Category Archives: Offbeat LA

Street Style LA Slides into Summer

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Jim Cherry

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New Music, Food and Fun at LA Phil’s Noon to Midnight

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Ted Kane

The Los Angeles Philharmonic presents its third annual Noon to Midnight (N2M) festival in and around Walt Disney Concert Hall this Saturday, June 1st, 2019. N2M is the quintessential LA Phil event, combining uncompromisingly avant garde music with a fun … Continue reading →

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Among the Dead with Author Caleb Wilde

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Victoria Thomas

  It’s Dias de los Muertos time here in Los Angeles and many other places touched by the goofy-syncretic Catholic paganism we associate with seeing our besties, our daily barrista, and even our bosses en calavera, surrounded by bouquets of … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: The Madonna Inn – Happiness in San Luis Obispo is a Palace of Kitsch

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Nikki Kreuzer

There have been weavers of magic spells since the dawn of man’s existence; those who spin gold from mere thread, create wonderlands and sprout bouquets of sweet smelling flowers from their imaginations. Some of these magicians may not even consider … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Surreality and The Salton Sea

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Nikki Kreuzer

The winds, warm and sometimes powerful, seem to whisper secrets as they exhale mighty gusts across the Salton Sea. This really is No Man’s Land. Such a haunted allegory this area does weave: creation, destruction, Mother Nature’s fickle impermanence, hope, loss … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Just a Few Miles Away- Snow in Los Angeles at Angeles Crest Highway

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Nikki Kreuzer

Southern California winters are very close to perfection. Sure, we grumble when the temperature dips below 65º and try to be happy when the rains come, knowing that to complain of rain during a drought is truly looking a gift horse … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: The King & I- The Annual Elvis Festival in Garden Grove and a Visit to Azteca Elvis-themed Mexican Restaurant

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Nikki Kreuzer

Elvis has not yet left the building. In fact, his iconic mythology echoes far greater and far louder than it even did during his lifetime. The cult of Elvis is very real, cutting through place and time, uniting those with very … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: Sauerkraut, Stout and a Side of Surreality… Old World Village in Huntington Beach

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Nikki Kreuzer

We are living in a time that is moving much too quickly. Technology is always one step ahead of us, and the gathering and processing of information comes at us from all directions, pretty much non-stop. Our outside environment, controlled by … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: A Cherry on Top – Fosters Freeze, the History of California’s Original Soft Serve

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Nikki Kreuzer

I scream, you scream, we all scream for… Soft Serve! Perhaps the words don’t roll off the tongue as romantically as ice cream, the much denser, higher milk-fat frozen treat that we all love and adore, but Soft Serve conjures … Continue reading →

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Offbeat L.A.: The Bewitching Mosaic Sculptures of Queen Califia’s Magical Circle in Escondido, CA

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Nikki Kreuzer

It is not hard to enchant me. I am captivated quite easily by things of beauty, places of mystery, anything that calls to my heart, my soul and my imagination. And yet the spellbinding mosaic sculptures of French/American artist Niki … Continue reading →

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