Last Sunday night, whilst many Angelenos were trying to make complete sentences out of what was left between all the bleeps heard during the MTV Movie Awards, I was down by the beach at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica, checking out an event called "Dessert Decadence." Billed as a sunset poolside minglefest, the event featured neither a sunset (too overcast and ran from 5-8, just a bit too early) nor a poolside (we......

What with all the political hubbub brewing this year over issues like The War, immigration, abortion, political corruption, we’re pretty sure the Farm Bill is going to get the shaft as far as public conversation is concerned – just like in 2002, when its passing was totally overshadowed by 9/11 and the ensuing hysteria. Frankly, it’s a damn shame. This is one issue that actually has a chance of raising bipartisan support – even......

The most exciting college sports action is going down this weekend in Los Angeles and this time there's no pigskin involved. The Pac 10 Men's Basketball Tournament is taking place Staples Center. It's a little like that awkward moment just before the Big Dance. It can be expensive to go, you wish you were with one of those cheerleaders, somebody already got upset (big time), and somebody hopes to get lucky. Come to think......

Clippers 102, Nets 101 - Guess who's back? At .500, that is. The Clippers pulled off an exciting finish after losing an 18 point lead and falling behind 100-97. Cuttino Mobley drained a trey with 0.6 second to go and handed New Jersey their third straight one-point loss on the road. Before spending the roadtrip in heartbreak hotel, the Nets had won 9 of 11. The Clippers, on the other hand, have collected four......

When we asked Guy Zimmerman, Artistic Director of Padua Playwrights, to make a Best of 2006 list, we found that it was a great way for Angelenos to see Los Angeles in 2007. From the shows to the venues he mentions, these are things to add to your "need to check out" list for 2007. He even gives kudos to a play that can be still seen -- The 99c Only Show -- three......

The Farm If you are done with traditional theatre with stage/actor, seats/audience, tonight is a good night to break that mold. The Farm is an ongoing series of evenings of new, short plays written and directed by local writers and performed in unusual, site-specific settings. This installment includes pieces specifically written for the loft spaces at Bedlam on 6th Street by some of Los Angeles' edgiest writers; an original dance piece created especially for......

South LA's most well-known community gardeners have been told to get out. The Farm at 41st and Alameda has 360 plots where locals grow fresh produce and hold a market on Sunday that includes, we can see from Kathryn Hill's excellent photographs, grilled corn, fried plantains, taquitos, carnitas, fresh sugar cane and prickly pear. After the 1992 riots/uprising/unrest, the land, which was to be the site of a garbage incinerator, was given to the......

Well, it's another month in magazine publishing, so it's another month's list from the folks at Los Angeles Magazine. This time, like they do every year, they're apprising their readership of their picks for the "Best" in LA. We've noticed over the years that there's no particular method to their madness, just for them to make mention of 101 things that have struck their fancy this year in this city. In looking at their......

We know you've been clamoring for more dish about The Grove, and a recent afternoon outing left us right in the middle of that strange and beautiful place, with a hunger for a light lunch and an eye on all the eye candy. We strode past the big restaurants with their enormous patios full of pretty people paying too much for sandwiches, and our eyebrows rose in a mix of disgust and curiosity as......

LAist knows that when you work on the Westside and have exhausted your lunch options at places like Jack Sprats, The Farm and that wonderful little Quiznos on Olympic and Bundy — well, places like the somewhat-new Lemon Moon might give your tastebuds a welcomed vacation. From chefs Josiah Citrin (Melisse) and Raphael Lunetta (Jiraffe), Lemon Moon (12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, 310-442-9191) is tucked right into the business park on the southwest side of......