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5 Outside-the-Box Things to Do in L.A. Over Memorial Day Weekend

2013-05-24 05:00:00

See also: *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. With Memorial Day weekend on the horizon, L.A. is giving you the opportunity to expect the unexpected. Save the burge...

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Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Pulitzer Finalist About the Iraq War

2013-05-23 13:30:11

Lee Melville, a true gentleman and decades-long friend of our theater, died last night. Melville was a critic and editor at Drama-Logue and, most recently, L.A. Stage. More details as they co...

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Five Dance Events to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Salsa Convention

2013-05-23 13:05:16

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. This week's dance events include Dance Bistro servi...

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I Was Arrested on Hollywood Boulevard

2013-05-23 10:06:20

More First Person pieces: *I Was Sick of L.A. Traffic. So I Took a Plane to Work *I Rode the Entire L.A. Metro in a Single Day *Why the San Fernando Valley Hate Needs to End Once and For All When...

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When a 14-Year-Old in South Central Wants to Learn the Cello

2013-05-23 07:00:00

When her son Jacob was barely a year old, Teresa Esquivel noticed that music powerfully affected his demeanor. Certain tunes would even make him cry. In particular, if Pokémon was on, Jig...

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Chris Brown's Art: The L.A. Weekly Review

2013-05-23 06:00:00

Street art is a commentary on the nature of ownership, and the push-pull between public and private property. Using the city as a stolen canvas is in and of itself an artistic statement that art...

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10 People Who Are Transforming Hollywood

2013-05-22 15:47:00

This year's People issue celebrates the 56 Angelenos we find most intriguing. Among those 56 are fashionistas, musicians and novelists -- and, of course, the movers-and-shakers in Hollywood. Che...

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5 LGBT Movers and Shakers in L.A.

2013-05-22 13:20:40

From the national battle for marriage equality to the ever-increasing pool of public figures blasting down their closet doors, it's a good time to be LGBT. Check out all of our People 2013 profi...

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We Want Nominees for the 2013 L.A. Weekly Web Awards!

2013-05-22 08:35:22

Calling all you virtual movers and shakers! (And those of you hip to what the cool kids are doing online these days.) We want to hear from you, because right now we're gathering nominees for the 2...

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Dances With Films and a London Olympics Doc: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

2013-05-22 08:00:00

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, May 24 Paul McCartney and Wings went on their Wings Over the World tour from 1975-76, conquering three continents and marking McCartney's fi...

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Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Cough Syrup Spraying to a Justin Bieber Song

2013-05-22 07:00:00

This week, footage about a high-energy collaboration between artists, architects and Pepsi plays at the MAK Center, one artist leads people on a hunt for truth and other intangibles at the Get...

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Inside the World of L.A. Geocaching, a Scavenger Hunt Taking Place All Around You

2013-05-21 12:24:14

In La La Land, the home of movie magic, we're used to our surroundings being not quite what they seem. But did you know, at this very moment, you are surrounded by thousands of tiny containers...

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Hanksy, the Banksy-Meets-Tom Hanks Street Artist, Tells Us the Secrets to Spoofing Celebrities

2013-05-21 06:00:00

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying Banksy is so 2010. Hanksy, the similarly secretive street artist and love child of Banksy and Tom Hank...

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Five Nerdy, Inspiring Documentaries You Should Watch Right Now

2013-05-21 04:00:00

See also: *Dragon*Con vs. San Diego Comic-Con: Which Convention Should You Attend? *Stan Lee Has His Own Convention Now: Stan Lee's Comikaze A good documentary can do more than entertain or educ...

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HUSH Chats About the State of Street Art and His Culver City Show at Corey Helford

2013-05-20 13:59:06

There is no single process for HUSH. The U.K.-based artist mixes methods as he applies a combination of paint (acrylic and the spray can variety), screen print and ink techniques to his canvases...

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Why Are L.A.'s Parks So Lacking in Good Food?

2013-05-20 07:30:00

What began as a public-private partnership bidding process to find a food vendor for a beloved urban park launched a massively successful mid-market burger chain. Granted, any business gets a ...

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Crazy, '80s Scandalfest The Morton Downey, Jr. Show Chronicled in New Documentary

2013-05-20 05:00:00

Years before reality TV and today's conservative political pundits, we had Morton Downey, Jr., whose The Morton Downey, Jr. Show in the late '80s was Jerry Springer, Geraldo, The O'Reilly Facto...

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Burning Love Co-Creator Erica Oyama Gives Us Dating Advice

2013-05-20 03:00:00

Erica Oyama is the great comedic mind behind the scripted comedy web series Burning Love on Yahoo. The show parodies reality dating shows like The Bachelor, and recently released its third seas...

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Photos: Here Is #LAWeeklyArtopia as Seen Through Instagram

2013-05-17 16:34:42

You came, you saw, you Instagrammed. Here are some of the coolest photos we found tagged #LAWeeklyArtopia from last night's event in Chinatown. If for some reason you changed your mind and don't...

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Jewish L.A.: 5 People Who Helped Shape the City's History, From the Autry's New Exhibit

2013-05-17 08:00:00

Jewish history in turn-of-the-century America usually conjures up images of deeply religious East Coast garment district workers or greased-back, penny-pinching Old Hollywood studio moguls. The...

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