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FOOD MORE FOOD ➝       A Taste Of Los Angeles At Hinoki & The Bird – Here’s What A James Beard Foundation Dinner Looks Like After a trying and brutal year for the still struggling restaurant industry, the James Beard Foundation has taken its Taste America dinner series on the road again, landing in Los Angeles Tuesday at Hinoki & the Bird. With stops alon... READ MORE ➝   One Of L.A.’s First Grocery Stores, Smart & Final Celebrates 150 Years Smart & Final’s history dates back to 1871 when it was founded in Los Angeles under the name Hellman-Hass Grocery Co. It was the first grocer to introduce the concept of “cash & carry” west of Chicago. At the time, grocery sto... READ MORE ➝     MUSIC MORE MUSIC ➝       Milo Goes (Back) to School: The Descendents Return with New Old Album Milo Goes (Back) to School: When the Descendents formed in Manhattan Beach in 1977, they were snotty kids in their mid teens. That original lineup featured Tony Lombardo on bass and Frank Navetta on guitar, plus Bill Stevenson, the sole re... READ MORE ➝   From Alesso to the Descendents — the New LA Weekly Playlist is Live From Alesso to the Descendents: The sixty-fourth LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we’ve been writing about all week, is live now. There’s electronic music from J. Worra and Alesso, punk from the Descendents, R&B fro... READ MORE ➝     ENTERTAINMENT MORE ENTERTAINMENT ➝       Stripped: Taylour Paige and Riley Keough Bring @Zola’s Infamous Tweet Storm to the Big Screen “Have you taken a shower since the trip?” actress Taylour Paige asks at the start of our Zoom interview about Zola, the new A24 film in which she plays the title character and narrator. We’d just screened the movie before the intervie... READ MORE ➝   Gunpowder Milkshake Relies on ‘John Wick with Women’ Formula If you've ever seen John Wick, Le Samourai or Leon: The Professional, then you've essentially seen Gunpowder Milkshake, another action flick featuring killers on the run. The set-up is basic: Karen Gillan is Sam, a hit woman-for-hire in ... READ MORE ➝     ARTS MORE ARTS ➝       MOCA Grand Reopens with Intertwined Narratives of the Moment MOCA’s Grand Avenue location is open again, with several exquisite installations of their permanent collection highlighting photography, recent acquisitions and architectural themes, as well as a solo presentation of works by New York-bas... READ MORE ➝   Strength in Numbers: Arts Calendar July 22 – 28 Installations by Sadie Barnette at two museums, an innovative Bill T. Jones dance documentary, several ambitious and thematic summer gallery group exhibitions, bilingual poetry, a new Sanford Biggers show and conversation at CAAM, and weird... READ MORE ➝     NEWS MORE NEWS ➝       Cuban-Americans In L.A. Stage Protests Against Cuban Regime Cuban-Americans have rallied in support of anti-government protests in Cuba which have called for "freedom" from its current governmental regime. With a massive July 11 protest now being dubbed "Dia de la rebeldia nacional" – which tra... READ MORE ➝   Harvey Weinstein Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Sexual Assault Charges In Los Angeles Former film producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded 'not guilty' to charges of sexual assault in a Los Angeles criminal court, Wednesday. The wheelchair-bound producer is facing four counts of rape, four counts of forcible oral copulation, two... READ MORE ➝     CANNABIS MORE CANNABIS ➝       Senate Democrats Start Legalization Conversation Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), released draft legislation last week of the most comprehensive federal cannabis reform plan to date.  The bill would decriminaliz... READ MORE ➝   Cages and Capitalism: NORML Push Legalization Their Way While many are excited about the prospects for the cannabis industry if Senate Democrats’ legalization plan comes to fruition, for people like NORML’s Political Director Justin Strekal, it’s about getting people out of cages. And w... READ MORE ➝

 

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