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The Great Depression

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2013

    Who Was Howard Ahmanson, Sr. And How Did He Change L.A.? A New Book Tries to Answer

    Much as been made of the look and feel of post-War Southern California -- be it the mid-century modern décor, the urban sprawl, the Googie architecture of restaurants and shops or the tailfin cars. But what about the people who helped finance it all? Howard Ahmanson, Sr. (1906-1968) is remembered ... More >>

  • Stage

    February 28, 2013

    O'Neill and Steinbeck Onstage

    Reviews of A Noise Within's Grapes of Wrath and Early Plays at REDCAT

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2013

    Flu Season Comes To Los Angeles, Blindsides Rest Of America

    We survived the end of the world, the worst economy since the Great Depression, and the fiscal cliff. And you thought we were out of the woods? Nope. Flu season is your next big obsession if you're a pessimistic Debbie Downer who dwells on a dark future. Emergency room visits for this bug are expl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2013

    Hilda Solis Resigns As Obama's Secretary Of Labor, Could Be Returning To L.A. Politics

    Hilda Solis, a San Gabriel Valley native who went from being a hotel housekeeper to the White House's Secretary of Labor, announced her resignation from the Obama administration cabinet position today. Solis is rumored to be eyeing a run for the powerful Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2012

    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 >>

  • News

    June 7, 2012

    Love the Beans, Hate the Beaner: Even White Supremacists Can't Resist a Good Burrito

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    May 17, 2012

    They're Just Wild About Harold

    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 >>

  • Art+Books

    April 12, 2012

    Rick Steves, Famed Travel Writer and Pot Advocate: 20 Questions

    "I'm a travel writer, and for me, high is a place"

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Kamala Harris' $12 Billion Deal With Big Banks: Cop-out or Solid Settlement for California Homeowners?

    So did she cave in to the Big Banks, or secure a good deal for the people of California? After holding out for a year, Attorney General Kamala Harris today announced that the Golden State is singing on to the nationwide settlement with the banks over their bungling of its loans to people who couldn ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    January 5, 2012

    L.A.'s New Wave of Pie Shops

    So did she cave in to the Big Banks, or secure a good deal for the people of California? After holding out for a year, Attorney General Kamala Harris today announced that the Golden State is singing on to the nationwide settlement with the banks over their bungling of its loans to people who couldn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Rashad Varma, Young Aspiring Comic, Jumps to Death off Historic Pasadena 'Suicide Bridge'

    weirdca.comThe Colorado Street Suicide Bridge​A bridge in Pasadena infamous for hosting over 100 suicides saw another jumper last Saturday. The L.A. County Coroner's Office identifies him today as 25-year-old Rashad Varma of Montrose, originally from India. Friends on his Facebook memorial pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    The Wiltern Opened 80 Years Ago. Its Survival Story Is As Grand As Its Terra-Cotta Tile

    Less than a year old and wearing red tennis shoes, I took the first steps of my life at the Wiltern. My mother had brought me to visit my father, an architect, in his office on the second floor of the Pellissier office tower, overlooking the art deco theater's neon marquee. Twenty-two years later, I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Nearly Half of All Young Americans, 6 Million Californians, Officially Living in Poverty

    ​So the Great Recession has been over for nearly two years, huh? The latest U.S. Census data indicates the United States has more people living in poverty than, oh, ever. Well, almost ever. The 46.2 million of Americans below the line are as many as have been recorded in the 52 years governme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Steel City Sandwich Truck: Bringing Pittsburgh's Blue Collar Food Culture to L.A.

    A. Trachta"The Yinzer" from Steel City Sandwich​Maybe you heard that Steel City Sandwich has joined up with the bajillion other food trucks that roll around Los Angeles everyday. And maybe you didn't care. Why should you? As Angelenos, is Pittsburgh food supposed to be exciting to us? Really, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Michele Bachmann, Tea Party Presidential Hopeful, Coming to Hostile Territory This Summer: Los Angeles

    Bachmann is heading to L.A.​Nutcase Congresswoman and right-wing Quixote presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann will come to the land of sunshine, sin and sexual liberation (that's here) Sept. 16 for the California Republican Party Fall Convention downtown (which is actually happening in summer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Stage Raw: D is for Dog

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Gregg Ostrin's KowalskiKris BicknellD is for Dog​This week, Deborah Klugman was smitten with Kate Polebaum's new play about 1950 suburbia gone awry, D is for Dog. Also, weekly critics filed strong reviews this week for As You Like ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    July 7, 2011

    LACMA Film: Remembering Ian Birnie

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Gregg Ostrin's KowalskiKris BicknellD is for Dog​This week, Deborah Klugman was smitten with Kate Polebaum's new play about 1950 suburbia gone awry, D is for Dog. Also, weekly critics filed strong reviews this week for As You Like ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 16, 2011

    Hollywood Fringe Festival

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Gregg Ostrin's KowalskiKris BicknellD is for Dog​This week, Deborah Klugman was smitten with Kate Polebaum's new play about 1950 suburbia gone awry, D is for Dog. Also, weekly critics filed strong reviews this week for As You Like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Movie Theater Concession Stand Food Fight: Arclight vs. The Landmark

    There was a time, in the early days of movie theater history, when you would buy a ticket to, say, Battleship Potemkin and, sadly, would have to watch this ultimate popcorn movie without the popcorn. According to Slate's brief history of the movie theater concession stand, theater owners refraine ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    June 2, 2011

    Finding an Authentic Fake Restaurant in L.A.

    There was a time, in the early days of movie theater history, when you would buy a ticket to, say, Battleship Potemkin and, sadly, would have to watch this ultimate popcorn movie without the popcorn. According to Slate's brief history of the movie theater concession stand, theater owners refraine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Ask Mr. Gold: Finding an Authentic Fake Restaurant in L.A.

    Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: What's your favorite fake restaurant in Los Angeles? (However you feel like defining it.) --David Chow (via Facebook)

  • Stage

    April 21, 2011

    Theater Reviews: I Never Sang for My Father, The Temperamentals

    Also, The All Night Strut!, Veronika Decides to Die, Wait Until Dark and more

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Stage Raw: I Never Sang for My Father

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS (are back!)NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on The Escort and Fetish​"If the aim of naturalism in theater is the pitch perfect rendering of reality, then Cameron Watson's urbane staging of Robert Anderson's 1968 drama scores, " writes Deborah Klugman in this week's r ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 31, 2011

    How Wall Street Kicks L.A. Pets Out of Their Homes

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS (are back!)NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on The Escort and Fetish​"If the aim of naturalism in theater is the pitch perfect rendering of reality, then Cameron Watson's urbane staging of Robert Anderson's 1968 drama scores, " writes Deborah Klugman in this week's r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    No More Sexy Time Across the State Line? Nevada Sen. Harry Reid Wants To Ban Brothels

    PHOTO BY KEVIN SCANLONHey square-y Harry: 20-year-old Clara begs to differ​Note to future politicians: When you become a droopy old Democrat with nothing left to get you hard but same-sex marriage and a $30 billion golf course, try not to rain on everyone else's parade by making some boner-kil ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    Adding Machine: A Musical

    PHOTO BY KEVIN SCANLONHey square-y Harry: 20-year-old Clara begs to differ​Note to future politicians: When you become a droopy old Democrat with nothing left to get you hard but same-sex marriage and a $30 billion golf course, try not to rain on everyone else's parade by making some boner-kil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    While We Were Thawing Our Toes This Morning, We Noticed That Unemployment Benefits Had Been Terminated For 2 Million Americans

    ZastavkiWhad'ya say we all just move to Antarctica​What a bone-chilling way to slide into December. Not to mention the holidays. We woke up this morning after a night of visible breath and twinkly lights to the news that unemployment benefits will likely terminate for 2 million people by th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Andrew Meieran's New Clifton's Cafeteria: 4 Bars and an Appearance by Ray Bradbury

    Caroline on CrackThe Edison's Andrew Meieran standing before Clifton's artifacts.Last year, science fiction author Ray Bradbury celebrated his 89th birthday at Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria on 7th and Broadway, a place where he, along with sci-fi writer/memorabilia collector Forrest Ackerman, founde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    A Stout to End Your Depression: Black Tuesday at The Bruery

    ​ On October 29th, 1929, stocks fell 13% in one day. This was generally considered the start of the Great Depression. This day was called "Black Tuesday." On October 29th, 2009, The Bruery, a relatively new brewery in Orange County released a beer of the same name. A 19.5% Imperial stout t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Best Wartime Cookbook: M.F.K. Fisher's How to Cook a Wolf

    Amazon​The late 1930s and early 1940s were kind of a grim time in Southern California. The Great Depression hit Los Angeles as hard as it hit practically anywhere in the country, and the vast influx of penniless retirees from cold states put an unusual burden on the state. Although the agricul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Los Angeles Police Union Says Less People Want To Join LAPD Because Of 20 Percent Salary Cuts

    ​After we echoed La Opinion's report about how the LAPD is seeing 30 percent fewer applications despite the area's high unemployment, the Los Angeles police union weighed in with some of the reasons why, in its opinion. One of the more interesting points made by the Los Angeles Police Protect ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2010

    Of Grapes and Nuts

    ​After we echoed La Opinion's report about how the LAPD is seeing 30 percent fewer applications despite the area's high unemployment, the Los Angeles police union weighed in with some of the reasons why, in its opinion. One of the more interesting points made by the Los Angeles Police Protect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Over the Weekend: The National ( Ramona Falls) at the Wiltern

    Photograph by Paul R. Giunta courtesy of Prefix MagazineThe National​Before seeing The National at The Wiltern, I already had cheap shots ready for this introduction, all centered on one cold, snarky question: Is Joy Division from Brooklyn? On Saturday night, as the sun dropped into the down ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2010

    Awake and Sing

    Photograph by Paul R. Giunta courtesy of Prefix MagazineThe National​Before seeing The National at The Wiltern, I already had cheap shots ready for this introduction, all centered on one cold, snarky question: Is Joy Division from Brooklyn? On Saturday night, as the sun dropped into the down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Stage Raw: The Subject Was Roses and Emmett Till

     COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSTHEATER FEATURES ON NORTH ATLANTIC AND ED HARRIS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSUnderstating the ObviousThe Subject Was Roses and The Ballad of Emmett TillBY STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS​No bed of roses: Sheen and Conroy on a sterile promontory: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Pregnancy-Related Deaths Have Tripled In California

    ​The number of women who have died from complications related to their pregnancies has tripled from 1996 to 2006, California Watch is reporting. Two possible reasons: An increase in cesarean sections and a growing number of overweight moms-to-be. Just as intriguing: The state Department of He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Another Bank Bites It: First Federal Of Santa Monica To Be Taken Over

    ​The UCLA Anderson Forecast, the president and the stock market (on some days) say the recession is over, but banks keep going bust. The latest victim was Santa Monica-based First Federal Bank, which was closed Friday by the federal Office of Thrift Supervision. Pasadena-based OneWest Bank an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Tank Industrial Stomps Through the Streets and More Rivethead Dance Videos

    Tank, the drummer who brilliantly motivated Anime Expo cosplayers to dance like they're at Das Bunker last summer, is back with a new video. In this installment of the musician/dancer's monthly series, he takes to some unnamed street that appears to be either a farmer's market or swamp meet (anyone ... More >>

  • News

    November 13, 2009

    Hollywood's Catered Stimulus

    Why $23 million creates just 21 jobs

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Top 10 Happy Hours: Penny Pinching Drinking

    High on the list of traditional activities during economic hard times has always been watching movies--and hitting the bars. This town is, happily, very good for both. But it's really no fun to toast the movements of the Dow with a $15 martini, so save a penny at one of Los Angeles' many watering ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Homelessness Down, Eyebrows Up

    We're not the only ones who did a double take when the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported this week that homelessness was down 38 percent in the county compared to 2007.Kevin ScanlonAdvocate for the homeless Alice Callaghan says the numbers don't add up.​ Let's get this straigh ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    October 29, 2009

    American Dreaming: Charles Burchfield

    Imagination; bridled and otherwise

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    Flora, the Red Menace

    Imagination; bridled and otherwise

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Sam Cherry

    Bukowski's Buddy

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2008

    The All-Female 1929 Skidoo Review

    Bukowski's Buddy

  • Columns

    April 19, 2007

    Women Reading Vonnegut

    Bukowski's Buddy

  • News

    April 28, 2005

    Hollywood Lived Here

    The semi-glorious and sometimes gory history of Hollywood apartment living. (Part of LA Weekly's special apartment-living package.)

  • Stage

    March 30, 2000

    U.S.A. Today

    A Modernist classic is revived

  • Eat+Drink

    July 22, 1999

    Clifton’s Brookdale Cafeteria

    A Modernist classic is revived

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