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Since its inception in 1978, L.A. Weekly has been a vital source for understanding Los Angeles, exploring its diverse subcultures, tracking its evolving trends, uncovering untold stories, and challenging the city's political figures. The publication has consistently attracted readers through its extensive event listings and cultural insights, while maintaining their loyalty with fearless reporting on news and politics, along with in-depth features crafted by some of the nation’s top writers. L.A. Weekly has received more accolades from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies than any other publication in the United States. Notably, in 2007, food critic Jonathan Gold was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for his work with the paper.

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Review: ‘Materialists’ Looks to Bend the Rom-Com Into a New Shape

2 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Chad Byrnes

Korean Canadian filmmaker Celine Song brings her pensive touch to the classic rom-com in Materialists, her follow-up to 2023’s Past Lives, attempting to subvert the genre and deconstruct it to its finest thread. Unlike in the romps from the ’90s with Sandra Bullock or Hugh Grant, Song contextualizes the pitfalls of dating as a more serious enterprise than you’d expect — nobody face-plants or acts like a clown to engender laughs.
The Dulan Family Celebrates 50 Soulful Years

3 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Michele Stueven

Dulan’s, the beloved Black-owned soul food institution, deeply rooted in the LA community, celebrates 50 years of a local culinary legacy that started when Adolf Dulan opened his first eatery in Los Angeles, Hamburger City, in 1975. It soon became so popular that additional locations sprang up around the city. A few years later, he opened Aunt Kizzy’s Back Porch out of one of the burger stands in Marina del Rey, the first soul food restaurant in the area.
Review: ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Trades Depth for Design

3 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Asher Luberto

“All great designs start with an even greater story.” That’s the motto of interior design, anyway, but it seems cinema’s greatest decorator has forgotten about the story all together — what’s the point of designing a remarkably bespeckled building if no one’s going to live in it?
Gallery: 88rising's Head in the Clouds Fest Celebrates 10 Years of Bringing Asian Music to the Forefront

3 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Mark Stefanos

Head in the Clouds Festival returned to Brookside at the Rose Bowl last weekend, May 31, and June 1, marking the 10th-anniversary celebration for its host, the pioneering music label 88rising. The two-day event drew thousands of music fans, cementing its status as the country’s premiere showcase of Asian and Asian-American talent.
Lobster Golden Nights And A Demon Slayer In Temple City - Here’s What’s Popping Up

3 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Michele Stueven

Starting this week through Friday, July 25, Eddie V’s in El Segundo is celebrating the season with a Golden Nights Summer Event offering a perfectly paired lobster roll and wine experience for $38, set to live music in the restaurant’s V Lounge.
Gallery: Lightning in a Bottle 2025 Kept Energies Cosmic at Buena Vista Lake – with Girl Math and Mary Droppinz - LA Weekly

3 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Mark Stefanos

Lightning in a Bottle returned to Buena Vista Lake over Memorial Day Weekend, bringing with it its vibrant tapestry of music, art and community. The festival is presented by the Do LaB with a deep lineup featuring standouts like Jamie xx, Four Tet, Khruangbin, Sammy Virji, the return of Claude VonStroke, plus a super stacked undercard.
Pride Month: Sips And Sweets

3 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Michele Stueven

The 55th Annual Pride Parade takes place on Sunday, June 8, between and including Highland Ave. and Cahuenga Blvd. The party continues next to the parade route with Pride Village, a free street festival featuring a music stage, community stage, two full-service bars, more than 80 vendors and exhibitors, and dozens of food trucks and stalls. Gearing up for and gearing down from the parade, here are some sweet ideas to celebrate Pride in June.
The Hollywood Fringe Festival Returns With More Shows Than Ever

3 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Michele Stueven

The Hollywood Fringe Festival returns for its 15th anniversary on Thursday, June 12, as it is being billed as the biggest year in the festival’s history, with more than 416 shows across genres and a mix of new works, original works, and independent artists. Families can check out Pandora’s Boombox, a nonverbal, family-friendly, physical theatre comedy.
The Mortician Digs Deep Into the Macabre Business of Death

4 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Michele Stueven

Darkly gripping, The Mortician on MAX takes a deep dive into the macabre true story behind David Sconce, scion of the Lamb Funeral Home family in Pasadena, who took over the family business and ended up engaging in years of morally questionable and inhumane practices for profit in the 1980s. The story made national headlines at the time.
‘Bring Her Back’ Directors Danny & Michael Philippou Prove Home Is Where the Horror Is

4 weeks ago | laweekly.com | Kalyn Corrigan

Icy tundras and dense, dark woods can elicit fear in the heart of any movie-goer, but as the Australian twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou have proven yet again with their latest masterpiece Bring Her Back, the scariest setting to unveil a truly frightening horror story is surprisingly stationed within the confines of a residential neighborhood. One that feels just like home.