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From Punks To Plates – Chris Reece, Jim Kaa and Gary Twinn Play On
When Chris Reece opened the Pike Restaurant and Bar 20 years ago in the fourth street corridor, it was a gang-infested rough Long Beach neighborhood. Being the drummer of the punk band Social Distortion, that didn’t phase Reece who was fo...
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Lulu Chef David Tanis Serves Art On The Plate
While acclaimed Lulu chef and noted cookbook author David Tanis considers himself a “newbie” on the local farmers market scene, he’s already zeroed in on the best vendors Southern California has to offer to bring art on the plate at t...
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Hitmaker Nija is Doing her Own Thing
Hitmaker Nija is Doing her Own Thing: L.A.-based, New Jersey-born singer and songwriter Nija was just 13 years old when she started life as a producer, making beats in her bedroom. “It was my hobby, and it was something I would do on t...
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The Last Gang in the Garden
The Last Gang in the Garden: Snotty punk from L.A.’s The Last Gang, who are signed to Fat Wreck and make quite the racket. Also on the bill are Toxic Energy, Decent Criminal, and Alternative Citizens. The Last Gang were on tour all...
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I Want You Back Serves up Heartbreak and Hilarity
For a movie with such a farfetched premise, I Want You Back is authentically charming and strangely relatable. Unlike most romantic comedies, which feature two ludicrously gorgeous, fiercely independent leads who hate each other for most of...
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Leatherface Wears Thin in New Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a very strange movie. Of course, it's a horror film so wacky and sinister things are expected. Yet this sequel is strange in a different sort of way. You can't tell if the filmmakers --director David Blue Garc...
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Hashtag Frieze Week
The headline-generating Frieze Los Angeles is a ritzy art fair whose global brand of marquee galleries can be counted on to bring art stars to town, but whose inclusion of more independent outfits and edgier commissioned projects is always ...
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The Circus: Arts Calendar February 17-23
This is one of those circus-comes-to-town weeks where everywhere you look (and shop, and drink, and scroll), you’ll see an art event. Digital, installation, post-illustration, hyper-realism, dissolute abstraction, feminism, NFTism, avant-...
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California Presents Endemic Plan As Coronavirus Unlikely To Go Away
California Governor Gavin Newsom presented the state's endemic plan for living with SARS-CoV-2, saying "there is no end date" to the pandemic. With that in mind, the state introduced the S.M.A.R.T.E.R plan, an acronym that stands for Sho...
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Former Councilman Herb Wesson May Fill Vacant L.A. City Council Seat
Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez introduced a motion, Wednesday, to have former councilman Herb Wesson fill the vacant 10th district seat left by councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas. If confirmed by the council, Wesson will tak...
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New Bills Offer More Protections for Pot Doctors and Patients
Over 25 years after the passage of Proposition 215, Assembly Bill 1954 backers hope to expand protections for both patients and doctors when it comes to medical cannabis, while Senate Bill 988 would make it easier to medicate in medical fac...
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Lack of Equality in Drug Testing Rocks Olympics
The biggest scandal to hit the Bejing Olympics so far has been the reaction to the way Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been treated following a failed drug test, compared to last summer when American track and field star was pulled...
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