Derek Thomas

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YET ANOTHER FOOD FESTIVAL

Foodies of all flavors can satisfy their culinary curiosities at the Food Rendezvous, a monthly gathering of food enthusiasts, artisan producers and anyone else...
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LIVE FOODIES!

"Fiesta" means "party," and "La Ballona" means "the balloon." Actually, no knows the origin of the name "Ballona," other than it refers to the 19th-century ranc...
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Dead and Loving It

You got your girls, you got your corpses, put them together and -- voilà! -- you've got Girls and Corpses. The magazine, that is. And it's exactly what ...
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The Real King of Cartoons

As it closes the exhibit "Chuck Jones: An Animator's Life From A to Z-Z-Z-Z" this weekend, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences follows up with s...
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WE SAY, "GO NISEI"

Nisei (pronounced KNEE-say) means second generation, as in the children of immigrants, and Little Tokyo's Nisei Week honors that first wave of Japanese-Amer...
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WHAT CHEW DOING THIS WEEKEND?

Formerly monikered the "Pig-a-Thon," A Taste in San Pedro serves up a lot more than pork. The cuisine of this South Bay city is apparently of Slavic, Italian an...
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THERE'S NO BEAT LIKE A FREE BEAT

In early 2009, Los Angeles production house Mochilla recorded and filmed the Timeless concert series, a trio of orchestral performances in tribute to influencer...
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WHEREFORE ARTEMIS?

Who is Artemis Fowl? Just the awesomest teenage criminal mastermind ever, and you can enter his amazing world at Artemis Rocks!, hosted by author Eoin Colfer, a...