Groovy is a very loaded word. Often it connotes either finger-snapping hipsters in black turtlenecks or hippie mamas doing the Deadhead slo-mo in purple tie-...
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La Santa Cecilia: A Musical Mission Guided by a Saint and Led by a Diva
Greater Long Beach
Arts & Entertainment Music NightlifeThe stage is tiny. Six musicians are crammed elbow to elbow, a tangle of sparkly costumes, mic stands, guitars, congas, an accordion and a full drum kit. A p...
Jump starts: Parkour leaps into the mainstream consciousness
Los Angeles Times | Brand X Daily
Arts & Entertainment Lifestyle SportsUntil fairly recently, practitioners of parkour shared the slice of sidewalk subculture generally associated with breakdancers and skaters in the late '80s. ...
Harlow Gold redux: Giving a whole new meaning to 'bar crawl'
Los Angeles Times | Brand X Daily
Arts & Entertainment NightlifeWe know what you’re thinking: Another burlesque show? Yawn. Seen one set of fishnets, seen them all. Sure, but have you seen them writhing down the bar and h...
The Petrojvic Blasting Company: Coming soon to a sidewalk near you
Los Angeles Times | Pop & Hiss
Music Arts & Entertainment NightlifeThe best pieces from last Thursday’s Downtown L.A. Art Walk weren’t to be found hanging on the walls of an overpriced gallery, but instead came warbling out ...
The rise of Taqwacore: from parking lots to Park City
Los Angeles Times | Brand X Daily
Arts & EntertainmentIn the beginning, there was the Word. Then came the Music. After that, the Phenomenon caught fire, and that’s when things got really interesting. If that al...
Francophone Fest: Shakin' it at the Roosevelt
Los Angeles Times | Brand X Daily
Arts & EntertainmentIf there’s an art to balancing a plate of hors d’oeuvres, a fat glass of wine, a cell phone and shaking your bootie all at the same time, the guests at last ...
The French government had to invent a holiday for it, but now it's taken on the patina of tradition. Every year at midnight on the third Thursday of November...
French Tuesdays at Skybar: Riffraff need not apply
Los Angeles Times | Brand X Daily
Arts & Entertainment NightlifeThe ultra-exclusive social-networking club French Tuesdays packed the equally exclusive Skybar at the Mondrian Hotel for its bimonthly event this week. And a...
Transcend the sinful rep of San Diego's sister city by checking out the mucha cultura awaiting just across the border Tijuana is synonymous with wanton i...