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@iloveboostersmv Costume Designer Shirley Kurata Steals the Show laweekly.com/the-fashion-an…

Familiar Faces: Hayama By Watami lands in the #culvercity Helms Design District laweekly.com/hayama-by-wata…

A sigh of relief from locals. Santa Monica's Circle Bar reopens this month laweekly.com/first-look-san…

Beer and wine in Palmdale and BBQ in Long Beach - Here's What's Popping Up laweekly.com/the-high-deser…

With a calm cadence but wild mind, Sheng Wang takes a microscope to the most relatable, mundane things in life, and finds all sorts of hilarious chloroplasts and ribosomes of profound takeaways. Wang’s newest special “Purple,” streaming now on Netflix, tackles the day’s pressing topics, all articulated with an incredible vocabulary. “I love the beauty, power, and diversity of language, and finding the perfect word to describe something,” he says. “Some words I'm currently feeling are ‘sop,’ ‘deft,’ ‘patina,’ and ‘murmur.’” His zen-like stage presence is a welcome change of pace. Some stand-ups need to jump around and yell and shock you, but it takes a special act like Sheng who can get you in tears with the most subtle and precise act-outs. Wang didn’t become this good at comedy overnight, he’s been at it well over 20 years. Born in Taiwan, raised in Houston, college at UC Berkeley, and with stints in SF and NY, we’re thankful Sheng Wang now calls the Westside of LA home. This week, he was featured at a few shows at the Netflix is a Joke Fest. Read his Comedy Q&A to learn more about infatuation with plants, his journey in comedy, and what 'epiphytic' means. laweekly.com/comedy-qa-shen…

Behind the scenes of Mortal Kombat II with director Simon McQuoid laweekly.com/director-simon…

Walking The Walk to #STAYinLA: On the set of "Declined" in Santa Monica with Lt Gov 2026 candidate @fionama

Daydrinking @doshombres #tequila with @BryanCranston and friends on #cincodemayo. Gracias!

Tastemakers at the @GettyMuseum and a matcha maestro at @JHLosAngeles - Here's What's Popping Up laweekly.com/greater-palm-s…

Tonight, May 1, The Shrine rumbles with dabke rhythms, ingenious mashups, and thousands singing in Arabic as DJ Habibeats throws his biggest Habibi’s House show yet. From selling just 80 tickets at the first party four years ago to 5,000 tonight, the Palestinian-American DJ has built a movement. What started as an identity crisis has turned into a cultural catalyst, creating the Middle Eastern nightlife scene LA was missing. “I come from a very normal, hardworking immigrant family,” he says. “No one would have ever imagined that anything like this would have happened.” Fresh off a Coachella set, his new EP “Benzeen,” and a packed European tour, DJ Habibeats blends his American hip-hop/house roots with Arab heritage into high-energy, dancefloor magic. Cousins reunite, strangers become kin, and non-MENA friends leave as converts. “He’s created an environment that feels bigger than all of us,” says Lena Khouri, founder of Between East. laweekly.com/dj-habibeats-s…

You can almost smell the pork chops and applesauce. The Bucket Listers have outdone themselves with the Brady Experience. laweekly.com/step-back-into…

@jamesellroy has Fred Otash on the case again in his new book, Red Sheet. laweekly.com/getting-social…

RT @LAWeekly: @jamesellroy has Fred Otash on the case again in his new book, Red Sheet. laweekly.com/getting-social…

Strawberry nachos and watermelon tacos - Here's What's Popping Up laweekly.com/whats-popping-…

Wallie the Sensei returns with “MAD DOGG: THE MIXTAPE, VOL. 1,” a project rooted in the realities of Compton and shaped by a wide, restless sound. The title stands for Managing Angry Demons, Deprived of God’s Grace. “That’s just a good explanation of how a lot of people have to maintain and get through where I’m from,” Wallie says. “It’s how you might feel most of your life if you’re trying to do something and you’re just in turmoil.” Fresh off a Cactus Jack signing and a Kendrick Lamar feature, Wallie is no longer the underground voice hoping for a shot. He is the artist who can now take the music back to the places that shaped it, and to the people who rarely get front-row seats. The result is a sound that draws from his many, growing capabilities. West Coast bounce sits comfortably next to atmospheric, psychedelic textures, with tracks that move between rapping and singing in a continuous emotional arc. Now a Girl Dad of three, he continues to stay connected to his community while a maintaining a commitment to growth, in both his craft and in life. laweekly.com/wallie-the-sen…

The hidden Thorne Family Farm in Malibu is open to the public on Saturdays laweekly.com/a-spring-dinne…