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The Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, March 1 Morrissey and Patti Smith STAPLES CENTER The Staples Center has been making headlines by going all-vegetarian for Morrissey's March 1 visit, a request that even Paul McCartney has been denied in the past. A meat-free Staples deserves mention, but it still doesn't impress more than t ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Australian Finger Limes

Wonderful things happened when Australia was ripped away from the rest of the world's landmass around 65 million years ago. That continental isolation yielded some quirky and celebrated evolutionary wonders in both flora and fauna. The platypus and koala get most of the play, but the rainforest fr ... More >>

Heat Wave Comes to Southern California: 126 Degrees Expected in Death Valley

Updated at the bottom with Southern California Edison urging us to conserve energy. First posted at 7 a.m. The June gloom sticking to our coastline well into August had you down, and you were waiting for summer to finally arrive? Better late than never: The National Weather Service this week issu ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Sequoia Cherries USDA SNAP Access

The big news at farmers markets this week had little to do with actual fruits and vegetables as much as our access to them. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced $4 million in awards to help states expand availability of wireless technology in farmers markets so they can particip ... More >>

Edward Sharpe and 
the Magnetic Zeros Return With New Music and a Show 
at The Greek

For the past five years, Los Angeles indie-rock heroes Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have spread their catchy indie folk to the masses, even landing their single "Home" in an NFL commercial. Having toured extensively in support of their 2009 breakthrough debut, Up From Below, the Zeros are ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Market: The Many Colors of Rhubarb

Rhubarb doesn't do well in L.A. gardens. The sleeping rhizomes that sit dormant underground in winter need many chilly days and nights in order to even think about poking above ground in spring. Freezing, chilly weather doesn't help either, as they are barely frost tolerant. Their ideal situation ... More >>

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Berkeley Street Studio - 4/5/12

What: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Where: Berkeley Street Studios When: 4/5/12 Better than... Watching that adorable man and his daughter cover "Home" on YouTube for the millionth time. Under the cover of great secrecy, in a tiny studio in Berkeley Street in Santa Monica, Edward Sharpe and ... More >>

Subsuelo: Boyle Heights' most eclectic neighborhood dance party.

It's a Wednesday night and Eastside Luv Wine Bar is starting to sizzle. Flamenco dancer La Tigresa, wearing jeans, climbs up on the wide wooden bar and stomps dramatically, then cracks a subversive smile. It's not your typical flamenco set. The rest of the bar ― part hip-hop scene, part cumbia clu ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Persian Sweet Limes (or Lemons)

"This lemon will cure that cough of yours," advised a fellow market-goer. It turned out that her motherly advice wasn't simply anecdotal. The Sweet Lemon, or Sweet Lime depending on who you talk to, is incredibly high in Vitamin C and has been a favorite of Mediterranean and Persian cultures for c ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Tamopan Persimmons Holiday Hollywood Market Hours

Felicia FriesemaTamopan persimmons from Mud Creek Ranch.​The acorn-shaped Tamopan persimmon is being harvested from Mud Creek Ranch's five trees this month. More commonly available in Asia, specifically its native China, the Tamopan lives between two worlds. It grows large and oblate like fu ... More >>

Art With Dude Appeal: Rock Carvings On Grimes Canyon Road

L.J. Williamson​ "Best Art I Saw All Week" is a new feature of the blog in which one of our contributors writes about one particular L.A. artwork he or she saw in a museum, in a gallery, on the streets or anywhere else. If you see a work that you like, feel free to submit your own a post by up ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Local Eggs Iowa Egg Recall Anniversary

Felicia FriesemaKendor Farms free range eggs at the Hollywood market.​ Eggs? Yes, eggs. This week is National Farmers Market Week, and while the bulk of what you see piled high on tables at your local market is more flora than fauna, here and there you'll likely see neatly stacked cartons of ... More >>

The Top 5 Hollywood Bowl Classical Concerts to Enjoy While Stoned: Smoke a Bowl Before The Bowl

Look at all those trees, dude. ​By Christian Hertzog Marijuana has a well-deserved reputation for being a recreational substance enjoyed at live concerts of rock, rap, and--especially--reggae. Should anyone be surprised that some folks enjoy a righteous hit of cheeba before attending a classi ... More >>

Jimenez Family Farm: For "Thrifty" Lamb Necks And Whole Rabbits How To Cook Them

JgarbeePre-Roast Pet Rabbit Guilt​The Jimenez Family Farm motto, "everything under the sun," is more than apt for this Santa Ynez-based family business that offers up an assortment of produce (check out the gorgeous blueberries and boysenberries this time of year), salsas and preserves, and ho ... More >>

Self Preservation: Master Food Preservers Confront Food Safety Issues

Felicia FriesemaMaster Food Preserver Ernest Miller teaches about jar inspection at the UC Cooperative Extension​ Ernest Miller, Executive Chef at Farmer's Kitchen and Master Food Preserver (MFP) Instructor for the UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) (also we love that their website is ucanr.org), ... More >>

Indentured-Immigrant Teens Growing Pot In Southern California?

​Authorities in Ventura County fear they might have come across a trend: Teenagers from Mexico forced to tend marijuana crops in Southern California as a means of paying of smugglers who brought them stateside. According to Associated Press, two teens were recently arrested on suspicion of c ... More >>

Your Server's Other Job: Tobias Jelenik Talks The Nickel Diner, Point Break Live, Carnie Sideshows and Buddhist Monks

H Magazine​Tobias Jelenik is a server at The Nickel, plays Bodhi in Point Break Live (the Patrick Swayze role for those of you who don't know) and has a striking new collage-like column in H Magazine. Squid Ink met up with Tobias in the converted laundromat he calls home. While juicing carro ... More >>

A Great Walnut Season: La Nogalera's New Batch of Walnut Oil A Recipe

Photo credit: Amy ScattergoodLa Nogalera walnut stand​Between Buellton and Lompoc in Santa Barbara County, about 11 miles from the ocean on the inland side of the Santa Ynez Mountains, you'll find Rancho La Viña--and some of the best walnuts in this part of the country. This pleasant fact is ... More >>

Celebrate 30 Years of L.A. Farmers' Markets at City Hall This Thursday

These days it seems like no matter where you live in Southern California, there's a farmers' market or two nearby offering fresh, locally grown fruits and veggies. Yet while farmers' markets in Los Angeles have a long history, (Third and Fairfax passed the 75 year mark earlier this summer) the Garde ... More >>

Onward! The Philharmonic's Concrete Frequency

And Esa-Pekka Salonen’s final season

Nagano: On the Road

Art thou not Kent?

Hail, Farewell

Once More Into the Bowl

Leonard Slatkin and Christopher O’Riley at the Hollywood Bowl

Fingerings

Alfred Brendel at Disney Hall - and Alan Rich honored at City Hall

More or Less

Day of the Rabbit

Theme parks and serial killers in Marshall Karp’s first novel

This Just In

Hal Fishman

Emergency in the E.R.

The Dirty Old Men Meet the Critics

Go Vertical, Young Green

How apartment living is good for the environment

Shackles and Flight

Charlayne Woodard’s play about getting through the dark

Pipe Poop

Uneasy Rider

Biz as Usual

Hijacked by Hybrids

Who unplugged the electric car?

Last Year’s Last List

The Prose and the Passion

In the Beginning

Ludwig the Eternal

Ten Who Care

Ten local heroes, in alphabetical order, who make the cultural desert bloom

Not With a Whimper, but a Bang

Picking Up the Pieces

The Moon and the Stars

Island of Bliss

Family Picnic

Boys and Girls Together

The Big Bang at the Bing

Fast Track

I got railroaded and now I’m hooked

Roll Over, Beethoven

Ludwig Lives