Despite their numbers, LA’s cultural creators often find themselves disjointed and separate. Sure, those reliable Angeleno whipping boys “sprawl” and “cars,” may be to blame for our disconnected creators, but the newly minted Hub LA office is looking to change that with a collaborative work environment for creative types who are also interested in civic improvement.
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Articles by Isaac Simpson
Bootie LA Celebrates Eight Years of Mashups
Twice a month, the Echoplex hosts Bootie LA, a neon-infused dance party with performers of all shapes and sizes dancing on stage as DJs play wildly divergent mashups, pairing Swedish House Mafia with Bryan Adams or Run-DMC with Creedence Clearwater Revival in one song, for example.
Handsome Coffee in the Arts District
Tyler Wells of Handsome Coffee talks about his principles, his itinerant past and some of his favorite LA coffee shops.
The Varnish: Cocktails in LA
Eric Alperin, co-owner and chief bartender of the Varnish, is credited as one of the forefathers of the burgeoning mixology movement in Los Angeles.
Wolvesmouth: LA’s ‘Toughest Dinner Reservation’
Wolvesmouth is an underground restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles, shrouded in secrecy. To go, you have to get invited, which involves somewhat of a scavenger hunt, and a password. It’s been called the “Toughest Reservation in LA.”
Free Things to do in LA
Los Angeles is full of free things to do, probably even more so than most large cities. One reason for that is LA’s integration with nature. Most big cities are laid out like towering concrete jungles, but LA is different.
Wurstküche Brings Beer and Sausages to DTLA
In an industrial expanse of Downtown Los Angeles, a couple of blocks from the massive American Apparel factory, lies the Los Angeles Arts District, home of popular restaurant and beer house, Wurstküche. It’s a lively area filled with street art and edgy restaurants, new-age healing centers and budding art galleries. Yet, only six years ago, the LAAD neighborhood was just another blotch of indistinguishable urbanity.
LA Band Spotlight: Chloe Chaidez of Kitten
Conversing with Chloe Chaidez, frontwoman of the LA-based rock band Kitten, about music feels like talking to Quentin Tarantino about movies. Every sentence is packed with musical references, every observation fully grounded upon the paleontological striations of music history.
