Pacific Rim

REDCAT'S New Original Works Festival Shows How Visual Innovation Can Make Theater More Relevant

Anthrax's Scott Ian on Why Horror Movies and Metal Go Together

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian is playing songs from the band's 1987 thrash metal masterpiece Among The Living and their new covers record Anthems on tour right now. He's also taken on a second gig hosting Fangoria's Blood and Guts, a YouTube series on The Nerdist Channel in which he meets with masters ... More >>

L.A. Theater 2013: A Preview

Blame USC For All The Immigrants In L.A.

You complain about all these immigrants in L.A., pointing to some of our more colorful, downtown-adjacent environs as hotbeds or foreignness? Okay. But do you ever point the finger at ... USC? Yes, our Trojan friends are responsible for much importation of overseas talent, it would seem:

8.6 Earthquake in Indian Ocean Triggered Aftershocks in L.A.'s Backyard

If you've noticed that the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Rim seems to rock like a frat party every time there's a giant earthquake, new science might just back up your observation. A new study by U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Fred Pollitz documents how the Pacific Rim went bonkers following ... More >>

Radar L.A. Returns Next Year, Plus the Latest New Theater Reviews

Radar L.A., the festival of local and Pacific Rim performance troupes that performed last summer, has secured the funding to return to Los Angeles in September, 2013. This was confirmed by Olga Garay, Executive Director of L.A. city's Department of Cultural Affairs, and Diane Rodriguez, Director of ... More >>

At Mezze, Chef Micah Wexler Nails a Menu of Creative, Middle Eastern-Inspired Dishes

We Don't Need No Playwright: How Ensemble-Created Work Is Changing L.A. Theater

The Standing Room: A Hawaiian Lunch 
in Redondo Beach, 
Without Chairs

It seems crazy to find a line winding out the door of Catalina Liquors. But a stream of hungry humanity queues up at this nondescript Redondo Beach convenience store to score the outrageous sandwiches and Hawaiian-inspired lunch plates sold at The Standing Room within. This minuscule, seatless deli, ... More >>

9 Best Macaroni & Cheese Dishes in Los Angeles

What makes a great mac & cheese is perhaps more intensely subjective than pizza crust preferences. Is it thick creamy cheese sauce or a layer of cheesy crust? Some say it requires a generous topping of seasoned breadcrumbs, while others are staunchly anti-crumb. Instead of answer or impose, we thoug ... More >>

Top 10 L.A. Theater Experiences of 2011

Q & A with George Abou-Daoud: On Township, One Bad Review, and Why "Nobody Cared" About District

Just a couple of weeks ago, George Abou-Daoud owned seven restaurants in Los Angeles (The Bowery, Delancey, Gelatovino, The Mercantile, The Mission Cantina, Rosewood Tavern, Tamarind Ave. Deli). But as of last week, he has an eighth, Township Saloon, which begins serving lunch today, and stays open ... More >>

Radar L.A. Festival

Stage Raw: Somewhere, Over the Radar

COMPLETE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE : A Case for Small Theater​The Groundings' Crazy Uncle Joe Show has a one-night only tenth anniversary performance (Wed., June 22, 8 p.m.) featuring (pending cast availability) Kristen Wiig, Kevin Nealon, Maya Rudolph, Michael Sheen, Will ... More >>

L.A. Theater's Moment of Truth

In the national spotlight this summer, will we show we've grown up, or just embarrass ourselves?

Could California's Big One Be Around the Corner, Triggered by Japan's 9.0 Earthquake?

tomvandewegheJapan's big one.​One man caused a lot of fright in California in recent days, and we're not talking about Gov. Jerry Brown. No, he's journalist Simon Winchester, who wrote in Newsweek that the Japanese 9.0 earthquake March 11 paired with other Pacific Rim shakers could help trigg ... More >>

PEN AND THE ART OF WRITING INSTRUMENTS

Return to Sender

What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

Where To Eat Now

Where to Eat Now

Where To Eat Now

Where to Eat Now

Thirty-five new entires to the list

Where To Eat Now

Where To Eat Now

Bar Wares

Yatai Asian Tapas Bar

Where to Eat Now

Japanese

Downtown Budget Lunch

Orris Takes Root

Post-Puck Generation

Cooking in the Age of Anxiety

Don't Call It a Comeback

Beacon, a new kind of hybrid

Japanese

Braise Be: Jar

Beyond the Bar

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Super Bowls

Recapping next season

From Formosa With Love

Where to go when you need to Taiwan on

First Bites

Tastes from some of the city’s newest restaurants

Eatin’ ’em for Breakfast

After all, it’s the most important meal of the day

Mako: A Room of His Own

Chef Mako Tanaka branches out

I, the Jury

Walking distance from the courthouse downtown

Slither

Noodles walk among us . . .

Aging to Perfection

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Loco Moco and Other Delights

1998's best dishes

Hawaiian Aye

Bruddah's island soul

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