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Carl Crew in the CIA courtyard; Credit: Andy Hermann

It Doesn't Get Any Weirder Than This North Hollywood Spot

Carl Crew is mugging for the cameras. His North Hollywood performance space and oddities museum, the California Institute of Abnormalarts (CIA for short), is getting featured on 1st Look, a late-night NBC travel show. The show’s host, former The Hills star Audrina Patridge, smiles tensely, looking confused and slightly terrified as......
Elvis Costello; Credit: Andy Hermann

Elvis Costello, Ben Folds – Hollywood Bowl – September 5, 2014

Elvis Costello, Ben Folds Hollywood Bowl September 5, 2014 “How ‘bout my band tonight?” Ben Folds asked the audience, gesturing behind him to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The crowd responded with a throaty, rock ‘n’ roll roar. Although Folds and headliner Elvis Costello were atop the marquee, the Phil, led......
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Bear in Heaven

Over the course of four albums, Brooklyn's Bear in Heaven have carved out a unique sound, which straddles the line between epic and intimate. Ornate but never fussy, progressive but seldom pretentious, their head-rush, synth-driven songs take the best bits of shoegaze and dream-pop and crank the volume up to......
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" at Recess Eatery in Glendale; Credit: Courtesy of Recess Eatery

Recess Hopes to Be Highland Park’s Coolest New Restaurant

The busy stretch of York Boulevard between Avenues 50 and 52 in Highland Park is about to get another restaurant. The 3,500-square-foot site, formerly home to the Verdugo Pet Store, has been leased by Sevan Abdessian, owner/chef of Recess in Glendale, who plans to open a second Recess restaurant there......
Trejos Tacos artist's rendering; Credit: Courtesy of Spacecraft

Danny Trejo’s Taco Restaurant Is Coming to Mid-Wilshire

A former Taco Bell on South La Brea will start serving tacos again in 2015, but it’s a safe bet they won’t be made out of Doritos. The former fast-food joint is getting transformed into Trejos Tacos, actor Danny Trejo’s long awaited foray into the restaurant world. Back in 2011,......
Mariachi Plaza station on the Gold Line; Credit: Tim Adams/Flickr Creative Commons

Check Out Our Metro Gold Line Bar Crawl

Recently Thrillist published a Metro rail bar map. This heroic effort identifies a watering hole within a 10-minute walk of each station in the entire Metro rail system, minus a few that, tragically, lack any booze within walking distance. We’re big fans of public transportation and efficient drinking, so we decided to......