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Poland

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2013

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Snowfall in Chinatown

    See also: *10 L.A. Art Spaces That Change Our Idea of What an Art Space Is *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying This week, a Eurasian collective tells uncanny histories, artists take on maintenance work and a sculptor builds an uncomfortably large minimalis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2013

    From Vampires to V-Day: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    Friday, Feb. 8 Barbra Streisand's award-winning directorial debut, Yentl, returns to the big screen at the Egyptian Theatre at 7:30 p.m. The musical that originated "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" and "The Way He Makes Me Feel" by composer Michel Legrand and lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman follows one ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 31, 2013

    Two Plays About Big Ideas

    Cassiopeia and Ganesh Versus the Third Reich Ruminate on Heaven and Earth

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2012

    Cheese-Making May Date Back 7,500 Years

    Aged cheeses are delicious, although 7,500 years old might be a bit much. But that's how old the practice of cheese-making may be -- much older than previously thought -- according to an article in the journal Nature. Scientists have reportedly discovered 7,500-year-old pottery fragments that have ... More >>

  • Stage

    October 11, 2012

    Europe in Love: The King of Hearts Is Off Again and The Belle of Belfast

    Jewish romance in Poland and Catholic romance in Ireland

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2012

    Begley/Huffman in November, Roger Robinson in Fraternity, Brushing up Our Shakespeare, Plus All the Latest New Theater Reviews

    Our critics were brushing up their Shakespeare over the weekend, with reviews of CymbelineJulius Caeser and Henry VI, Part I Jeff Stetson's 1987 retrospective drama on the effects of church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama is this week's Pick of the Week. For all the Latest New Theater Reviews, go to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2012

    Penny Marshall, E.T. and More: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    Our weekly list of special event movies to check out this week: Friday, Sept. 28 How do you examine the nature of time on film? VICE and Grolsch Film Works asked three filmmakers -- Russia's Alexy Fedorchenko, the U.S.' Harmony Korine and Poland's Jan Kwiecinski -- to do just that in three 30-minut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    World Cup of Baking Winners Announced in Paris

    No culinary fragrance can compete with that of freshly baked bread. You can be comforted, exalted, seduced, relieved, or stimulated by nutty yeast tones gently wafting toward you. Or maybe you're just hungry. The Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, or World Baking Cup, is an event that will make every ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    February 23, 2012

    Alina Szapocznikow at the Hammer Museum: Sexy Sculptures of a Forgotten Polish Genius

    No culinary fragrance can compete with that of freshly baked bread. You can be comforted, exalted, seduced, relieved, or stimulated by nutty yeast tones gently wafting toward you. Or maybe you're just hungry. The Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, or World Baking Cup, is an event that will make every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Music by Babies

    Two exhibitions with Chinatown in the title top this week's list, and both are remakes. One further twists Roman Polanski's already twisted classic film about where incest meets corporate corruption. The other is a sequel to an exhibition that never actually happened.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    The World in Dumplings: Or, Not Living By XLB Alone

    Dear Mr. Gold: I'd like to do a tour of the world's cuisines through dumplings. Xiao long bao [Chinese soup dumplings] may be my favorite food on Earth, but one does not live by XLB alone. So far I've got momo, gyoza, shui jiao, samosa and piroshki on the list, even though the latter two are perhaps ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    [Updated:] LA Weekly's First Annual Pancake Breakfast

    Flickr/stormgrasspancakes​ Update: 7/25, 2:30 p.m. A few more people will be cooking your pancake breakfast next month. Specifically, Salt's Cure, 101 Noodle Express and Glowfish Truck. Which should help answer some pressing questions about bacon. The issue of coffee is also coming into focus, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    reliq, SYMBOLCLUB and More: Berlin Goths Keep It Up All Night

    grayl growlsphoto by Adi Parvulescu​ Our writer Drew Denny traveled from L.A. to Lithuania, Germany, Poland and Denmark meeting artists and musicians for her "Overseas Underground" series. Her next stop was a goth club in Berlin, where she met the band reliq. Despite their myriad references ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Lithuania's Rebel Radio Station Neringa FM--Bringing Gaslamp Killer To The Baltics

    ​ Our writer Drew Denny traveled from L.A. to Lithuania, Germany, Poland and Denmark meeting artists and musicians for her "Overseas Underground" series. Her first stop was a national forest on the Baltic Sea where Lithuanian DJs celebrate their country's liberation on air. After the Soviet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Cannes 2011: The Winners

    ​ CANNES, FRANCE. The 64th Cannes Film Festival provided an exceptionally rich and varied slate and the jury--headed by Robert De Niro--proved both gracious and judicious in dividing their prizes among eight films.

  • Eat+Drink

    May 5, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Judges Cochon 555's Traveling Pork and Wine Bacchanalia

    ​ CANNES, FRANCE. The 64th Cannes Film Festival provided an exceptionally rich and varied slate and the jury--headed by Robert De Niro--proved both gracious and judicious in dividing their prizes among eight films.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    While We Were Thawing Our Toes This Morning, We Noticed That Unemployment Benefits Had Been Terminated For 2 Million Americans

    ZastavkiWhad'ya say we all just move to Antarctica​What a bone-chilling way to slide into December. Not to mention the holidays. We woke up this morning after a night of visible breath and twinkly lights to the news that unemployment benefits will likely terminate for 2 million people by th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Meg Whitman And Jerry Brown First Debate Smackdown; Their Goal: Don't Say Anything Stoopid

    ​As Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman debate for the first time tonight at 6 on ABC 7 in Los Angeles, advisers are no doubt deep in fear, hoping their candidates avoid: 1)Saying something stupid that can be used in an advertisement, ala, Gerald Ford's gaffe in a 1976 debate that Poland wasn't under th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Klaxons, Sebastien Tellier, Black Lips, Tokyo Police Club Confirmed for Filter Mag's 'Culture Collide' Fest

    Klaxons, Sebastien Tellier, Black Lips, Tokyo Police Club Confirmed for Filter Mag's 'Culture Collide' Fest

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Squid Ink Special: Army Brand Chopped Pork Pattie Loaf

    We happened into Karpaty Meat Shop, a Russian market on Santa Monica Boulevard, and found it to be a rather charming and inexpensive place to do some interesting shopping. They have organic fruits and vegetables, and as the name implies, a good selection of raw meat. On the other end of the deli are ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 31, 2009

    Recession Be Damned: Best Theater of 2009

    A thriving year for stage in L.A.

  • Film+TV

    December 24, 2009

    Movie Reviews: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Creation, Sherlock Holmes

    Also, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Stage Raw: ZAR

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on producer Sir Cameron MackintoshStage Raw: ZAR Theatre ZAR from Wroclaw, Poland has been in Southern California for over a week, conducting workshops of their choral-physical technique at UC Irvine and UCLA. Their Tryptich opens next w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Stage Raw: Pasolini on Stage

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on producer Sir Cameron MackintoshNEW REVIEW T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. ​Photo by Stefan OkolowiczThis riveting production from Poland's TR Warszawa theater troupe, presented as part of the UCLA Live Eighth International Theater Festival, is ada ... More >>

  • Stage

    October 22, 2009

    In the Land Where Theater Is Hip

    Two Polish productions coming to UCLA

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Stage Raw: Comedies About the End of the World

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHE LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsCOMEDIES ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD​Poland's Theatre ZAR rehearsing Gospels of Childhood at the Barbican in London, where they performed last month. That piece is the first third of the ... More >>

  • Stage

    July 23, 2009

    Polish Theater, Unmasked

    West Meets East, On Stage and Off

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Stage Raw: Introducing Mr. Merkin

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSBreaking News: Actor Karl Malden has died at the age of 97. INTRODUCING MR. MERKINMr. Merkin, writing his theater review of a production in Chicago, from the vantage of Wroclaw, PolandStage Raw is happy to welcome ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Stage Raw: Spirits of Michael Jackson and Jerzy Grotowski

    THE LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSCheck back here Monday afternoon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Shakespeare Unscripted at Impro Theatre; Insanity at NoHo Arts Center; Farragut North at the Geffen Playhouse; The Voisey Inheritance at Theatre 40; Te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Stage Raw: Coming Home

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSFor the latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS and an update from the Grotowski Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, press the Continue Reading tab at the bottom of this section. NEW REVIEW THEATER PICK COMING HOME Photo by Ed KriegerA sequel to his 1995 post apartheid play Valley Song, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Stage Raw: Pilgrimage

    The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSFor local productions scheduled to be reviewed this weekend, press the Continue Reading tab at the bottom of this section.PILGRIMAGELurching towards oblivion? Sculpture on Swidnicska Street, Wroclaw Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Stage Raw: Angels in Poland

    The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperANGELS IN POLANDMadonna and child in Wroclaw, Poland, where L.A.'s theater directors are making a strong showing as "core participan ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    The Wages of Greed

    The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperANGELS IN POLANDMadonna and child in Wroclaw, Poland, where L.A.'s theater directors are making a strong showing as "core participan ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    Tov ponders the will to survive

    The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperANGELS IN POLANDMadonna and child in Wroclaw, Poland, where L.A.'s theater directors are making a strong showing as "core participan ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    April 24, 2008

    Borrowed Time and High Hopes at Annual Polish Film Survey

    The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperANGELS IN POLANDMadonna and child in Wroclaw, Poland, where L.A.'s theater directors are making a strong showing as "core participan ... More >>

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Best Last Dances

    Vivo Dancesport

  • LA Life

    May 10, 2007

    David Poland

    A fan's notes

  • Film+TV

    April 26, 2007

    Eighth Annual Polish Film Festival Los Angeles

    A fan's notes

  • Eat+Drink

    November 2, 2006

    Ask Mr. Gold: Favorite Cookbooks

    A fan's notes

  • Columns

    May 11, 2006

    The Conversation

    A fan's notes

  • Film+TV

    April 27, 2006

    The Seventh Annual Polish Film Festival

    A fan's notes

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Young at Heart

    Future: Last chance for our theater

  • News

    November 24, 2005

    The Haunted Stage

    A journey through Poland reveals ghosts of the past and hopes for the future

  • Stage

    August 11, 2005

    Living and Dying in L.A. - Part 2

    In the shadow of Michael Ritchie’s new CTG, local artists look for sunlight

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    More Lists

    In the shadow of Michael Ritchie’s new CTG, local artists look for sunlight

  • News

    June 6, 2002

    Patriot Games

    In the shadow of Michael Ritchie’s new CTG, local artists look for sunlight

  • Stage

    February 15, 2001

    Polish Joker

    Frederic Chopin, time traveler

  • Film+TV

    December 30, 1999

    The Exile

    Director Agnieszka Holland

  • Art+Books

    October 21, 1999

    The Misfits

    American Westerns through Polish eyes

  • Film+TV

    June 24, 1999

    Head Trip

    Jerry Garcia's favorite movie!

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