The attack of the global cities

London's Tate Modern is featuring an exhibit right now on global cities, focusing on Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo through the broad themes of size, speed, form, density, and diversity. There...

'Art Outlaws of East L.A.' draws letters

My feature on the history and legacy of Asco brought loads of letters, calls, and emails. Some congratulatory, some reprimanding, some critical. The Weekly published a couple this week in print and more online. Because the letters published are mostly...

Former Mexican queer bars in L.A.: We will never forget

Access to cheap beer, a sticky floor, and a drag show is a basic neo-American right, so when places to buy such amusements begin disappearing, someone must stand up and say something. Enter the Pocho Research Society. Adolfo Guzman-Lopez of...