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Rio de Janeiro

  • Music

    March 22, 2012

    Music Picks: Funk-a-Palooza, Keith Jarrett, Ute Lemper & the Vogler Quartet

    Also, Hot Snakes, Strange Boys, Ken Parker, Flash Express and others

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    L.A. Street Fashion: Rose Bowl Flea Market

    Every second Sunday of the month in Pasadena is the famous Rose Bowl Flea Market, one of L.A.'s longest-running flea markets featuring tons of vendors selling their goods, from vintage and period clothing to antique furnishings. Something about outdoor flea markets always attracts people with such ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    10 Restaurants for Mardi Gras

    We think Paul Simon must have accidentally left out a few lyrics from "Take Me to the Mardi Gras." Sure, we love the "music in the street both night and day" and the chance to "jingle to the beat." But what about the celebratory New Orleans-style food and drinks? Jambalaya, gumbo, crawfish and etouf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    3748 Baldwin Avenue, El Monte: The Sad Gray Box

    Wendy Gilmartin​ This poor excuse for a building has no balconies, no overhangs, no awnings, no shrubs, no front windows, no shade, no hue, no nothing but a big square box of fugly.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    California Pole Dance Championships at Highlands: Sport Says Sayonara to Strip Clubs and Sets Sights on the Olympics

    George GrigorianAnjel Dust, a dancer for more than a decade, also is an organizer of the California Pole Dance Championships.​With her Lucite heels, cheeky schoolgirl pigtails and silky, hot pink disco shorts exposing admirable curves, the petite dancer is a textbook picture of urban erotici ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 17, 2011

    Elite Squad: The Enemy Within Review

    George GrigorianAnjel Dust, a dancer for more than a decade, also is an organizer of the California Pole Dance Championships.​With her Lucite heels, cheeky schoolgirl pigtails and silky, hot pink disco shorts exposing admirable curves, the petite dancer is a textbook picture of urban erotici ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1: What They Were Eating at the Premier

    Kathy A. McDonaldRobert Pattinson at the Twilight premiere​As every schoolgirl -- the presumed reader of The Twilight Saga books -- knows, vampires don't eat prepared food. A bit of a challenge for Monday night's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1 premiere organizers. Why? Because a f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Food News Roundup: The End of Butter, Lucky Charms Bake Sale Racial Profiling

    A. Scattergoodapple crates at Riley's Farm​ Los Angeles Times: UC Berkeley Republican club draws nationwide protests and support with a bake sale in which items are priced according to a buyer's race, ethnicity and gender. Gourmet Live: The history of teachers and apples. Or, what to read onl ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2011

    Music Picks: NKOTBSB, Mixed Message, Earthless

    Also, Catwalk, Holly Miranda, Darwin Dees, and others

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Don't Call It a Comeback: Red Hot Rio 2's Paul Heck

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    April 14, 2011

    Rio

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    PLEASE DO NOT GET UP AND JOIN IN

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    HARRY POTTER AND THE GUERRILLA WATER-COLORIST

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Interview: White Zombie's Sean Yseult Awakens Sleeping Corpses With New Book

    ​ We've often referred to ourselves as the "Where's Waldo" of L.A. music and nightlife, and now that our pal Sean Yseult has released her new book, I'm In The Band- Backstage Notes From The Chick In White Zombie, we really feel that way. Yseult, who was a founding member and bass player fo ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 4, 2010

    WASTE LAND

    ​ We've often referred to ourselves as the "Where's Waldo" of L.A. music and nightlife, and now that our pal Sean Yseult has released her new book, I'm In The Band- Backstage Notes From The Chick In White Zombie, we really feel that way. Yseult, who was a founding member and bass player fo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2010

    GO ART YOURSELF

    ​ We've often referred to ourselves as the "Where's Waldo" of L.A. music and nightlife, and now that our pal Sean Yseult has released her new book, I'm In The Band- Backstage Notes From The Chick In White Zombie, we really feel that way. Yseult, who was a founding member and bass player fo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2010

    LITTLE MISS SUNDANCE

    ​ We've often referred to ourselves as the "Where's Waldo" of L.A. music and nightlife, and now that our pal Sean Yseult has released her new book, I'm In The Band- Backstage Notes From The Chick In White Zombie, we really feel that way. Yseult, who was a founding member and bass player fo ... More >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2010

    Brick's Picks: For All Sizes

    ​ We've often referred to ourselves as the "Where's Waldo" of L.A. music and nightlife, and now that our pal Sean Yseult has released her new book, I'm In The Band- Backstage Notes From The Chick In White Zombie, we really feel that way. Yseult, who was a founding member and bass player fo ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    May 6, 2010

    Behind the Burly Q, Breath Made Visible, Mother and Child

    Also, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, Babies, Multiple Sarcasms, The Lightkeepers and more

  • Eat+Drink

    April 29, 2010

    Libra: Grill 'Er Up

    But first, a very long salad bar

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    SOME ENCHANTED EVENING

    But first, a very long salad bar

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    James Beard Semifinalists Announced: The L.A. Edition

    James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 18, 2010

    WARNING: CONTENTS MAY BE HOT

    James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2010

    BRAZIL 20-10

    James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

  • Stage

    September 10, 2009

    Blood and Guts: Rampages in The Night Is a Child and Not to Be

    James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Viva Brasil!

    James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

  • Stage

    April 9, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Mauritius, Tennessee Williams Unscripted, Home Siege Home

    Plus, Misalliance, Desperate Writers: The Final Draft and more

  • Film+TV

    March 6, 2008

    First Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival

    Surveying the foreign and familiar

  • News

    May 17, 2007

    Governator 2: Rise of the Girly Man

    Arnold’s budget beats up the weak

  • Columns

    December 7, 2006

    Small Town Cinema

    Arnold’s budget beats up the weak

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2006

    Music Picks

    For the week of June 22 - 29

  • Eat+Drink

    May 11, 2006

    Magic Beans

    For the week of June 22 - 29

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Generation Chef

    Fred Eric

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Founding Father

    Ayuko Babu

  • Music

    November 24, 2005

    Love Sculptures

    Super Furry Animals’ softer, simpler psychedelia

  • Film+TV

    August 25, 2005

    TB and Sympathy

    The Constant Gardener journeys into sub-Saharan Africa’s heart of darkness

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Environmental Ecstasy

    Santa Monica marks 10 years of renewal

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Yet More Lists

    Santa Monica marks 10 years of renewal

  • Film+TV

    August 28, 2003

    From Capoeira to Catfights

    The holy terrors of Madame Satã and Thirteen

  • Film+TV

    January 23, 2003

    Police and Thieves

    Fernando Meirelles on the dead-end denizens of Rio’s favelas

  • Film+TV

    January 23, 2003

    Straight Outta Ipanema

    Revelation versus exploitation in City of God

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    All in the Familia

    One man’s dogged pursuit of his drug cartel in-laws

  • News

    August 29, 2002

    Why Johannesburg Matters

    Two emerging world governing systems -- one corporate, one basically democratic -- fight for control of your world

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Demonios en la calle Broadway

    Milagros, exorcismos, anticatolicismo: cómo irse a la ruina en la Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios por Joseph Treviño

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Demons on Broadway

    Miracles. Exorcism. Catholic-bashing. Going for broke in the Universal Church.

  • LA Life

    August 5, 1999

    Slumming

    Touring a Rio de Janeiro favela

  • Music

    January 21, 1999

    Road Warrior

    Touring a Rio de Janeiro favela

  • Film+TV

    December 3, 1998

    Childhood’s End

    From Brazil to the People’s Republic

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Squinting at the Future

    Playa Vista is the Westside's housing of tomorrow

  • Eat+Drink

    June 25, 1998

    A Perfect Day for Banana Pizza

    Brazilian food - and soccer - in Culver City

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