The Crew For HBO’s ‘Ballers’ Totally Sets A Real Connection To A Growing Las Vegas
Las Vegas is at a cultural crossroads at the moment. The real estate market has changed enough for serious residential development where the average median sales price of a home is well under half a million. Add an even lower average renters and it makes sense...
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Aug
Insecure’s Season Two Premiere Continues To Serve Up Sophistiratchet Ambrosia
Insecure turned out to be more than a polished rehash of Issa Rae’s ultra popular Awkward Black Girl YouTube series when it debuted last fall. The series, following the lives of two early 30-something black women living in Los Angeles, became a ratings hit and a critically-acclaimed darling despite...
My LA Weekly Debut: Moonchild
London-based tastemaker Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings and his genre-defining Bubblers compilations have become golden-tinted ambrosia for modern experimental groove junkies over the past several years. Current semi-underground standards ranging from Jose James and Hiatus Kaiyote to The Hics and Nick Hakim have been featured on...
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Jun
Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum: Lifting kids’ eyes to the sky
News of 16-year-old Compton native Isaiah Cooper becoming the youngest African-American pilot to fly solo around the continental U.S. last summer went viral and became the against-all-odds story that eventually becomes a Hollywood blockbuster. At the center of the accomplishment was none other than Robin Petgrave,...