The front row only accommodates so many spectators, and so a lucky handful are fortunate enough to see theater up-close-and-personal. Cue the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Curatorial Assistance, which recently extended its Il Teatro Alla Moda exhibit of over 50 couture opera costumes created by Italian... continue reading on LAist
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July is National Parks & Recreation Month, and all month long LAist will be featuring a hand-selected park a day to showcase just a few of the wonderful recreation spaces--big or small--in the Los Angeles area. In Altadena, four miles north of the 210 freeway at the end of Lake... continue reading on LAist
View L.A. Noire Landmarks & Places in a larger map Didn't get enough of your L.A. Noire fix with last week's then-and-now photo gallery? Check out the map above to find the modern-day locations of the buildings and landmarks featured in last Wednesday's post. Locations with blue pins denote landmarks... continue reading on LAist
It's 1947: Earlier this year, Elizabeth Short was found dead in Leimert Park, KTLA channel 5 made its television broadcast debut, and LAPD Det. Cole Phelps is out on the streets busting the bad guys. OK, so that last bit is fiction, but thanks to the newly-released L.A. Noire video... continue reading on LAist
Has the absence of Mad Men and its regular mid-century goodness (though technically, it was 1964 in season four) been getting you down? Lucky for you, today's video lunch menu is going vintage. In case you didn't know, YouTube isn't only for videos of silly cats, funny babies or... continue reading on LAist

