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How the Arts District Got Its Name

This week's L.A. Weekly profiles the one of the city's hottest neighborhoods: the downtown arts district. Check out the other stories in our series: *Tyler Stonebreaker: Curator of the Downtown Arts District *5 Best Places to Eat in the Downtown Arts District *6 Developments That Will Change the Dow ... More >>

5 Dance Shows To See This Week, Including Dancing at a Bus Station

This week's list of dance shows to see includes one that locavores might enjoy and another set in an unlikely corner of Van Nuys.

Henry Rollins: The Column! Our America

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Today: I am in Oklahoma City. Outside the tour bus, the wind is blowing nonstop, hair-dryer ho ... More >>

Political Prankster Steve Lambert Brings His Interactive Signs to Charlie James Gallery

Alexandra Gibson's Artistic Journey to a Oaxaca Slaughterhouse

Harry Hay, Gay Rights Pioneer and Radical Faerie, Turns 100 Years Old

Co-founder of the Mattachine Society and the Radical Faeries, longtime Los Angeles resident Harry Hay would have turned 100 years old on Saturday, April 7. He is widely regarded as the father of the American gay rights movement. By all accounts, Hay was a major league rebel, holding close to his pr ... More >>

Jeremiah Tower's Cookbook Collection

JeremiahTower.comJeremiah Tower on the beach​Cookbook collectors, get moving. Speed is necessary if you're going to snag a choice book from the collection that celebrity chef Jeremiah Tower has sold to Omnivore Books on Food in San Francisco. "They've gone fairly quickly," says rare book exp ... More >>

James Beard Awards 2012: Semifinalists Announced

Los Angeles chefs made a strong showing among the semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Awards, which were announced today. Local nominees for the Best Chef, Pacific award include Josef Centeno (Lazy Ox Canteen), Michael Cimarusti (Providence), David Feau (The Royce at the Langham), Matt Molina (M ... More >>

Beirut - The Greek Theater - October 4, 2011

Timothy NorrisZach Condon and his axe ​Beirut The Greek Theater October 4, 2011 As we wrote last week, playing a large, open-air amphitheater can be a challenge for any act that doesn't feature an orchestra or power chords. Last night, however, Beirut showed 'em how it's done. While autumn ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Luggage Room

First Bite: Luggage Room Unpacks in Pasadena

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ La Grande Orange, the Phoenix-based bar-and-grill octopus, has been poking its tentacles into all kinds of places lately, including the majestic Anisette space in Santa Monica, where it has just installed a gastropub called The Misfit. Its expansion also has extende ... More >>

Interview: Dangerbird Records' Newest Band The Fling On Strength And Stress [MP3]

​ As reported by Buzzbands L.A., Long Beach-based band The Fling became the newest signee with Silver Lake's Dangerbird Records this week, just as they were leaving town for a multi-state tour with (sudden labelmates) Darker My Love and Delta Spirit. Their self-released When The Madhouses App ... More >>

This weekend: Jonsi, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, the National, Die Antwoord, Paul Oakenfold, Hoodoo Gurus

Jonsi​Fans who witnessed Jónsi in the 93-degree heat at the Outdoor Theatre at Coachella in April fairly swooned over the Sigur Rós frontman's gorgeously orchestrated pop-prog anthems. Those people ain't seen nothin' yet. The falsetto-wielding singer-guitarist is touring behind his solo alb ... More >>

Nightranger: Outta-Sight Night

Q & A With John Sedlar, Part 2: Binge Eating in Tijuana, Horse Latitudes The New Restaurant

In the first part of our interview with John Sedlar, the chef considered the relative absence of Latino chefs in this town, as well as the nature of his new menu (well, menus; there are three) at Rivera. In part two, Sedlar -- who is from Santa Fe, New Mexico; Rivera is both a family name and the ch ... More >>

Guest Blogger: Letters from Rasputina, Part 2

Guest Blogger: Rasputina's Melora​ [Rasputina's Melora Creager, the undisputed doyenne of cello-based, kinda-goth, steampunk-avant-la-lettre indie music, has graciously agreed to guest-blog for West Coast Sound in anticipation of their upcoming LA gig at the Troubadour, this Saturday, August 1 ... More >>

Guest Blogger: Letters from Rasputina, Part 1

Guest Blogger: Rasputina's Melora​ [Rasputina's Melora Creager, the undisputed doyenne of cello-based, kinda-goth, steampunk-avant-la-lettre indie music, has graciously agreed to guest-blog for West Coast Sound in anticipation of their upcoming LA gig at the Troubadour, this Saturday, August 1 ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Ren Faire, Portugal. The Man, Rogue Wave

From Ren Faire to Rogue Wave, check out with LA Weekly was doing this weekend. Renaissance Pleasure Faire Shannon Cottrell​Saturday, Photographer Shannon Cottrell headed down to the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Park to check out The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire. From 16th century costume ... More >>

Gettin' Wiggy Wit It

It's a hairy Halloween; why don't you just comb over?

Like Fresh Cream: Al Green Teams With the Roots

Reverend re-imagines the notion of smooth soul

Downtown in Stereo: New Year’s Street Parties Compete

Year-end bashes fulfill L.A.’s huge dance-music appetite

Raw Power

Best Belly Fillers for the Ascension

Still Waters and Restless Currents

Erenberg, Mitchell and Alexander; “Migration Study”

The Other Coast

West meets East in “The Modern West”

Theater Reviews

Including this week's pick, It Ain't No Fairy tale

Jason the Beachcomber

Art Fair City

Photo L.A. kicks off the season

Carrying On

Nothing About Sunset Junction!

Split Over Atoms

Who will pay for San Onofre’s rehab?

Bliss for the Thunderers

What’s Killing Joshua Tree National Park?

Fire, smog, golf courses . . . and maybe even coffee-loving, rock-climbing hipsters like you

Getting Out of Town

Terry Allen and his chicken-fried Gesamtkunstwerk

The Breast Is Yet To Come

Edited by Kateri Butler

Fajita pitas, Octopus Tacos, and the Birth of California Cuisine

25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants

An Exquisite Scar

Life and commerce along the Alameda Corridor

Friends to Franz

The Elements

Terra firma at the Museum of Latin American Art, amusements and an old master at the Norton Simon

Star Wars Wars

The Best of Sitegeist

Hot Spot

The Colors Made Audible

My So-Called Rotten Life

Susan Tyrrell’s sentimental journey through money, fame, sex and amputation

True Quest

Looking for self in the Grand Canyon

Vintage Volts, Future Sound

Morton Subotnick: Return of the wizard

Oh, the Humanity

Outsider art, insider war, cyberspace and Selena

Star Wars Wars

Taste Globally, Picnic Locally

The Pursuit of Hippiness

Zaca Magic