@CrownsAndHops is teaming up with @AllagashBrewing to create equity in the #blackowned #craftbeer space. laweekly.com/crowns-hops-is…

@CrownsAndHops is teaming up with @AllagashBrewing to create equity in the #blackowned #craftbeer space. laweekly.com/crowns-hops-is…

Not Another DJ: Zeds Dead’s Altered States label is a home for house music & dubstep adjacent electronic music. Their first release of 2023 is dance tune “NYC” by Mary Droppinz. laweekly.com/supercalifragi…

"What you've done -- the breaking of one of the most monumental records in sports -- will be heard throughout our city and around the world." -Mayor Karen Bass on LeBron James breaking the all-time NBA scoring record.

A series of consecutive booms rattled through the San Gabriel Valley and into the Pomona Valley Monday, leaving more questions than answers. laweekly.com/unexplained-bo…

Chicago-born R&B songstress Tink has released new single and video “Toxic,” and it’s an honest, thought-provoking soul tune. laweekly.com/tink-drops-tox…

Award-winning @ChefDebVanTrece brought a sizzling buffet honoring what would be #whitneyhouston's 60th birthday this year to the @WHollywoodHotel. Check out the soulful gallery. laweekly.com/southern-chef-…

LA-based singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist ROWA told us about her love for an MIA gem. laweekly.com/rowa-gets-kala/

The Secrets of Indiesleaze revealed!! Read the @LAWeekly cover story on the early days of LA nightlife featuring @thecobrasnake @steveaoki and myself! laweekly.com/indie-sleaze-f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Arts Calendar: Feb 2-8. Personal narratives about justice, all-night sound performance, a painter gets cheeky with nature, poets get inspired by camellias, dozens of museums are free on Sunday, contemporary art billboards spring up, Brecht goes gangster. laweekly.com/its-personal-a…

Painter Ben Sanders’ Luminous Landscapes at OCHI. Radiant biomorphic shapes—egg, orb, moonrock, celestial body, spouting botanical, cylindrical satellite—hover in firmaments whose chemical gorgeousness is either extraterrestrial, post-apocalyptic or both. laweekly.com/painter-ben-sa…

#UnBinged: That Retro Show: The Return of #Velma, #Willow and Hanging Out in the #That90sShow Basement. Revamps, rehashes & remakes are nothing new. Done right, they’re an easy win for networks, streaming services & audience. But done wrong... laweekly.com/that-retro-sho…

Event Pick: Chinatown First Fridays. Dozens of eclectic art galleries, studios, creative businesses, independent shops & popular restaurants are open a bit late on the First Friday of each month, 5-9pm; free. laweekly.com/its-personal-a…

Performance Pick: Dorian Wood at @CalArtsREDCAT. A 12-hour composition & sound installation explores folk music as a vessel for social change; a durational spatial experience in live & recorded elements throughout the site. Fri, Feb 3, 8:30pm-8:30am; $20. laweekly.com/its-personal-a…

.@LAWeekly Movie Review: “You People” is Cringey, not Comedic Social Commentary. The story of an interracial couple in Los Angeles is a satire that takes a black-and-white approach to comedy. laweekly.com/you-people-bri…

.@LAWeekly Movie Review: Jennifer Lopez Commits — For Better or For Worse — in “Shotgun Wedding.” laweekly.com/jennifer-lopez…

Performance Pick: Dahlak Brathwaite: Try/Step/Trip at @TheWallisBH. Layered characters, poetic verse & dialogue merges with music, in a deeply personal work blurring lines between hip-hop & drama. 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills; Feb 2-5; $40-50. laweekly.com/its-personal-a…

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: The Art of Hope by #CIRCA. Launched on London’s Piccadilly Lights, The Art of Hope video calls on the world to consider the oneness of humanity. Broadcasting daily at 20:23 local time in London, Berlin, Melbourne & Los Angeles. laweekly.com/ever-changing-…

Art Pick: Not Another Second: LGBT+ Seniors Share Their Stories @ the Watermark. Photographer Karsten Thormaehlen’s candid portraits & interviews with those whose integrity, resilience & humanity paved the way for future generations. Through June 29; free. laweekly.com/ever-changing-…

The legendary #franlebowitz is in LA! See her tonight at @theatre_acedtla & read our exclusive chat here—laweekly.com/fran-lebowitz-…

Ice Cube, Cheat Codes, Ari Lennox, Lady Gaga, Zolita, and so much more in the new LA Weekly playlist. The soundtrack to your weekend. laweekly.com/from-ice-cube-…

Holy guacamole, better watch out wht you drop on the floor during the #SuperBowlLVII game laweekly.com/super-bowl-foo…

Rising pop star Zolita told us about her Gaga experience. laweekly.com/zolita-gets-ga…

For Los Angeles-based alt-pop artist RYL0, everything went pretty much to plan in 2022. Her new “Thru My Chest” single is out now, so we chatted. laweekly.com/hyper-ryl0-ret…

Not Another DJ: French bass producer Dr. Ushūu's single “Love Me” is out from February 2, so we chatted. laweekly.com/youve-got-to-l…

Art Review: Glenn Hardy, Jr. Represents at Charlie James Gallery. Family reunions, birthday parties, pickup basketball games, chess matches, pool parties. Hardy’s paintings depict joys of ordinary American life—Black life—with meaningful, timely intention. laweekly.com/glenn-hardy-jr…

Art Pick: Lavinia Fontana: Pioneering 16th Century Painter at @Getty (Virtual). Learn about the 1st female artist to achieve academic stature in Rome, 1st to paint large public works & female nudes, and 1st to run her own workshop. Wed, Feb 1, 11am; free. laweekly.com/ever-changing-…

.@LAWeekly Movie Review: Embodied Nihilistic Nightmares in “Infinity Pool.” Powerhouse acting forces Alexander Skarsgård and Mia Goth meet director Brandon Cronenberg on the dark side in a film that’s as extreme and weird as you’d expect. laweekly.com/mia-goth-embod…

#MeetAnArtistMonday: Yehonatan Koenig. In both a process of art & a way of being, Koenig’s mesmerizing, gently fractal ink drawings hover between creation & dissolution, macro & micro, knowing & not knowing. His new show opens at Bestor Architecture Feb 3. laweekly.com/meet-harmonic-…

Ahh, Spas: L.A.’s Best Beauty and Wellness Sanctuaries. Sometimes you need a real escape, even if it’s only for a few hours. Spas make for the perfect wellness break and in L.A. there are lots to discover. laweekly.com/ahh-spas-l-a-s…