John Doe scored a best-seller with his first tome, Under the Big Black Sun, a revealing personal account (and part oral history) about the L.A. punk scene, bu...
As L.A. Weekly celebrated with our special "Queendom" issue in a couple weeks ago, drag has permeated pop culture in wonderfully eye-popping ways, providing ...
Writers Bloc hosts fascinating conversations with figures from the literary and entertainment world, as well as dialogue between the general public, thinkers and public figures. This week, they host a woman vying for the biggest public figure role in the country: president of the United States. Amy Klobuchar, the senior senator from Minnesota is ranked first among all 100 senators in backing legislation that became law....
Drag's been seen often on stage and screen since the earliest days of entertainment, but it wasn't until the late '80s and early '90s that the art form emerged from the underground to infiltrate nightlife — at least in America — in an immersive and impactful way. In L.A., the time was ripe for cross-dressin' excess and revelry, and drag has been fabulous force here ever since. From West Hollywood clubs to Downtown L.A., the City of Angels has been a place where flamboyant expression and gender-bending fun have thrived. Here, a look back at some of the city's most creative queens, parties and scenes....
The ritzy hippie crowd enjoys music and revelry like nowhere else at Topanga Days every year, and 2019 offers another stellar line-up on two stages over three days....
Punk memorabilia and rare photography (from the likes of Ed Colver and Tomasonic) will be on display all weekend at the seventh annual Punk Museum Festival. A special exhibit from the UCLA Punk Archives will also included. Films to be screened and live music is, of course, the most essential component here....
DJ Moist on hump night? Kinda perfect ain't it? The L.A. based R&B and hip-hop selector can be found spinning sexy sounds on Mondays (at his long-running Moist Mondays at La Cita Bar) and Fridays (spinning '90s and early 2000 body-rockers at The Lash) but here we recommend his newest jam for a middle of the week flashback — Back In The Day at The Short Stop....
Oddities Flea Market, put together by cool Brooklyn couple Ryan Matthew Cohn and Regina Cohn, returns to Los Angeles after a successful inaugural event last year — and this time, joined by Atlas Obscura, known for their eccentric-minded events. Expect medical and anatomical ephemera, natural history items, specimens, taxidermy, gothic home decor, one-of-kind jewelry, freaky art and all kinds of curiosities you simply must have in your life....
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