Featured image credit: Ben Schumin What a year for legendary bands. New wave icons Devo retired from live performance. Rock gods Kiss called it a day. And now Munch’s Make Believe Band is packing it all in… with one notable exception. Wait, you don’t remember Munch’s Make Believe Band? Surely you’ve had the singular experience […]
All images: lunaluna.com A new kind of amusement park is coming to Los Angeles, but Disneyland, Universal Studios, Six Flags, and Knotts can rest easy. Sure the new park will have plenty of rides. It’s just that no one can ride them. Noted Austrian artist and showman André Heller conceived the park, dubbed Luna Luna, […]
If you’re looking for a drive-in theater Los Angeles moviegoers can enjoy within the general area, your options just significantly dropped. After over 60 years, the iconic Mission Tiki Drive-In has closed its gates for the final time. The Montclair theater has staved off closure for years and was briefly revitalized by the global pandemic. […]
Featured image credit: King Richard’s Antique Center What do you get that special someone who has everything? Something no one else has, of course. Easier said than done in the highly manufactured modern world. Sure, you can take your chances on Etsy or eBay. But if you want more security along with the spontaneity of […]
Featured image credit: Carol M. Highsmith Anyone from Las Vegas can agree that sometimes you need to make your own luck. That’s what the city accomplishes as a spectacularly flashing beacon attracting people from around the world despite its remote desert locale. It recounts a tale from Paul Bowles’ classic novel The Sheltering Sky in […]
Sometimes, it’s not enough to have a song in your heart. Or even on your lips. You need it in the ears of your closest friends… and maybe even a barful of inebriated revelers. That’s why we’re compiling a list of the best spots where you can go to sing the karaoke Los Angeles crooners […]
Featured image credit: Polylerus You could be forgiven for double-taking when you first notice a stone spire towering above the sun-scorched shingles of suburban rooftops in a tranquil Glendora neighborhood. After all, the shores of the United Kingdom are over 5,000 miles away. Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. There is a bonafide castle, […]
If we’re being totally honest, the most haunted “trail” in Southern California is Hollywood Boulevard at 3 a.m. And that’s whether or not you believe in ghosts. But today, in honor of Halloween approaching on the not-too-distant horizon, we’re speaking to our more spiritually-inclined readers. We’re taking a closer look at the most haunted trails […]
With September 11 coming up, our thoughts no doubt return to that fateful day in 2001 that shifted the country if not the world. It was an experience that sent ripples of existential dread and sadness far and wide. While the events of September 11, 2001 happened on the other side of the country from […]
Palm Springs Animal Shelter is throwing a Clear the Shelter event this weekend. Thanks to a partnership with local restaurant, Boozehounds, the shelter will waive all weekend adoption fees. This means you can adopt a furry friend for FREE. Event Details The Palm Springs Clear the Shelters event will take place on August 12th and […]
