The American Legion

Lord of the Rings Fans Hold Their Own Oscar Party, With Elves, Hobbits and Middle Earth Drinking Songs

If you're going to go to an Oscar party, make sure it's one involving J.R.R. Tolkien fans. On Sunday afternoon, the One Expected Party took over American Legion Post 43 for a Hobbit-centric event that lasted late into the night. We were only a couple blocks away from the Dolby Theater, but the vibe ... More >>

S.F.'s Sic Alps Scrubbed the Noise, But Still Want to Freak You Out

By Ian S. Port "I'm kind of like Ron Swanson -- I fucking hate paperwork." Mike Donovan, figurehead of San Francisco rock band Sic Alps, is grinning in the kitchen of his ground-floor apartment, explaining what he likes about driving a cab for a living. Along with the fact that Donovan usually wor ... More >>

The Best Clubs in L.A., 2012

Our Best Of issue just hit stands! We found our fairy tale, and now we present it to you: 435 of the most fabulous things in all of Los Angeles. From the city's most amazing restaurants to its tawdriest dive bars, from its edgiest art exhibits to the top spots for live music, we've got it all covere ... More >>

Underground Rebel Bingo: Like Regular Bingo But With Boobs, Panda Suits and a Unicorn Master

It's Saturday night, and there's a guy pacing the stage like a circus lion eyeing his captors. He has barely started his monologue and he's already sweaty. He's explaining the rules, such as they are. "And losers ... " he screams into the microphone " ... will continue to be losers for t ... More >>

The 7th Annual Los Angeles Old Time Social

Los Globos Gets A Hip New Reinvention

​Attention Silver Lake scenesters and Echo Park dance heads: there's a new club venue in town. Except, it's not really new, it's actually very old. Despite its vibrant, multicolored sign, you may have driven past Los Globos countless times without noticing it on your way to the Satellite or ... More >>

Music Picks: Linda Perhacs, Joni's Jazz, L.A. Phil, the Go-Go's

Also, J*DaVey, the Decemberists, Dragon Head, Wye Oak and others

Freaks and Frocks at the 34th 'Occasional' Doo Dah Parade

Lina LecaroWord bubble bunch at Doo Dah 2011​ Uniformed marching bands, ma$$ive floats, robotic waving beauty queens... snooze. Parades can be so predictable. But Doo Dah is different (and we mean that in more ways than one). The self-proclaimed "twisted sister" to Pasadena's other more famou ... More >>

Music Picks: Ooh La La Fest, Pavement, Beach House

Also, Kris Kristofferson, the Black Keys, Bettye Lavette and others

Tragic Dinner Theatre: Greek Food With Your Greek Drama

Tragic Dinner Theatre​ If you like your Greek drama complete with Greek food -- and aren't feeling the urge to visit Greece anytime soon, which you wouldn't really, unless you're a member of the IMF -- there's an event for you this Sunday afternoon in Highland Park. Tragic Dinner Theatre will ... More >>

Music Picks: Neil Innes, Korean Music Festival 8, Avi Buffalo, Lupe Fiasco, Coheed and Cambria

Also, No Age, Sheila E & the Escovedo Family, Greg Laswell and others

Last Night: Why you can't get a second-hand guitar in China and other thoughts on the "China Invasion Tour"

Daiana FeuerPK-14​The China Invasion tour made it all the way from Beijing to Eagle Rock's American Legion Hall, a community center that doubles as a venue for little rock shows. Carsick Cars, PK-14, and AV Okubo arrived from Beijing via Austin with press clips from Spin, Time and The Economis ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Future Belongs to Us?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's stage features on Ben Bradley's Murder and The Princess and the FrogTHEATRE OF NOTE MARATHON ​ Fire-eater Julia Prud'homme Photo by Kiff Scholl Theatre of NOTE presents its 15th annual Performance Marathon this coming Saturday, Jan. ... More >>

Stage Raw: Outrageous Fortune

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSThis week's stage features on The Best of '09 and The Best of the Decade.OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Theatre Development Fund has just published its findings on "the life and times of the American play" in a comprehensive analysis (by Todd London with Ben Pesner, and Zannie Gir ... More >>

VA hurriedly cleans up abandoned gravestones at Brentwood site of historic toxic dump

By Michael CollinsVA crews prepare to test soil in area historic documents show is clean. In background is an untested slope that documents show contains dumped material.​The L.A. Weekly's recent article "Brentwood's Toxic Grave" about soldiers' tombstones haphazardly discarded in the West Los Ang ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Female of the Species

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Palestine, New MexicoFEMALE OF THE SPECIES The Geffen Playhouse just announced that Anette Bening will star in Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy, The Female of the Species along with David Arquette, Mirielle Enos, Merritt Weve ... More >>

ABSINTHE, OPIUM, AND MAGIC; GAY APPAREL: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE HOUSE OF BESARAB

Also, Pandora, Wacademia, the Santaland Diaries, Stated Income and more

HOLLYWOOD NOIR AND CELTIC VISIONS

The interactive Accomplice: Hollywood and Brian Friel’s Molly Sweeney

Accomplice: Hollywood

Stage Raw: The Masochism of L.A. Theater

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on plays without words: Hamlet Shut Up! and Violators Will Be ViolatedTHE MASOCHISM OF L.A. THEATERFirst, to throw some pre-emptive perfume in the direction of the stink-bomb I'm about to toss: I think the quality and vivacity on our loc ... More >>

Stage Raw: The New Electric Ballroom

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on plays without words: Hamlet Shut Up! and Violators Will Be ViolatedNEW REVIEW GO THE NEW ELECTRIC BALLROOM ​The yin and yang tug and pull between expressing our condition through the absence of words versus their abundance gets ... More >>

Busy LA Weekend: Dudamel, Yorke, Byrne, Eagle Rock Music Fest, Faithfull

Busy weekend of music ahead, one of the most action-packed of the season. We, in fact, are being pulled in about six different directions. Tonight, if you're lucky and/or connected, you may be at Thom Yorke and band's first ever show, which is at the Echoplex. Across town in Pasadena, David Byrn ... More >>

Rock Picks: Camper Van Beethoven, Cass McCombs, AC/DC

Also, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, Magda, Hedgehog, Mos Def and others

Rock Picks: Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro, Elvis Costello, Rock & Roll Summer Circus

Also, Flaming Lips, Clipse, Silk Flowers, the Muffs and others

ROCK PICKS: Black Francis, Bob Dylan, Caroline Weeks, Casiokids

Also, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, The Dodos, Buddy Guy and others

Rock Picks: Future of the Left, Deerhoof, Ronnie Mack's Barndance, The Urinals

Also, Torche, Alejandro Escovedo, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, and others

Rock Picks: Riot Girl Carnival, Miniature Tigers, Death Cab for Cutie, Deer Tick

Also, Vieux Farka Touré, John Fogerty, Stacey Q, Watts Ensemble and others

Rock Picks: Daedelus, Peanut Butter Wolf, Femi Kuti, Isis

Also, The Choke, Nouvelle Vague, Wilco, Sunset Rubdown and others

Rock Picks: Sly & Robbie, Johanna Kunin, White Rabbits, Daniel Francis Doyle

Also, Blue Jungle, A Camp, Neko Case, Jay Reatard and others

Rock Picks: Doves, Ceci Bastida, Carina Round, New York Dolls

Also, The Detroit Cobras, the Aggrolites, Loney Dear and others

Rock Picks: Scarcity of Tanks, the Walkmen, Chromeo

Also, the Ettes, the Dogs, George Jones and others

Rock Picks: The Little Ones, Eagle and Talon, Elliott Murphy

Also, Ida Maria, Sara Lov, John Legend and others

Rock Picks: George Clinton, the Kris Special, Banyan

Also, Eleni Mandell, Tom Verlaine & Jimmy Rip and others

Today in Photographs: December 24, 1952

Happy Holidays, John Huston! The maverick director of The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen gets razzed by anti-communist picketers. Huston was attending a premiere screening of his Moulin Rouge biopic at the Fox Wilshire Theater in Beverly Hills.  (Guys, the film was about Toulouse Lautrec, ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Duke Spirit, New York Dolls, Lil Wayne

Also, Darker My Love, X, Legal Weapon, and others

Rock Picks: AC/DC, Dressy Bessy, Meshell Ndegeocello

Also, the Submarines, Ruben Guevara, the Coup and more

Over the Weekend: "For the Glory of Steel" Competition Gets Medieval, Of Montreal Performs Palladium, Doo Dah Parade Queen Tryouts

The countdown to the Thanksgiving holiday may have begun but that doesn't mean L.A. has slowed down one bit. From Medieval reenactments in parking lots to flamboyant concerts to costumed queen competitions, this weekend was all about extravagant performances. Here's what we did and what you might ha ... More >>

Rock Picks: Pacha Massive, Calexico, Juliana Hatfield

Also, We the People Festival, Temple Bar farewell, Mad Juana and more

Rock Picks: Digable Planets, Pigeon John, the Wedding Present, Prima Donna

Also, Josh Rouse, the Raconteurs, Chicha Libre and more

The Passion of Lee Baca

Brent Shapiro’s Final Hours

Sketchers, Hair Wars and Courting Venus

Fear in the Air

A case of Legionnaires’ disease worries county workers about the safety of their building

Brent Shapiro’s Final Hours

Coroner’s report details bad advice given to son of O.J.’s lawyer

And So It Went in South Florida

The last day of a political tourist

Anime Magnetism

Letters

The Nine Lives of Rave

Get a Clue, Little Dreamer

Edited by Kateri Butler & Libby Molyneaux

Lewinsky:

The Early Years