ant Ballet Hispánico's 'Con Brazos Abiertos': Your quarantine must-watch of the day By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:44:49 -0400 Join the watch party for Ballet Hispánico's 'Con Brazos Abiertos' and catch a Q&A with choreographer Michelle Manzanales. Full Article
ant Coronavirus gives 'heightened urgency' to new Mike Kelley Foundation art grants By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:08:43 -0400 The COVID-19 crisis has led the Mike Kelley Foundation to be more flexible in its grants. Here's who will receive the $400,000 pool for L.A. groups. Full Article
ant Laugh with Groundlings alums Will Forte and Cheryl Hines: Your quarantine must-watch By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:30:03 -0400 The Groundlings' anniversary show in Hollywood is good for some cheap laughs — just $5 to view. Full Article
ant Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in 'Frankenstein': A quarantine must-watch By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:00:27 -0400 It's alive! Watch Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller switch off in the lead roles in a stage adaptation of "Frankenstein." Full Article
ant Sashay down to RuPaul's Digital DragCon: It's your weekend quarantine must-watch By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 09:30:32 -0400 Hold on to your wig! RuPaul's annual DragCon is going online. Here's how you can stream it for free. Full Article
ant The Wooster Group's 'Hamlet' with Richard Burton: Today's quarantine must-watch By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 13:37:09 -0400 The experimental theater company revisits Shakespeare using a 1964 filmed performance of Richard Burton. Here's how to stream it for free. Full Article
ant Londoners' unwanted clothes will support firefighters By www.london-fire.gov.uk Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 16:35:16 +0100 Londoners are now able to recycle their clothes at fire stations across the city while supporting a good cause Full Article
ant New fire commissioner signs covenant with UK Armed Forces By www.london-fire.gov.uk Published On :: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:15:24 Z London Fire Brigade’s first Commissioner in 75 years to have served as a commissioned officer in the British army has today sign a covenant with the UK armed forces. Full Article
ant Six female firefighters to cross the Antarctic By www.london-fire.gov.uk Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:40:43 Z Three London firefighters, and three from South Wales, will be strapping on skis for an arduous 1900km trek across the Antarctic. Full Article
ant Column: A century later, meatpacking plants still resemble Upton Sinclair's depiction in 'The Jungle' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 09:00:03 -0400 Workers crammed virtually shoulder-to-shoulder to tend production lines moving at inexorable speeds, high rates of disease and injury, low pay and unforgiving rules on time off or meal and bathroom breaks. Descriptions of today's meatpacking industry sound lifted from Upton Sinclair. Full Article
ant Antibody tests aren't always reliable or available. But businesses are racing to use them By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 13:37:32 -0400 There's been talk of creating immunity passports for workers using coronavirus antibody tests, but they're in short supply and not 100% accurate. Full Article
ant Surviving the Shutdown: Siblings keep the family legacy alive at Kareem's Restaurant By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:00:43 -0400 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown have left many restaurants uncertain about their future. Full Article
ant L.A. County will list restaurants that have had COVID-19 outbreaks online By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:02:20 -0400 L.A.'s Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it will publicly disclose restaurants that have had outbreaks of COVID-19. Full Article
ant Elliott: Olympian Mirai Nagasu finds hope in fight to keep parents' restaurant from closing By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:05:19 -0400 Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, who grew up in her parents' restaurant in Arcadia, is determined not to let the coronavirus close the family business. Full Article
ant Surviving the Shutdown: Brodard Restaurant keeps feeding Little Saigon By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:00:21 -0400 Sales are down at one of Orange County's most famous Vietnamese restaurants, but Brodard is adapting to survive Full Article
ant California effort will employ restaurant workers to provide meals for seniors amid coronavirus crisis By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:37:13 -0400 The program will provide $66 a day per senior in funding for daily meals. Newsom said the effort will launch immediately, focused on seniors who are at risk for COVID-19 or have limited income. Full Article
ant Famed Basque restaurant Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield to close permanently By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:09:13 -0400 The restaurant, which served traditional Basque cooking enjoyed family-style, had been in business for 89 years. Full Article
ant This chopped salad with lemony dressing is what we want on hot spring days By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:34:25 -0400 Coronavirus quarantine comfort foods can include fresh, light meals like this chopped salad recipe with a bright lemon soy sauce dressing. Full Article
ant L.A. looks to help restaurants by capping food delivery service fees at 15% By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:30:33 -0400 A new proposed Los Angeles city ordinance could set a 15% food delivery service fee cap. Full Article
ant What We're Into: The best quarantine snack you can get delivered By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:00:26 -0400 During coronavirus quarantine, good snacks are essential and this trail mix from a small, female-owned food company is the best out there. Full Article
ant Restaurant vendors are now selling to the public. Here's why it might hurt them instead of help. By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:06:45 -0400 Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost? Full Article
ant To safely reopen its restaurants, L.A. should transform its streets into cafes By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:00:30 -0400 L.A. should be taking inspiration from cities that are experimenting with public space to help businesses during coronavirus lockdowns. Full Article
ant 'Poilâne,' Apollonia Poilâne's first cookbook in English, is a quarantine baker's perfect bread handbook By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:00:56 -0400 French baker Apollonia Poilâne's latest cookbook, "Poilâne," teaches techniques and gives recipes for what to do with all that bread. Full Article
ant Easy desserts to make during quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:51:25 -0400 These simple sweets hit the spot every time. Full Article
ant Tasting-menu gem Auburn closes for good, the latest restaurant casualty of the coronavirus shutdown By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:33:05 -0400 Chef Eric Bost's Melrose Avenue restaurant opened just 13 months ago. Full Article
ant New project High Road Kitchens helps restaurants provide food on a sliding scale By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 14:08:54 -0400 High Road Kitchens funds restaurants to provide low-cost food and re-employ staff. Full Article
ant 9 L.A. chefs and restaurants are named James Beard Award finalists By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 17:55:31 -0400 Nine Los Angeles restaurants and chefs, including Jessica Koslow and Jeremy Fox, are on James Beard Foundation's list. Full Article
ant Want to make dinner in five minutes? Then it's time for scrambled eggs By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 18:05:33 -0400 This buttery, silky scrambled egg recipe comes together in five minutes and uses chopsticks to make cooking easy. Full Article
ant Column: As an L.A. newcomer, I adored Souplantation. I'm grieving its closing By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 22:57:45 -0400 Los Angeles magazine called it 'aggressively mediocre,' but its simple food and family-style seating reminded me of my Queens childhood. Full Article
ant Quarantined Laila Lalami tries "Middlemarch," falls asleep with "The Bell Jar" instead By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:30:49 -0400 In a coronavirus quarantine diary, 'The Other Americans' author Laila reads 'The Bell Jar,' recommends Kiese Laymon's 'Heavy' and watches 'Devs.' Full Article
ant Miss travel? Explore the country in quarantine through these books By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 17:09:58 -0400 In the second installment of the United We Read project, a homebound writer travels a quarantined country through books. Full Article
ant What Rigoberto González is reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 13:25:15 -0400 In quarantine, mystery poet Rigoberto González Full Article
ant Kathy Valentine's hair-raising memoir 'All I Ever Wanted' recounts the Go-Go's wild ride By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 15:09:22 -0400 Kathy Valentine's hair-raising memoir recounts life before, during and shortly after the Go-Go's ascended to become the darlings of the MTV generation. Full Article
ant What Susan Straight is reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:00:18 -0400 Quarantined in Riverside, novelist Susan Straight watches "Gunsmoke" and "Gentefied" and gives away Judy Blume and National Geographic. Full Article
ant Don Winslow drops a new book, 'Broken,' your quarantine read for our fractured times By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:00:38 -0400 The bestselling crime novelist plans a virtual book tour for his new title, "Broken," as the coronavirus keeps him home in Southern California. Full Article
ant L.A. author Kathryn Scanlan on whether we're still 'The Dominant Animal' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 12:00:53 -0400 Kathryn Scanlan, taut new story collection, "The Dominant Animal," probes power relationships in uncertain times. She talks about L.A. and COVID-19. Full Article
ant What authors are reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 12:05:28 -0400 Authors like Lionel Shriver, Alexander McCall Smith, Laura Lippman and Steph Cha are under coronavirus quarantine too. Here's what they're reading. Full Article
ant Alexander McCall Smith reads up on solitude — and shares a new song — from Scotland quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 11:00:27 -0400 In his quarantine diary, "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" author Alexander McCall Smith writes lyrics, reads Auden and watches "Brideshead Revisited." Full Article
ant Home wrestling, masked dinners and lots of books: Kevin Wilson's Tennessee quarantine diary By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:00:12 -0400 The author of "Nothing to See Here" enjoys BennY RevivaL, furniture-breaking wrestling moves and lots of books in his quarantine diary. Full Article
ant Cooking in quarantine: 'Always Home' author Fanny Singer retreats to Alice Waters' kitchen By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:13:23 -0400 Fanny Singer's stories and recipes, 'Always Home,' show life growing up in the orbit of her mother, farm-to-table chef Alice Waters. Full Article
ant New manga subscription service launches with a quarantine-friendly 2-month free trial By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:00:12 -0400 Read "Attack on Titan," "Somali & the Forest Spirit," "Fire Force," "Arte" and more with Mangamo, a new mobile manga subscription service. Full Article
ant Quarantined film critic David Thomson loves 'Ozark,' sours on 'Paris, Texas' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:00:13 -0400 Thomson, the author of dozens of books including "The Biographical Dictionary of Film," binges on "Ozark" and Godard but finds "L'Avventura" a drag. Full Article
ant Want to know more about the real 'Mrs. America'? Here's your reading list By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:57:34 -0400 "Mrs. America" creator Dahvi Waller on the books to read if you want to know more about the ERA Full Article
ant Lionel Shriver is grateful for pandemic quarantine (no she isn't) By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:00:16 -0400 The author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" lives that perfect, self-improving quarantine life (or maybe gets drunk and watches British reality TV). Full Article
ant Review: A dark corner of California's migrant history, illuminated in a debut novel By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:07:06 -0400 Rishi Reddi's "Passage West" plumbs an important story of Indian immigrant farmers, but isn't quite up to the task as fiction Full Article
ant Quarantined Stephanie Danler works in bed and wages a 'subtle music war' with her family By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:00:49 -0400 The author of "Sweetbitter" juggles child care and promoting her new L.A. area memoir, "Stray," reads poetry and takes solace in "The Office." Full Article
ant A sidelined novelist copes with deadlines, dread and family in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:29 -0400 Anna Solomon, whose novel "The Book of V." comes out next week, juggles writing, building rafts and book promotion in a void in our latest diary Full Article
ant Charles Yu quarantines with disaster blockbusters, Wong Kar-wai and 'Ozark' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 11:00:02 -0400 The author, most recently, of "Interior Chinatown" opts for "Independence Day," a slew of inspiring novels, "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Ozark." Full Article
ant Letters to the Editor: Finally, the coronavirus screening we need — blood antibody testing By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:42 -0400 Screening a sample of the population to see who has been infected with COVID-19 and who hasn't is a huge step forward in returning to normal life. Full Article
ant Letters to the Editor: Being a scientist while placating a narcissist — Anthony Fauci's impossible job By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:00:34 -0400 Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves something like combat pay for guiding the nation with his scientific expertise while also doing enough not to get fired. Full Article