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CicLAvia; Credit: Gary Leonard

How CicLAvia Made Its Way to the Sea

Eva Recinos
See also: *CicLAvia Rules! How Bicyclists Made L.A. a Better Place In an effort to make the biggest cycling event in L.A. even more badass, the organizers of CicLAvia this year have extended the route to an unprecedented distance. Taking place tomorrow, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,......
Burlesque meets science fiction in Flying Saucers Over Burlesque!; Credit: Markus Alias

5 Awesome Nostalgic Things to Do in L.A. This Week

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It's good to step back from the present-day and look back on the city's -- or your own -- history once a while and this week lets you do just that with events ranging from bizarre to nostalgic. Check out a mid-career retrospective from artist Gary Baseman, an Esoutoric program......
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How We Got Here

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Don't even try telling this to those snobbish New Yorkers, but Southern California in general, and L.A. in particular, are brimming with culture -- so much so that we need an official day to reflect on the awesomeness of both. Hence L.A. Heritage Day, an event that started in 2008......
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Badass Chef, Meet Badass Chef

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As part of his aptly named Guts and Glory tour, TV personality, author and chef Anthony Bourdain -- also known as that dude who eats crazy shit on Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations -- will share stories alongside chef-author Roy Choi, whose Kogi trucks made L.A. fall hard for both the......
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A New Los Feliz Mall for People Obsessed With Vintage

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See also: *10 Best Vintage and Second-Hand Boutiques in L.A. *10 L.A. Art Spaces That Change Our Idea of What an Art Space Is Over a few speakers in a Los Feliz store, a rockabilly tune plays loudly. To most Angelenos listening to the radio today, the song probably sounds......
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Hopped Up

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Tired of spending money on bar after bar and never quite getting your fill of beer? Sate your unending thirst at the fifth annual L.A. Beer Fest, which offers unlimited — yes, unlimited — amounts of bubbling brew and the chance to cavort with other young drinkers. The first session......
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Fighting Words

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Fight Club is so passe; these days, even word lovers hold clandestine get-togethers for the sake of a good (literary) fight. Celebrating a year going strong, Write Club Los Angeles tonight hosts another unique showdown where brave souls put their writing chops to the test. Two writers get two different......
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Fighting Words

Eva Recinos
Fight Club is so passe; these days, even word lovers hold clandestine get-togethers for the sake of a good (literary) fight. Celebrating a year going strong, Write Club Los Angeles tonight hosts another unique showdown where brave souls put their writing chops to the test. Two writers get two different......
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A New Book Looks at How Banksy Got So Big

Eva Recinos
See also: *Banksy Revealed? Our 2010 cover story on Exit Through the Gift Shop Several weeks ago, the Internet exploded with stories about a Banksy piece removed straight from a wall and later found at a Miami auction. As the story unfurled, more and more people from around the world......