Arts & Entertainment

Coachella 2026: A hand-picked guide to the best of the fest

With well over 100 acts on eight stages, almost all of them streaming live, Coachella can be overwhelming. Here's a day-by-day guide to the can't-miss music there.

John Waters on AI, LA’s pros and cons, and why he thinks laughter can bring the country together

“Humor is the only thing we have left to change things,” Waters said. “That's the only way we're gonna solve this.”

A man wearing a red jacket and black sunglasses makes a prayer gesture.

Feature: A new book tells the story behind Hitler’s efforts to infiltrate Hollywood

Larry Mantle speaks with author Michael Benson about his book, Hollywood vs. Nazis: How the Movie Studios Took on Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles.

Three male presenting people stand on a balcony (left to right) one in a military uniform, one in a trench coach in a 'seig heil' pose, and another holding an applause sign.

FilmWeek: ‘You, Me, & Tuscany,’ ‘Exit 8,’ ‘The Christophers,’ and more!

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell, Beandrea July, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

A female-presenting person in a white dress and a male-presenting person in an orange shirt running through a grove of young trees.

A new woodland where little kids can play with all the native plants opens in Claremont

California Botanic Garden opens Children’s Woodland, a free-form nature play space that emphasizes connections to native plants.

In a large outdoor forest area, a small child with light skin tone sticks her hands into a tree stump.

Sounds of Music, a cornerstone of East LA’s oldies and soul scene, is at risk of closing

Customers say if the record shop closes, it’ll take decades of East L.A. history and culture with it.

The inside of a store with shelves of vinyl records displayed and organized, along with boxes filled records underneath.

Why hundreds of single people are ditching Tinder for the Dodger Stadium bleachers

She found love at Dodger Stadium and turned the experience into L.A.’s hottest dating scene.

A woman with medium skin tone, wearing a black Dodgers jersey, embraces a man with medium skin tone, wearing a blue Dodgers bomber jacket and hat while sitting in stands with people sitting around them looking out of frame.

How lowriding’s ‘First Lady’ carved her own path in South LA

Tina Blankenship-Early’s legacy highlights a shift within lowrider culture where women are no longer viewed as just passengers or eye candy.

A woman with dark skin tone, wearing a white t-shirt and black shorts, sits partially inside the drivers seat of a blue lowrider with painted designs above the left rear tire.

Rapper Dumbfoundead unapologetically represents K-town in memoir ‘SPIT’

Jonnie Park, aka Dumbfoundead, unapologetically details growing up in K-town in his memoir “SPIT: A Life in Battles.”

Rapper and actor Dumbfoundead (Jonathan Park), an Asian man with medium skin tone, wearing a black and white flannel jacket over a white t-shirt, smiles for a photo in front of a black wall.

Keanu Reeves, Nicole Kidman and Oscar Isaac round out the casts of new spring TV set in LA

In this fictional TV version of SoCal, Keanu Reeves is a Hollywood star with a long list of people who hate him and Nicole Kidman is a former pro wrestler.

A woman with long wavy red hair sits at a desk across from a woman with long blond wavy hair and a man with a shaved head, beard and an earring. Only the backs of the couple are visible. They both are wearing black jackets. Behind the red-headed woman (Nicole Kidman) is a beige painted brick wall with two degrees hung on it and a long narrow window above it.

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