photo of the 2003 Pasadena Freeway bike ride by Virginia Renner Occidental Professor Robert Gottlieb's latest book -- Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global City -- is going to be awfully tempting to Angelenos who care about urban planning, the environment and social change. Get a taste when he reads today at Dutton's at 2pm -- and then ask the store to order a copy for you. In his book, Gottlieb......

L.A.’s glorious summer evenings are perfect for enjoying cinema al fresco. Check out these goings on around town for the weekend & beyond. Downtown’s Million Dollar Drive-In, which launches this Saturday is described as L.A.’s first “urban drive-in” and will primarily cater to bike & foot traffic, unless you have a classic car that is pre-1965—then you have the chance of nabbing one of the 15-20 parking spots that will be available. This weekend’s film......

Let’s face it—with a few notable exceptions (Arclight, Grove, Bridge, Landmark), movie theaters in Los Angeles sort of suck. The seats are often stiff and cramped; the over-priced food is no great shakes; and every feature is front-loaded with a solid ten to fifteen minutes of commercials. And this is coming from someone who loves going to the movies! I wallow through this crap two or three times a week! There has to be......

by Sabrina C. Photography as a medium conveys blink of the eye captivity of humanity at its core. The work of Matt Mascaro is no exception as it introduces levels of metaphysical philosophy into his latest art exhibition, Objectification. It incorporates the use of still photographs and video, which are used to counter the typical negative association of objectivity. Mascaro explains, “I am obsessed with the idea of how human being are objectified through......

Johnny Ramone, the guitarist of the iconic NY punk godfathers Ramones, was a character and a caricature. He was the reason that the band always walked around in the leather jacket, sneakers and long black hair, he was the one who after being beaten up in a street fight so severely required brain surgery sparked the title of the "Too Tough To Die" album, and when he stole Joey's girlfriend in 1982 it was......

Just look at all those 70's film gangsters! They knew how to handle their three-day-weekends like pros. So does LAist. 1) Sleep off the "I started my Labor Day weekend drinking at 1 in the afternoon on Friday" hangover. 2) Roll out of bed and roll into the absolute beginner's yoga class at Karuna Yoga, Hillhurst, 3:30 - 4:30 pm. Karuna does a free beginner's class every first Saturday of the month and all......

It's after Memorial Day. It's sunny. And living in Los Angeles finally pays off. While theatres in the rest of the country are showing HORRIFIC movies, mostly in sequel form. Those sweet, air-conditioned, stadium seats are focused directly on filth. Hundred-million dollar filth. But in the evenings of our movie-obsessed city, we can find the indy, artsy theatres and alternative venues (Hollywood Forever Cemetery, anyone?) that show something better. Scrape the gum off the......

The Cinespia film society screens Detour, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, tonight at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Going to see the final resting places of old Tinseltown names like Rudoph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Peter Lorre, Janet Gaynor and Tyrone Power is cool enough -- but add a flick and music to the mix and how much more Hollywood can you get? Bring food, drinks and blankets. Tall chairs are not allowed. Detour Saturday, May......

Like many Angelenos, Karie Bible came to Los Angeles to follow her passion for movies and filmmaking. She did the Hollywood thing, working as an assistant in various studios and agencies, but was disappointed to find so many people in the Industry who did not share her love and passion for film history. Luckily, she didn't keep her enthusiasms to herself. Instead, she founded FilmRadar, a weekly e-newsletter and website that alerts readers to......

LAist went to a nighttime screening of "Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid" this past Saturday inside the gates and next to the mausoleums at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, courtesy of Cinespia. Everyone pours into the gates when they open at 7:30 pm, bearing picnic baskets on their backs and heading to a wide green lawn. A DJ spins eclectic tunes (this Saturday it was foreign language versions of popular songs) while a slide......

Saturday, May 21st • 8:00 pm : Selected Shorts: The Love Story Weekend--Marital Matters at the Getty Center • 11:00 am : ArtsDay panels at UCLA Extension • 4:00 pm : LACC Creative Writing Content Winners read works • 7:30 pm : Alicia Erian reads her book "Towelhead" • 7:30 pm : lecture on "Artist & the City as Social Imagination" at Villa Aurora •8:00 pm: Cinespia presents "The Bad and the Beautiful" at......

A statue in memory of Johnny Ramone set to be unveiled Friday, Jan. 14 by his wife, Linda, at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The official Ramones website says JOHNNY'S MONUMENT A statue in memory of Johnny Ramone will be unveiled by his wife, Linda Ramone, on January 14. The location is the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California, and it will be not far from where Dee Dee is buried. There will be a......