The
End of Murder: Homicides are down in both New York and L.A. Is it possible
we can end them altogether? By DAVID ZAHNISER
A Considerable Town

DANIEL HERNANDEZ talks to Derek
Thomas, living with racial hatred in Harbor Gateway.

ERNEST HARDY on downtown’s
Broadway melody — and history — with a bongo beat.

Plus, DAVE SHULMAN’s COLUMN
DAVE: Substantial John's First Turkey Infidelity

ANOTHER
L.A. STORY by CHANDLER WOOD;

¡ASK
A MEXICAN! by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

and a cartoon
by BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN.

Newsroom

21st-Century
Jerry Brown: No crime softie, by BILL BRADLEY.

In David Zahniser’s Z
FILES: If Connie Rice is right, we just need to change society and spend
$1 billion.

NIKKE FINKE’s take on Oscar in DEADLINE
HOLLYWOOD

MARC COOPER’s take on Bush’s
State of the Union speech in DISSONANCE.

Plus, a
cartoon by MR. FISH,

LA Vida

She
Is Barbie, Hear Her Roar: Designer Tarina Tarantino drapes her favorite
feminist in pearls, by LINDA IMMEDIATO.

In NIGHT
OUT, take a load off at Mandrake, Culver City’s art bar.

Plus, in LIBBY MOLYNEAUX's HOOPLA,
it's Captain Hook and His Big Organ.

Eat & Drink

Noodles With Attitude: JONATHAN GOLD on ramen
as high art at Santouka.

Plus, FIRST BITE:
black truffles at Bistro K

ASK MR. GOLD about where
to find oxtail

WHERE
TO EAT NOW.

Art
Nuevo Cool: DANIEL HERNANDEZ on Tijuana
art in Santa Monica. Plus, Oaxacan Hearts and Minds

ART PICK: Achille
Perilli, Marc Trujillo at Istituto Italiano di Cultura by PETER FRANK

MUST
SEE ART: Bas Jan Ader and Mari Eastman by AMRA BROOKS

Stage

Brigham
Young at Heart: STEVEN MIKULAN reviews Steven Fales’ Confessions
of a Mormon Boy.

Plus, new
theater reviews,

ALAN RICH’s A
LOT OF NIGHT MUSIC

DANCE PICK: Choreographers
Ball Anniversary at the Key Club, Jan. 31 by ANN HASKINS

Screen

Can’t
We All Not Get Along? Sarah Silverman finally scores her own Comedy Central
show, by ROBERT ABELE.

Plus, in SURF
REPORT, a daring Prison Break.

Film

Once
in a Sundance: SCOTT FOUNDAS scouts the festival for undiscovered talent
and comes away singing.

Unromancing
Sharon Stone: In Bobby, she spreads her wings and shows us her
acting chops.

Plus, reviews
of new film releases,

In SHORT
RUN Decline and Fall.

Dirt and overheard conversations
from the Sundance Festival by JOSHUAH BEARMAN

Music

The
Gospel According to Cee-Lo: The poet of Gnarls Barkley reveals the broken-but-beating
heart of an unlikely hit, by ROY KASTEN.

In KATE SULLIVAN’s ROCK
& ROLL LOVE LETTER: Justin and Pink live at Staples, Earl Greyhound
and Of Montreal.

Plus, PAUL ROGERS on bottomless
Paul Weller,

LINA LECARO’s NIGHTRANGER;

SNAKEBITE

Music Picks

Letters

Rockie Horoscope

Savage
Love by DAN SAVAGE

The Straight Dope by CECIL ADAMS

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