Bethania Palma Markus

"It's like a miniature Sim City," the Container Yard founder and operator Ash Chan said. "Once you open a door here, it changes everything."

The bleak-looking community is out of sight, out of mind for many Angelenos.

Drunken black-outs, waking up in a stranger’s bed after a night of go-go dancing, dreaded drag queen bosses and back-stabbing colleagues are all just part of the underground gay club scene depicted in a web series/pilot created by LA-based actor and comedian Jimmy Fowlie.

The photography and multimedia work of LA artist Roya Falahi is stark, evocative and raw. She uses a pretty limited palate: black, white and blood red.

Heart of Art's walls are open exclusively to women and LGBTQ people, but everyone's welcome in the space so long as they are respectful.

Fine art and hard science collided in an unlikely way in the far reaches of the world in Antarctica. The result is artist Lily Simonson's exhibit "On Ice," now on display at CB1 Gallery on 5th near Spring Street downtown.