South Africa

Roger Ballen Directed Rap Group Die Antwoord's Crazy-Popular 'I Fink U Freeky' Video. Now He Has an Art Show in Beverly Hills

On a quiet day in Beverly Hills, right around the corner from Rodeo Drive, Die Antwoord's "I Fink U Freeky" blasts through a white-walled gallery. A walk inside reveals a bathtub in which a mannequin stands with plastic body parts strewn beneath it, as furry, black rats crawl around. Parts of the wa ... More >>

Jon Robin Baitz's Play Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum, Reviewed

Light in the Attic Finds Old Records and Releases Them Like They're New

The offices of Light in the Attic live up to the label's name. Walk up the narrow stairwell of a nondescript Hollywood apartment building and you're immediately bathed by light-blue photons streaming through the second-floor window. Its cupboards are stuffed with pristine, vacuum-sealed vinyl, and i ... More >>

Transfigured LACMA

10 Awesome Photos of Space, From 'The History of Space Photography' Show in Pasadena

Four hundred years ago, stargazing was practically illegal. The Roman Inquisition sentenced Galileo for supporting Copernican astronomy, and most people still believed the earth was flat. Fortunately, science has since come a long way, and now, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena has made space e ... More >>

Patrick Soon-Shiong, L.A.'s Richest Man, Joins Steven Cohen in Dodgers Bid

With owner Frank McCourt's April 30 deadline to sell the team rapidly approaching, and with potential suitors--like alleged con man, and L.A. Weekly cover boy, Josh Macciello--dropping like flies, bidding for the Dodgers is getting serious. Hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen gained a new asset in ... More >>

Jeb Corliss Video Captures Gnarly Base Jumping Crash at South Africa's Table Mountain

Jeb Corliss, the insane Venice base jumper who calls himself "fearless," lived up to that adjective this week when he told ABC News that he will "jump again" following a caught-on-video (after the jump) accident in South Africa that left his leg bones in pieces. He's expected to get out of the hosp ... More >>

Pan African Film Festival 2012

Braille Burger Buns, Or, How to Tap the Blind Social Media

​Here's another case where foreign ad agencies are handing American agencies their asses. South Africa's Wimpy Burgers has Braille menus for the blind, and to get the word out, they created some special burger buns using sesame seeds to spell out messages in Braille.

The Kosher Corridor

A restaurant renaissance in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood

Main Attrakionz, DaVinci, Jonti - Bootleg Gallery - September 30, 2011

Main Attrakionz, DaVinci, Joni Bootleg Gallery September 30, 2011 Better than ... the indie band in the other room. Throw a pop-up show for say, Prince, and the place is packed within minutes of the doors opening. But for groups still teetering on the verge of simply Internet fame, it's riskier b ... More >>

Q & A With Amavi's Jean-Francois Pellet: On Wine Life, Tequila (Why Not?) Coors Light

pepperbridge.comPellet And Friends At Pepperbridge, with Champagne​When Washington winemakers like Jean-François Pellet of Pepper Bridge and Amavi Cellars swoop into town, there is usually one thing on the tasting agenda: Serious wine talk. About their own wines, of course. But during our rec ... More >>

'Post 9/11' Exhibit at OHWOW Gallery: What 21st Century Art of Rebellion Looks Like

Courtesy of Team GalleryRyan McGinley: Taylor (Rushing River), 2011​ When Osama bin Laden was killed in May and young people, "the Millennials," gathered at the White House, Lafayette Park and Ground Zero in a surprising burst of euphoria, their optimism was unnerving. Did they really imagine ... More >>

Lara Logan Confirms She Was Brutally and Repeatedly Raped in Egypt: Why Did the Media Think She Wasn't?

CBS NewsThe photo of Logan that CBS originally included in its news flash, "moments before she was attacked on Feb. 11, 2011."​In the hours and days following CBS reporter Lara Logan's brutal and repeated rape in Egypt, the world understandably wanted details. But Logan only released a brief state ... More >>

The Bang Bang Club

Kogi Meets Googie

Graphic design helps food trucks get attention

Lara Logan, CBS Reporter and Warzone 'It Girl,' Raped Repeatedly Amid Egypt Celebration

Lara Logan, the "60 Minutes" firecracker who was raped at the moment of Egypt's overthrow​Updated after the jump: Commenters respond to bloggers respond to reporters respond to Tweeters respond to the inexcusable crime against Lara Logan. Breaking news: South African TV journalist Lara Logan ... More >>

Top 10 Under-the-Radar Grammy Artists You Should Know

​Sure, you may secretly dance to Justin Bieber in your Wonder Woman undies or fantasize about Drake making you a hot fudge sundae, but there's a lot more talented, relatively unknown musicians hiding in the Grammy nominee list. The Grammys, on the most part, are about the awards gifted to peo ... More >>

Best Cookbooks of 2010 That Double As Cultural History Studies: Cook Learn

Luis Manuel GuaidaDiana Kennedy Has So Many Things To Teach You About Oaxacan Cooking​For those who complain there is simply no time to do it all, that these days you must choose between cooking and reading (in that precious weeknight window of time between your last Tweet and lights out), thi ... More >>

What To Cook On A 2,500-Year-Old Boat, Part 1

Danielle EubankThe Phoenicia sets sail.​When Danielle Eubank signed on as the expedition artist (a fabulous title I don't see often enough on resumés) for the Phoenicia, a facsimile of an ancient Phoenician vessel that would spend two-and-a-half-years sailing around Africa, she expected a lac ... More >>

The Train Driver

Stage Raw: The Train Driver

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leap of Faith and God's FavoriteNEW REVIEW GO THE TRAIN DRIVER ​ Photo by Ed Krieger South African playwright Athol Fugard's plays have dealt with the havoc wrought in his country by Apartheid, but his more recent works also often possess the feel of a ghos ... 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 >>

Wine Vending Machines: Coming To A Supermarket Near You

Inhabit.comComing Soon: Pump-Your-Own Wine Vending Machines​ In the past few months we've heard of all sorts of wine innovations, from single-serve wine glass to canned wine to Hello Kitty branded booze, and now there's another one to add to the list. Courtesy of the French, who led the world ... More >>

Movie Review: White Wedding

This weekend: The Swell Season, MGMT, One Day as a Lion, Die Antwoord, Shelby Lynne

Piper FergusonThe Swell Season​Boy, girl. Boy, girl. Boy, girl. It's a bill made for date night on Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl as some of music's favorite collaborative couples team up to provide a soundtrack for your wine and cheese. Of course, the Swell Season -- Glen Hansard of Irish r ... More >>

World Cup (Musical) Madness: 5 Great Vuvuzela YouTube Mashups

​A few weeks back, L.A. Weekly's music editor Gustavo Turner ruminated on the World Cup's unceasing dirge of a soundtrack produced by South Africa's favorite party favor, the vuvuzela. World Cup fans have become familiar with the chorus of skronking that has accompanied every game, but opinio ... More >>

World Cup: USA vs. Ghana

Top 10 Ways to Forage in Los Angeles

Willy BlackmoreWhat's there to eat?​ Spring means many things in Southern California--the end of citrus season, the beginning of masses of bright green reappearing in local farmers' markets--but it is not associated with the food-gathering traditions long upheld elsewhere in the country. The ... More >>

World Fare BUStaurant Drives Into Town

Word Fare BUStaurant​ First there was the food truck, now there's the food bus. (Maybe next Gordon Ramsay can relocate his empire into a fleet of RV's.) World Fare, the BUStaurant--a mobile restaurant in a double decker bus--debuts tomorrow, March 16th, after having done a few test runs over t ... More >>

TiGeorges' Haiti Relief Fundrasier: More Press, Less Chicken

At the bustling Haiti relief fundraiser Thursday night, two days after Tuesday's devastating earthquake, a parade of media vans parked in front of TiGeorges' Chicken on Glendale Boulevard. Reporters and community organizers crammed into the small restaurant, and while some managed to place dinner or ... More >>

Rock Picks: Electric Daisy Carnival, Explosion in the Sky, Rodriguez

Also, DAT Politics, Mika Miko, Etta James and others

Crudo Bar & Ristorante: Getting Raw on the Strip

The Italian mood is swell, but why so little crudo?

Van Nuys: A Great Undiscovered Restaurant Neighborhood

Beyond the valley of the dulls

Malibu Bad Neighbor

A dictator in training buys his way in, as politically active superstars stay mum

Apartheid's Song

Phillip Noyce on the South Africa of Catch a Fire

A Race for Life

Adventure racer Louise Cooper

Thug Lives

Tsotsi and Sophie Scholl examine the moral quandaries of modern South Africa and Nazi Germany

Marineland: Michael Cimarusti's Providence

Peeking Through the Stage Door

Behind the scenes of Athol Fugard’s newest play

The Truth Shall Set You Free

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela on the evils of apartheid and finding forgiveness

The Sundance Suckers

They've got to be stupid to be smart

The Personal and the Political

William Kentridge, straight out of South Africa. Plus Gustave Le Gray's flawless compositions

Letters

Genteel L.A.: Life on the Lawn

The Pocko Collection

9 Reasons You Might Not Die Tomorrow

Mother's Milk

What’s the best gift for a Latina mom on Mother’s Day?

Global Beat

The heritage of African music

Global Warming

The internationalist aesthetic, from Santa Fe