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Why Chiwan Choi Is the Jay-Z of Poetry

Poet and publisher Chiwan Choi had just finished a reading in Highland Park and was riding the bus back to his downtown L.A. apartment when something changed. It was one of those picturesque days when the city seemed too perfect; the sky looked as if it had been painted by Rembrandt. Choi was excite ... More >>

Koreatown: America's Hippest Neighborhood

Reality show K-Town unmasks the liquid rituals fueling Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood

Joon Lee: The Jazz Junky

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Anyone willing to open a jazz club these days must be a little crazy, but if Joon Lee is nuts, he's doing a great job of hiding it. In fact, since its late 2009 debut in Little ... More >>

The AFI Films You Need to See

Our critics' recommendations for the best of the fest

Jonathan Gold Reviews Soban

Tabloid Review

Los Angeles Film Festival 2011 Preview

Stage Raw: Theatrification and Broadway 100

COMPREHENSVIE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Tim Crouch's The Author, and the Belarus Free Theatre L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESTHEATRIFICATION AND BROADWAY 100 ​Broadway and the Vaudeville circuit began in Los Angeles 100 years ago, in the downtown Historical Theater Di ... More >>

Stage Raw: Camino Real

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON THE BREAK OF NOON, AND CRACK WHORE GALORE -- LIVE!NEW PARTNERS ​CalArts teams up with the Theater @ Boston Court to present CAMINO REAL  (reviewed here on Tuesday) at the Pasadena theater. Photo by Ed Krieger. Another new pa ... More >>

Stage Raw: Furious Theatre Company and Pasadena Playhouse part ways

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON SPIDER-MAN, ON BROADWAYFURIOUS AND PASADENA PLAYHOUSE PART WAYSFor reasons having to do with Pasadena Playhouse's needs to lease its second space, The Carrie Hamilton Theater, and the need of Furious Theatre Company for a space with h ... More >>

Stage Raw: Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSPUZZLER​Padraic Duffy's noir drama of East German Spies opens this weekend at Sacred Fools Theater Company. Photo by C.M. GonzalezFAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVERJ. Michael Feldman's ... More >>

You Can't Go Home Again: Henry Rollins on Being Back in the USA, Autumnal Feelings and his Favorite Thomas Wolfe Passage!

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

Hanoi Henry: Henry Rollins Grooves to Funkadelic in Ho Chi Minh City, Bears Witness to the Still Open Wounds of America's Most Controversial War and Broadcasts Straight Outta Vietnam's Busy Streets

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

Gogi Gui and a Movie?

CGV Cinemas, Koreatown's new 3-D triplex, is no secret

Our Favorite Happy Hours

50 deal-driven places to get you and your wallet feeling a whole lot better

Norm the Lego Stormtrooper Tours Globe with Crystal Method

When Scott Kirkland of The Crystal Method left for tour last May, his young son gave him two Star Wars Lego figures to keep him company. One went missing. The other, a small Stormtrooper named Norm, went on to have the adventure of a lifetime. Scott KirklandNorm Trooper at Buckingham Palace​

Why EMI's YouTube Policy Is Short-Sighted

On Monday, rock band OK Go issued a statement through its fan forums regarding the release of its latest album as well as the music video for "This Too Shall Pass." Specifically, it's the video that has fans riled. You see, OK Go is affiliated with EMI and, like all bands who are part of that major ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

Laura Ling and Euna Lee Face Silence

In L.A., the Current TV employers of the imprisoned local journos duck and cover

Los Angeles Film Festival: Reviews, A to Z

Our critics weigh in on what — and what not — to see

Photo-Enhanced Counter Intelligence: Ginseng Soju and Other Images You Didn't See In the Original Review of Koreatown Goat-Soup Specialist Bulrocho

Anne FishbeinRevealed: ginseng soju "If you're lucky," wrote Jonathan Gold in his Counter Intelligence review "In the Midnight Hour: Late-Night Goat Supper at Bulrocho -- Dispensing Chile-Red Comfort in a Bowl of Koreatown Goat Soup," "you may be offered a taste of the house soju, a tea-colored cor ... More >>

LA People 2009: Catching Falling Stars — Alex Stickler

Giving L.A.'s dropouts a second chance

Movie Reviews: Bustin' Down the Door, Love Comes Lately

Also, A Man Named Pearl, CSNY: Deja Vu and more

Parks and Wreck: L.A.'s Fight for Public Green Space

In search of the Emerald City

Chunju Han-il Kwan Draws Hungry Night Crawlers With Its Budae Jjigae

Fusion reaction

Cannes 2008: A Brief History of the Directors' Fortnight

Inside the other Cannes

Where to Eat Now: New to the List

I Yam What I Yam: Mr. Pizza Factory

Retooling an Italian tradition

Koreatown: Glitter Babies Vs. Thugs

Stylish throngs with dough pour into the area. So do muggers and killers

The Encyclopedic City

Michael Govan wants to change the face of L.A. What are you going to do to help him?

Where To Eat Now

North and South

Visions of the DPRK at Pusan 2006

Critics’ Picks

Our guide to the best of AFI Fest 2006

Dangerous Denizens of the Deep

Best last meals from Davy Jones’ locker

Morning Glory

Sumi Chang

A Cheap Life

A shop owner tries to stop shoplifters

Film Reviews

For the week of March 31-April 6

Quest for Fire: Out of the Flames

L.A.'s best roasted, grilled sizzled and wood-baked cooking

Hangover Helper

Post-Puck Generation

Cooking in the Age of Anxiety

Letters

A Nuclear Standoff

Letters

The Sound of Silence

The Kids Are All Right

Headbanging for credit at the Musicians Institute

Jive Token

Aroma in Koreatown

Builder sniffs out city aid for private club

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