What's Happening in LA This Week + Reflecting on 2024

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Teragram Ballroom and Kentyah Present: Afro Bowie

A Progressive BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION of The musical vision of DAVID BOWIE: Jan 9, 2025.

Afro Bowie- a funk/punk/progressive exploration of the music, art and legacy of David Bowie performed by an all-star band featuring:

Omar Hakim (Bowie/Miles Davis) – drums

Vernon Reid (Living Colour) – guitar

Corey Glover (Living Colour) – vocals

Justin Warfield (She Wants Revenge) – vocals

Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) – bass

Tony Austin (Kamasi Washington) – drums

Money Mark (Beastie Boys) – keys

Azar Lawrence ( Miles Davis) – sax

Kitten Kuroi (Elvis Costello) – vocals

Dwight Trible (Pharoah Sanders) – vocals

Georgia Anne Muldrow (Brainfeeder) – vocals

Zach Goode (Smash Mouth) – vocals

Kat Dyson (Prince) – guitar

Kentyah – percussion

Eric Mayron – keys

Todd Simon (Antibalas) – trumpet

Minta Spencer – harp

Dancers:

Storyboard P and cESee

Opener:

VoltageCtrllr

Visuals by:

ThisMachineInMe and Stranger Liquids

Special Guest MOBY, plus more surprise special guests!!!

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The Best Movies of an Un-Best Year – and WTF With No. 10?

So, let’s be consumer-forward: Year-end lists aren’t about critics planting their flags in the media moment’s lunar surface and declaring ownership of the Zeitgeist, however much they might feel like they can, or should. The profession does encourage an unhealthy amount of self-preoccupation, but really, it ain’t you, babe — as the long-lost Chuck Stephens once blasted online, reviewers who start off with first-person pronouns in their first paragraph have already failed. (Not that we all haven’t occasionally gone there — hopefully, very occasionally.) Among other things, film crit as it’s best practiced in the post-Kael/Sarris era means you try your best not to refocus the discussion on your own dingus. Rather, you are at the reader’s service, because we all know that everything we hear or read about a movie that doesn’t come from a critic, or a civilian of personal acquaintance, is just paid publicity.

Which means, the more we hear/read about a movie, the bigger its PR budget, and with that the decreasing likelihood that the movie in question is worth our time...

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Laugh with us @ The Ice House!

A fantastic evening of entertainment at an affordable price guaranteed!

🍻Happy Hours: 6:30pm – 7:30pm & 10pm – close (bar & patio only)

🍹All cocktails, wine & select food items $5 off and beer at $8

Saturday, January 4

4:30PM • DEEZ NUTS

7PM • Jiaoying Summers, Jodi Miller, Fumi Abe & More!

8PM • Shindig Show w/ Kevin Nealon & Tom Arnold

Wednesday, January 8

7:30PM • NETFLIX IS A JOKE Audition Showcase

8PM • Wednesday’s at the DL w/ DL Hughley & friends

9:30PM • NETFLIX IS A JOKE Audition Showcase

Thursday, January 9

7:30PM • NETFLIX IS A JOKE Audition Showcase

9:30PM • NETFLIX IS A JOKE Audition Showcase

Friday, January 10

7:30PM • Anna Akana, Leslie Liao, Billie Lee & More!

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Sublime Charms Halftime at Sofi as Rams Clinch 2024 NFC West Title

Rams fans were treated to a halftime show by Sublime at the Cardinals vs. Rams game at SoFi Stadium last Saturday, Dec. 28. The Long Beach legends recently reformed with Jakob Nowell — son of the late lead singer Bradley Nowell — as the lead, whose sultry vocals are a fresh revival of his Dad’s SoCal sound.

“I was a Rams fan growing up all throughout my childhood until they moved to St. Louis — and then I thought they were traitors, so I traded them for another team. But now that they’re back, I had to honor that, and I’m once again a Rams fan,” drummer Bud Gaugh told us. “Puka Nacua is one of my favorite players on the team. And I’m glad that Matt Stafford moved out of cold ass Detroit because he serves better over here wearing the blue and gold.”

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The Best Parties in Los Angeles 2024

When the temperature drops and early afternoon shadows creep longer this time of year, we’re reminded that LA can be a cold and lonely place. But shorter days mean longer nights, and crisp air makes a sweaty dancefloor all the more inviting. This was a landmark year for the best parties in Los Angeles — these boogies can turn a sprawling, anti-social mega-city into one brimming with community and energy. Sometimes you just need bass shaking your brain and some nerd dancing too hard next to you to really feel something…

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Barry Jenkins Brings Majesty Back to the Pride Lands in ‘Mufasa’

Shakespeare in the park is cool, but what about Shakespeare in the zoo? A mashup from Disney, the original Lion King brought Hamlet to life with animals instead of humans, a novelty that was visually dazzling, emotionally wrought, wildly entertaining and bound to have at least one dismal remake. Luckily, Disney already got that remake out of the way with 2019’s The Lion King, a bland (cat)astrophe that couldn’t hold a light to Disney’s original…