Heidi Dvorak

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WHEEL ART

Heidi Dvorak
You know the feeling: You're in your car, and a pack of those beer logo-emblazoned, black-spandexed, Lance Armstrong wannabes are dead ahead, hogging the st...
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JAILHOUSE ROCK, NOT!

Heidi Dvorak
The heck with the homeless, the handicapped or the disease-stricken; when it comes to fighting for good causes, let's rally around prisoners' rights. An...
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BOOBS FOR BUCKS

Heidi Dvorak
Want to keep abreast of worthy, giving endeavors? Feel out the "Third Annual 2009 Hot Summer Nights" at the Playboy Mansion. Tickets are pricey, but you'll ...
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FLOATASTIC

Heidi Dvorak
In case you've been drinking too much sake (see "L.A. Sake Festival"), yesterday was the first day of the 69th Annual Nisei Japanese Festival, a weeklong ex...
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CREOLE COMES TO CULVER

Heidi Dvorak
Bet you thought the only thing worth seeing in Culver City is the fabulous L.A. Weekly office. Yup, it is downright fabulous, but if you're looking for Sony...
Jon Donahue; Credit: Kevin Scanlon

LA People 2009: Stand-in — Jon Donahue

Heidi Dvorak
Tom Hanks wouldn’t suspect it but, years ago, he contributed to a “christening” of sorts. It was 1990, and 18-year-old Jon Donahue’s first night as manager at the Ritz, a single-screen theater in his hometown of Binghamton, New York. While racing through rainy streets to get a Joe Versus the......

LA People 2009: Krazy Ketchup Ladies — Erin Rosen and Laila Bowden

Heidi Dvorak
At age 2, Logan Rosen made an important decision: Ketchup would be his veggie of choice — to the exclusion of all others. Tomatoes, lettuce, even Popeye’s favorite food became no-nos. When nursery-school partner-in-crime Lucy Bowden joined him in staunch support, there was no budging either. Moms Erin Rosen and......
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Father Knows Best

Heidi Dvorak
Move over, Old Joe Kennedy. Until this week, you were the pre-eminent, gray-eminence pop in American campaign history, the invisible wizened hand behind Young Jack‘s election. Comes now Old George Bush, reducing you to just one more patriarchal pisher. Old George seems to be calling the shots on Young W.’s......