From military-themed beefcake bashes to mega-DJ all-nighters, there is, as always, a plethora of pumpin’ dance parties to choose from this Memorial weekend (see l
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Forty years ago this week, the Cannes Film Festival ground to a halt. At an impromptu press conference held on the morning of May 18, 1968 — nine days into the fe
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In the decade since he took over as artistic director of the Pasadena Playhouse, Sheldon Epps has accomplished what most said could never be done — turning a mori
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Thursday March 6th to Saturday March 8th, cult singer-songwriter Phil Elverum is playing a handful of California shows. We've used this as an opportunity to talk
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When I pull up in front of Pio Pico State Historic Park — the eponymous home of the famed Californio and two-time governor of Mexican California — a tan, wood
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Think you already know the epic tale? Not this version, you don’t. Having apparently decided that the Christian monks who transcribed the oldest known version of B
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{mosimage}For Gabriel Goillen, night manager of Mel’s Drive-in on Highland Avenue in Hollywood, the events of May 13 still don’t register. Goillen was wo
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One day in 1973, Ellen Flanagan, an exemplary stay-at-home Berkeley mom who sewed and cooked and cleaned on demand, packed her husband and two daughters off to work
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a $14 hamburger. And not just a hamburger: Frequently, t
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Just when you thought the ’80s revival was starting to chill, the musical Rock of Ages is here to reheat the hesher love. This headbangin&#
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Robot battles, mentalists and Emo Philips.
This doesn’t sound like the upcoming season at the Ahmanson or even the Groundlings.
In two years, the Steve Allen Theat
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Illustration by J.T. Steiny
1. Frozen ham foam. The menu at Bastide, Los Angeles’ best French restaurant, famously veered from the Provençal stylings o
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