Since the recent opening of LACMA's Broad Contemporary (BCAM) a flurry of international eyes have been on Los Angeles, and an ensuing flurry of words have issued forth in review. It seems irresistible to review the Broad without also reviewing the city that houses it, which was precisely the tact taken by Chris Haslam in London's Sunday Times today. It takes Haslam seven paragraphs into his article to even mention the precise reason he......

Photo courtesy of jpchan via flickr For me, the Sundance Film Festival officially ended at the airport in Salt Lake City when I was waiting in line behind Bijou Phillips at the Quizno's in Terminal 1. She was politely arguing with the counter guy about why she couldn't get fresh mustard from behind the counter instead of having to use the the mustard packets by the napkin stand. In a heavy accent, he kept......

Photo courtesy of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival As one of my favorite bloggers Jeffrey Wells recently wrote, "The Sundance Film Festival is a 10-day event, but it's always over as of Wednesday morning...the voltage turns down, there are fewer people on Main Street, all the presumably hot titles (i.e., name casts, advance-hyped) have been screened." Park City actually becomes a manageable town again and tickets that were impossible to get a few days......

Photo courtesy of Alik Keplicz/AP Saturday is invariably both the best and worst day of the entire festival. It's the best in the sense that there is no shortage of high-profile movies, events and parties to attend. It's the worst in the sense that everyone--and I include the entire under-25 population of Salt Lake City--knows this. Saturday simply has the most intense crowds of the entire festival. It's the perfect day to avoid Main......

The BBQ & Hibachi Marching Grill Team are taking part in the mischief of the Doo Dah Parade, as they did above in '05 Forget the pageantry and regal demeanor of the Rose Parade, the 31st Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade is the ultimate antidote. Billed as being the loud and irreverent twister sister of the aforementioned annual march down Colorado Boulevard, the parade promises to "send up a woolly range of mischiefs, grounded superheroes,......

There are usually only two things to talk about at the Sundance Film Festival: the movies and the parties. Last night was unique, though, because everybody was talking about...the blackout! That's right. Around 9:30 last night the whole town just went completely dark for at least half on hour. Periodic blackouts continued for the next hour or so before everything finally returned to normal. It was a surreal scene. Thousands of people were just......

It was 10 p.m. when two men fought at West 86th Place and Main Street in Broadway Square, an official Los Angeles neighborhood in South LA near the 110 and 105 freeway junction. One man, the apparent "winner" of this fight, which took place for unknown reasons, slashed the victim's throat, "doused with a flammable liquid and set alight," according to the Daily News this morning. The victim, who has not been identified and his......

Craby Joe's has been at the corner of 7th and Main in Downtown LA since 1933, and earned its place in local lore as a watering hole near and dear to the well-known downtrodden of the literary scene, like John Fante and Charles Bukowski. In honor of the bar's closing night, there will be a gathering of local historians and preservationists, and anyone else wishing to hoist a memorial last drink at Craby Joe's from......

CLASSICAL: There's other classical music about town tonight besides Chanticleer. The Calder Quartet is the Colburn Conservatory’s first quartet-in-residence, and these new faculty members will show their chops with a program that includes Philip Glass, Quartet No. 2 “Company” by Philip Glass; Quartet in A minor “Rosamunde” by Franz Schubert and Terry Riley's “Cadenza on the Night Plain.” 7:30 pm // The Colburn School: Zipper Hall // 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles //......

Not sure what to buy your environmentally conscious friend or family member for the holidays? Opting to make this holiday season's giving more earth-friendly? You may want to check out this weekend's Eco Gift Expo, which:will provide everything you would hope to find including beauty products, fashion, yoga products, sports, bags, shoes, candles, home decor, toys and much more... and everything at the expo is good for the planet, mind, body and spirit. You......

During the six years relocated Clevelanders Biblical Proof of UFOs haunted the dives of Los Angeles, they made my world a better place. This one band brought so many of my favorite things in the same package. They had a simply colossal sound, shape-shifting between glacial-pace Black Sabbath grind and Who-like momentum, powered by memorable tunes and sweetened with angelic vocal harmonies. They could step on any stage, in any room, with lousy acoustics......

Sitting on Main Street in Downtown Culver City, Novecento is a cozy little Italian joint you could easily overlook. I was walking by with mom on one of our ventures out to the local Indian spices shop when she noticed it and took a liking to the decor, so I took the parental units there on a friday night. Indeed, it's a lovely place inside, warmly lit (dim) and cozy, but it's the food......

For almost a year now, the southern corners of National Boulevard and Overland Boulevard have not had anything on them. Now, in the last week, they're bustling with activity. On the eastern corner, where there was once an Arco, a plywood fence has gone up (now it's festooned with posters) and on the western corner, where the stripped Blockbuster still advertises the video release of The Omen remake last October (saw it, not great)......

At 9 o’clock on a summer Saturday night, Bottle Rock is hopping. People are throwing parties there, grouping the tall tables together and sharing from the small plates menu that features seasonal fruit and vegetables and artisan cheeses and charcuterie. In fact, the whole place is lit with the comfortable scent of grilled cheese. The music is full of feel good guitars, that seem vaguely recognizable, even when you don’t really know the song.......

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In order to have a red carpet premiere of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean cash cow, Disneyland will be kicking everyone out of their kingdom tomorrow night at 5pm so that they can celebrate with their VIPs the fact that they were able to make billions off three films based on a cheesy ride. The third film in the trilogy is debuting at the park because it is based on one of its......

MAY 7 1833 -- Johannes Brahms BIRTHDAY 1840 -- Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky BIRTHDAY 1903 -- Bing Crosby BIRTHDAY 1961 -- Phil Campbell (Motorhead) BIRTHDAY 1972 -- Reginald Dwight legally changes his name to Elton Hercules John. 1972 -- Rolling Stones release Exile on Main Street 1973 -- George Harrison releases Give Me Love [Single] 1980 -- Black Sabbath, with vocalist Ronnie James Dio, begin a four night stand at London’s Hammersmith Odeon Theater to promote......

By week's end, this town is regularly littered with a handful of free rags. Combined, these publications put the Tribune Company's Spring Street operation to shame as far as reporting on the dozens of municipalities that make up this metropolis of more than 12 million people. LAist reads the weeklies so you don't have to. If there's anything we missed, pretty please let us know, or better yet, drop it in the comments section......

In a tight vote, the Burbank city council chose not to allow a Whole Foods Market sell their organically grown foods, beverages, and vitamins in the city. Claiming it would add too much traffic and disturb the unique equestrian style around the proposed location at 901 W. Alameda Avenue, the council basically told health-conscious shoppers that they will have to continue to drive east to Glendale or west to Sherman Oaks to pay and......

Every morning at 6am we will be posting a video of someone singing or playing the "Star Spangled Banner". Back in the day television stations would end their "broadcast day" with an instrumental of the National Anthem accompanied by video of horses running through a field, and olde fashioned Main Street, the Statue of Liberty, and eagles in slow motion. When the song was over, the screen would flicker and a test pattern would......

In honor of the the 16th International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition (aka Photo L.A.) being this weekend I thought I would make sure every photographer, novice to pro, knows about the event. So, here are some details: LOCATION: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 1855 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 HOURS: Opening Reception hosted by Graham Nash to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation Thursday, January 18th, 6 - 9pm Public Hours: Friday, January......

There were Sherman Oaks residents against Best Buy. There's Sunland-Tujunga residents against Home Depot. Enter Burbank Equestrians. According to Daily News, Whole Foods wants to build a store at 901 W. Alameda at Main Street, which is in the Ranch Equestrian District of the city. The increased traffic that would affect equestrian owners/riders and the general "fit" of its location is being opposed as the Planning Board voted 4-1 against the market. The city suggests......

If you see the LA City Council around any of these intersections, may we suggest that you honk if you're horny. According to CBS2, they've got the green light to put digital cams in 22 intersections and these 22 are on their radar. -- Griffin Avenue and North Main Street -- Beverly Boulevard and Western Avenue -- Broadway and Vernon Avenue -- Arlington Avenue and Venice Boulevard -- Balboa Boulevard and Vanowen Street --......

+ Celebrate the 4th Annual International Day of Peace with Dr. Jane Goodall at Griffith Park (near the merry-go-round) from 10am-4pm. Other guests include Julia Butterfly Hill, Tom LaBonge, and the Children’s International Peace Choir. And don't miss the Peace Dove Parade. If they're going to call us granola-eating treehuggers, might as well enjoy it. Free. + Trip out to Robert Drummond's live video performance and installation at Caltrans Plaza dubbed "Autumn Lights '06".......

Having just completed their latest K Records joint Paper Television, indie electro-pop kids and hope-magnets The Blow are on a tour of miniature proportions and are coming to an L.A. near you! Tomorrow nite the dynamic duo will be kicking out the jams both old and new at the Smell (8pm, 247 South Main Street, includes alleged-brand-new 16,777,216 color LCD dance floor). The latter includes: a new wave lost-love ballad, a "test the limits......

Face it, the Red Cross has been pretty good to us over the last few years. So why not give up more than a few pints of blood? Tonight from 7p-11p at the Nucleus Gallery (30 West Main Street, Alhambra, 91801) over 100 artists will be presenting work that has been created on 4" x 6" postcard sized mediums. Do-gooders and art collectors may purchase up to five pieces for $100 each. Here are......

We’re not talking about drinking the dyed green fountain water at Pershing Square. But if you are hanging around for the parade, it’s one idea. The patio at McCormick's and Schmick's in the Library Tower is around the corner where LAist’s Snow Tempest has been spotted with a pint or two of Guinness. There are enough guides out there to make today’s holiday everyday, or every Friday at least. LA Times has a guide......

We all remember Giant Village getting cancelled this year. Well to be technical, it was last year. Anyway, there was another party cancelled last year around this time called Lucent L'amour. Okay, to be technical again, it wasn't fully cancelled. But if you paid around 25 bucks to go to a party that was supposed to close at 4:00 a.m., and the fire marshal kicks you out at 2:30, some might be a bit......

Stay tuned for Day 2 and Day 3, of which Day 3 includes a very hot Katie Holmes news tidbit....

We have arrived. After a grueling eleven and a half hour roadtrip through conditions ranging from foggy, to rainy, to blizzardy, we drove into Park City around 6:00pm Thursday night. A fine meal of Swiss/German food helped to fortify our freezing LA-based skins. It was about 18 degrees outside. And snowing. What did we get ourselves into? Park City really is a beautiful place at night, with a blanket of snow covering everything and......