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Poets take care of their own. Suzette Smith If you’ve read anything about Micah David-Cole Fletcher, the survivor of last Friday’s stabbing on a MAX train near the Hollywood Transit Center, you likely know that he’s a poet. And poets know how to take care of their own. So it’s fitting that fellow Portland poet […]
There Really is Something For Everyone—Even If You’re a Teen.
The best places to read, buy books, and see art.The Best Places to Read, Buy Books, and See Art
If you hated Eat Pray Love but you love The Last Shaman, you’re a hypocrite, because it’s the same goddamn story, only worse. Here’s where I out myself as someone who enjoyed Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert’s much-maligned book about dealing with divorce and mental health struggles through opulent and ascetic travel. Gilbert is a […]
We’re giving away two tickets to tonight’s Minority Retort comedy showcase at the Hollywood Theatre. Minority Retort, the city’s only regular showcase for comedians of color, always puts on a great show, and tonight’s is sure to be even more thrilling because it features the amazing David Gborie. Here he is tearing it up on […]
Whether it’s Corey Arnold’s blind eagles or Nationale’s social justice print initiative, it’s time to look at something that isn’t your phone.
The Last Shaman: Where’s Elizabeth Gilbert when you need her?
The Time Has Come for Pleasurable Consumption Without Apology
SHOWTIME Though four episodes of the newly revived Twin Peaks were available last night, I only got through three. It would maybe have been none if I’d been watching alone, but luckily I have a solid Sunday night crew of fellow ladies who love Lynch to shriek along with. I’m glad for this, especially after […]
A friend of mine claims that because her parents never got divorced, she can’t handle fictional separations. Turns out I share this intolerance, because getting through The Lovers was a struggle. Stealing the plot of Tom Stoppard’s OG infidelity play The Real Thing, the Lovers are Mary (Debra Winger) and Michael (Tracy Letts), unhappily married […]
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