Arts & Culture

Good Friday Brings the Crowds to Get Their Seafood

By Ed Fuentes — March 21, 2008
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Fisherman's Outlet

Fisherman's Outlet is hidden away in the industrial area just off Skid Row, but on this Good Friday afternoon it was anything but empty. Patrons of all types and occupations lined up despite a sizable wait, making their pilgrimage to a place regarded as serving what is quite possibly L.A.'s best seafood. On the sidewalk, 15-year-old Max Shinbane passed out...


EVFA Opens This Weekend in the Arts District

By Ed Fuentes — March 20, 2008
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Edgar

Edgar Varela joined the Downtown art scene a few years ago and since then he’s been the multi-tasking man about town. “I started out with a few parties that had happened to exhibit art in the same space,” he says “Now I’m an art dealer, sometimes a curator, then a gallery owner… or maybe everything at the same time.” That space was the former Citizen’s Warehouse...


St Patrick's Day Brings a Crowd to Pershing Square

By Ed Fuentes — March 17, 2008
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Packed at Pershing

L.A.’s St Patrick’s Day Parade is a small town gathering compared to celebrations held in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Ireland. There was still a few empty blocks near the Civic Center, and road closures had commuters snarling on the freeway.


Back at the Globe

By Ed Fuentes — March 16, 2008
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GLOBE

The big question at "Bringing Back a Broadway Sign", where we noted the return of the Globe Theater neon, was when the new letters would once again be lit. Last night we got half the answer, as the northern half of the marquee once again glowed. A nearby shop owner reported hearing that the southern half would be similarly lit come this evening. Now the...


Hello, Aloha!

By Ed Fuentes — March 16, 2008
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Komai

On the way back to the Arts District, I dropped into a new café in Honda Plaza and found a full menu with a healthy side of backstory. Downtown’s Little Tokyo was planned to be the second location for the popular Monterey Park restaurant until chef Komai passed away. Jennifer Lee was in charge of operations, but after losing her mentor she took a year off...


Monday: St. Patricks Parade Heads Down Main Street

By Eric Richardson — March 14, 2008
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Pipes

Monday brings the St. Patrick's Day parade Downtown, with a route that runs from Main and Arcadia down to Pershing Square. According to a release on Councilman Tom LaBonge's website, "parade attractions include numerous celebrities, the Los Angeles Police Emerald Society bagpipes and drum band, high school and college marching bands, The Lakers Girls, Park Rangers...


A Visual Spin Around the March Downtown Art Walk

By Ed Fuentes — March 14, 2008
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The Rowan

With the ground floor of the Rowan used as a gallery and the north face wall turned into a film screen, this month’s Art Walk expanded Gallery Row's active sidewalk life. Now in its third month, Comedy Walk attendance continued to grow. Music, heard from the streets in several locations, helped create a sidewalk segue to guide gallery-goers between hotspots...


DotDotDash: Seeing Daylight

By Ed Fuentes — March 13, 2008

The March Downtown Art Walk will see some openings, more comics, a show in and on the Rowan Lofts, and a sunset at 7:25 pm. Brady Westwater has a complete listing for the Downtown Comedy Walk here. Other highlights are after the jump.


Raising Awareness for V-Day

By Ed Fuentes — March 13, 2008

Saturday, March 15th, brings two performances of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues to Little Tokyo’s Aratani Japan America Theatre. The Pan Asian cast includes Tamlyn Tomita, Takayo Fischer, KTLA Anchor Cher Calvin, and KTLA reporter Janet Choi in the L.A. version of the national V-Day event. Proceeds go to the Center for the Pacific Asian Family, a Southern...


Emmys' Nokia Move Made Official

By Eric Richardson — March 10, 2008
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Video Games Live at the Nokia Theatre

Variety is reporting that the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences has officially signed on to move its Emmy Awards to the Nokia Theatre. Award shows were a big target for AEG in the theatre's design, and the show's move was widely expected. The awards had previously been handed out down Figueroa in the Shrine Auditorium. Downtown gets a very positive pitch....