Veterans Day

Bent-Con, the LGBT Pop Culture Convention, Is Trying to Grow Bigger

See also: *Sean Z. Maker: Founder of Bent-Con, the LBGT Pop Culture Convention *Bent-Con: Bringing LGBTQ Comics and Genre Entertainment to Los Angeles Almost three years ago, Bent-Con came to life in Silver Lake. Since then, the pop culture convention dedicated to LGBT media has moved around town a ... More >>

Snow Summit, Bear Mountain Open Today

One week after our last heat wave, snow season officially starts in L.A. Following a dusting of snow in local mountains, Snow Summit and sister resort Bear Mountain open for the season this morning with the help of snowmaking guns that have been working overtime Saturday and Sunday. Mountain High ... More >>

From Abe to Aliens: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

This week's list of special event movies ranges from a James Cameron classic to Henry Fonda's take on the 16th president.

How Do You Capture the San Fernando Valley Through Art?

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. The Expo Line's opening last spring may have snagged all the headlines, but a few months later, the Valley debuted its ... More >>

New Year's Eve Review

Howard Braham's 11th 11-11 Party on 11-11-11 at 11:11:11, at 1111 Olive Ave. in Burbank, Featuring 1,111 11s and Food Expiring on 11-11

Photos by Zachary Pincus-RothThe moment of truth​ On November 11, 1998, when Howard Braham was a student at Columbia University, he realized around 10:30 p.m. that it was about to turn 11:11 on 11-11. He knocked on the door of his friend Steve Schwartz and they decided to gather 11 people, hea ... More >>

11-11-11: Mayan Elders, Crystal Skulls to Reveal Secret to Humanity's Survival at LAX Sheraton

crystalskullsevent.comAll that and brains, too.​Why waste a perfectly freaky-deaky aligning of days/months/years like 11-11-11 on something that's not a weekend-long paranormal bash at the Sheraton by the airport, teaming with around 600 hippie equivalents of Harold Camping and starring "ancie ... More >>

Nigel Tufnel Day 11/11/11: We Make It Official

​Early this year, we told you about the movement to make November 11, 2011 officially Nigel Tufnel Day. Tufnel, of course, is one of the protagonists of This is Spinal Tap, beloved for his amp that goes to 11, making it, of course, "one louder." And while we have fully supported this cause ... More >>

Streaming Today: OFF! First Four EPs, Target Holiday Album with Best Coast, Darker My Love, Ceci Bastida, Crystal Antlers and More

above: the median point between today's two streams Two streams for you to gnaw on today! First: Tis please not the season already--didn't we just have Veteran's Day?--but Target has just released for streaming (and later potential download) a custom holiday comp full of exclusive tracks including ... More >>

Queers in the Military

Ten years later, the casualties of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” may be nearing an end