When it comes to pho, it's all about the broth. Get your fill of the Vietnamese beef noodle soup and the Garvey Avenue restaurant boom in Jonathan Gold's "Pho Town: Noodle Stories From South El Monte."
Royal/T cosplay cafe and Zippercut hosted Rococo Rendezvous, a Gothic Lolita masquerade ball where 18th century France met Japanese teenage fashion. Read Gendy Alimurung's article "Marie Antoinettes and Other Rococo Craziness at Royal/T."
L.A. Weekly hosted its 30th anniversary party on Saturday Dec. 6 at the grand opening of the Grammy Museum downtown. Read Editor in Chief Laurie Ochoa's introduction to the special anniversary issue, "Coming Home."
Artist Alexandra Gibson celebrated the release of her first book From the Outside In with a photographic exhibition and live erotic photo shoot at La Luz De Jesus on Saturday Dec. 6. Described as a "cross-fertilization of social realism and erotica," Gibson's photographs are mysterious and...
Fans got a dose of instant nostalgia with Oasis at the Staples Center downtown on December 4. Ryan Adams opened. Read Paul Rogers' review "Oasis at the Staples Center in LA: 'I Am the Walrus' All Night Long?"
From beaches to bars, Cobrasnake photographs beautiful girls while traveling from Los Angeles to Australia. It's a tough job but someone's gotta do it.
On Dec. 2 the Smashing Pumpkins took the stage at the Gibson for their first proper L.A. show since reuniting last year. The "Black Sunshine" set was night one of a two night stand. Read Jeff Miller's review here.
Previously unpublished photos that take us inside L.A. gang neighborhoods for Sam Slovick's "Sympathy for the Devil: Crime Stats Say L.A.'s Streets Are Safer Than Ever, So Why Are Gang Hoods Still So Bloody?"
L.A. Weekly went backstage with the cast of Point Break Live! at the Dragonfly to celebrate the show's return to Los Angeles. Click through for all the blood, guns, surfing and ex-presidents you can handle. Read more about the show in the article, "Can You Keanu?"
M83 packed the Fonda on Saturday Nov. 29 for a sold out Thanksgiving weekend show. The lush textures coming from the stage set just the right tone to start winding this holiday weekend to a close. If you missed the show, opening band School of Seven Bells plays Wednesday Dec. 3 at the Airline...
The MySpace suicide trial ended today with three guilty verdicts against Lori Drew, the 49-year-old Missouri mother who created a fake MySpace account to torment a 13-year-old girl who wound up committing suicide. Lori Drew was not convicted of the more serious charges of using a computer to...