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Ten Best New Year's Eve Parties in Los Angeles

Thanksgiving is for turkeys and Christmas Eve for church-goers -- but New Year's Eve? That's the night for a party! Here are the 10 most promising planned for L.A. this Dec. 31. 10. LA Loves Techno Insomniac offers this over-21 rave and rage in downtown with perpetual dance floor pumper Sasha (for ... More >>

Amanda Palmer Brought Her Traveling Art Party to Her L.A. Kickstarter Backers

On Thursday night, Amanda Palmer brought her traveling art party to Los Angeles' Pop tART Gallery. One of only six such events Palmer was throwing in the U.S. and Europe, the party was exclusively for people who donated at least $300 to her wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. Holly Rushing was ... More >>

Top 10 Badass L.A. Parties of 2011

Also see 10 Ways to Get Past a Bouncer and Top 10 L.A. Club Nights of 2011. At the risk of referencing LMFAO again, LA knows its party rockin' and we do it bigger and better than any other city in the world. New York may beat us at chic soirees, Miami might be sultrier and Vegas gaudier, but Los A ... More >>

Fashion's Night Out 2011: A Ferris Wheel on Rodeo Drive, Annie Flanders at Bar Marmont

Patrick Range McDonaldMannequins at Prada in Beverly Hills​Fashion's Night Out 2011 came to the Los Angeles area last night, with retail stores open later than usual and lots of champagne flowing for shoppers and invited guests. In Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive was blocked off to car traffic and ... More >>

LinA In LA Club/Party Picks: Muse Til Midnight, Sander Kleinenberg, The Lot

Check out the Tim Burton exhibit and hear Dublab DJs at LACMA; see Sat. ​For those who like to party, Summer's soiree schedule still shines pretty bright even as the seasonal shift begins. This week offers plenty of opportunities to get down 'ti' the leaves turn brown. It's in fact a very colo ... More >>

LinA In LA Club/Party Picks: DJ Colette, Red Devil Disco, Magic Wednesdays

Lina LecaroDemonic debauchery of the Kitty kind.​As the prolific rapper Nelly once said, "it's getting hot in here (so take off all your clothes)"... By "here" we mean Los Angeles, of course! Summer clubbing calls for way less attire; more, shall we say, refreshments; and a general reduction o ... More >>

LinA in LA: Dance Club, DJ and Party Picks For This Weekend

A steamy celebration; see Sunday pick.​ June Gloom can't dampen a dynamic dance party and this week, there's a bevy of bashes that got the goods, sunshine or no. No matter what the clouds may decide, floating about the floor is easy when great DJs and well-connected, experienced promoters ar ... More >>

Lenora Claire: P.T. Barnum With Boobs

Charo Gets 'Sexy-Sexy' at Mr. Black

Lina Lecaro Mr. Black Birthday boy Andres Rigal and Charo. ​Cher, Barbra, Dolly, Madonna, Gaga... What makes certain music divas demand adoration -- and one word mention-- particularly from gays? Sex appeal, flamboyance, stirring musicality and most importantly, a mouth. The wailing women who ... More >>

LinA in LA: Top DJ & Dance Club Picks for this Weekend (& Beyond)

Louie Vega​She can deny it all she wants, but anyone with eyes and ears can see Lady Gaga does rip off -eh, find heavy inspiration from- Madonna, musically and stylistically. Madonna ripped off '70's disco divas, NYC club kids, and gay nightlife looks and moves (Vogue?). The club kids ripped o ... More >>

Nightlife: Face Time at Austin Young's PoptART Unveiling Exhibit

Lina Lecaro Portraits that Pop. ​ Sly and the Family Stone sung "Everybody is a star" and Saturday night, it sure felt like it, as revered celebrity/drag queen/art star photographer Austin Young unveiled the shots he's been working on for the past several weeks as part of "Your Face Here, ... More >>

Dance Club Pick: Don't Leave the Cake Out in the Rain

Dance Club Pick: GOODBYE, SHITS & KITTY'S

Nightranger: Pounding the Pavement

Oh-Nine at Night

Twist and Shout

He’s Out of Our Life ... Not

Beige Beef Breeds New Rusty's Supperclub, and Lucent Dossier Experience at the Edison

N.A.S.A. lands at Cinespace for Aoki's bash