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A Boardwalk Vendor Who Sells Stories, by Request

While the Hammer Museum debuted the Venice Beach Biennial as part of the museum's "Made in L.A." exhibit this past weekend, Chicago-based Franki Elliot jostled for a spot on the Venice Boardwalk in order to collect material for her own project, Typewriter Stories. Saturday afternoon, the 20-someth ... More >>

L.A. Pedophile Bust Dismantles International Child Porn Ring

L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasco

How rail service to the Westside jumped the track

Stage Raw: Circle X and Bootleg Hook Up to Read Plays

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on John StepplingCIRCLE X AND BOOTLEG HOOK UP TO READ PLAYS Circle X Theatre Company and Bootleg are joining forces to present a series of Monday night readings of new works, starting September 13, at the Bootleg venue. Playwrights s ... More >>

Stage Raw: James Gammon Memorial

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain Theatre MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES GAMMON: Sunday, August 22, 2 p.m. at the MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue in Hollywood. RSVP here Check back Monday night for reviews of: BOY'S LIFE, Howard Korder's 1988 ba ... More >>

Stage Raw: A Wolf Inside the Fence

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlNEW REVIEW GO A WOLF INSIDE THE FENCE ​Photo courtesy of Open Fist Theatre Company "You can't lose your way in a history class. You can only go backwards," says Linus McBride (Arthur Hanket), a history teacher who seems to be losin ... More >>

Women Firefighters: The Gender Boondoggle

City Hall's dream of recruiting more females is a multimillion-dollar disaster

Silent Wraith: Chester Turner

By slaying troubled black women, LA's worst serial killer operated invisibly for years

Keepers of the Magic Kingdom

Watch closely among Disneyland’s tourists and you might spot the Disneyana people, protecting Walt’s vision and living most of their waking lives in the happiest place on Earth

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A Killer Job

How a lousy lawyer landed Stephen Wayne Anderson on Death Row

Flight Patterns

Walter Kirn’s Up in the Air

The Moralist

Neil LaBute, Latter-Day Filmmaker

Juke Joint Jive

Jimmie Maddin on the L.A. scene circa the '40s & '50s