nonviolence, here's a recipe for sugar cookies from ... More >>

Under the Influence: Did L.A. Weekly Inhale?

Dodgers/Cardinals and the Beauty of Baseball's Revolving Door

​ The Cardinals took three shots to the gut Thursday. The first was literal, when Matt Holliday misplayed James Loney's two-out line drive against reliever Ryan Franklin, the ball bouncing off the left fielder's mid-section and allowing the tying run to reach second base. The second shot ... More >>

A Guide to Dressing for Classic Cocktail Fans

Deborah StollIt's Easy When You Don't Have A Body​If you love L.A.'s booming cocktail culture but aren't sure how to dress the part, below are some fashion tips courtesy of Sarah Dale, proprietress of Pull My Daisy in Silverlake. Carrying predominately local designers with predilections towa ... More >>

On the Road to Burma

Globetrotting with Ozomatli, unlikely U.S. diplomats

The All-About-Me Mayor: Antonio Villaraigosa's Frenetic Self-Promotion

Hours of travel, fund-raising and PR leave little time for his job

Rehab or Bust: A Guide to L.A.'s Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers

Falling Sky: Athol Fugard's Victory

The playwright's latest premieres in Los Angeles

Victory

Ed Begley Jr.: Mr. Always Right

Ed Begley Jr. on celebrity, activism and his reality show, Living With Ed

Tookie and the Death Penalty

Blue Rage, Black Redemption

Film Reviews: Rails & Ties, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains

Seeing Pedro Costa

Dreaming with open eyes

Matt Groening: Life Is Swell

The possible Nobel laureate on his dreams, his alt-weekly past and, oh yeah, The Simpsons Movie

Aaron Cohen: Sex Slaves, Drug Trade and Rock n' Roll

In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought he’d seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar.

Hungry for Stink

Shooting the shit with Tenacious D

Time’s Up, Clarence

Why the crowds aren’t shouting to spare an aged death-row inmate

Farewell to Tookie

Tookie’s Inhumanity

An argument for sparing a cold-blooded killer

Tookie’s Saving Grace

Can the convicted killer’s inspirational books persuade the governor to spare him?

Letters

Scavengers

Chicanos and the Man

Comedian Paul Rodriguez and his skateboarding son, Paulie, are rich and famous. But where would they be without Pablo?

Call me Nostradamus

10 signs of the apocalypse

Tehran Nights

Peeking Through the Stage Door

Behind the scenes of Athol Fugard’s newest play

The Dwarf Got Dissed

Why this year’s Oscars suck more than usual

10 Cents a Life

Ignoble Sentence

Death row's nominee for peace prize might be helped by high-court ruling on racial bias

Letters

The Accidental Hero

Illinois Governor Ryan and the death penalty

The Good, the Bad and the Rest of Us

Nature Boy

Adam Werbach’s audacious plan for the Sierra Club