Pop & Hiss
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July 15, 2011
Music
One of the groups that knocked me out during last year’s Classic Jazz Festival over Labor Day weekend in Los Angeles was the Rhythm Kings, a 12-piece orchestra playing original arrangements from the ‘20s and ‘30s.
Aug. 7, 1986
Food
At Lock & Key, a new speakeasy in Koreatown
March 1, 2013
The studio for Linear Labs, the analog recording label owned and operated by “Luke Cage” co-composer and hip-hop producer Adrian Younge, is hidden behind a Highland Park salon and record store on Figueroa Street.
June 27, 2018
From Prohibition’s smoky speak-easies to the often violent world of rap, mobsters have been attracted by the celebrity, glamour and rich financial rewards of the entertainment business.
March 16, 1997
The piano bar and supper club takes wing with a 1920s speak-easy vibe, unlike the casual-dress bars by the same owner.
Aug. 28, 2009
Angel’s in Santa Monica
Entertainment & Arts
Dandy Dan is muscling in on Fat Sam’s territory, and it isn’t pretty--there’s a pie with Sam’s name on it, and the whipped cream is flying.
June 19, 1991
Travel & Experiences
Jazz babies and their beaus can relive the Roaring ‘20s in the Arizona Biltmore’s Mystery Room, the newly re-created “secret” speak-easy in the resort’s main building.
Sept. 30, 2013
At the Moulton Theatre, the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre is romping through its most ambitious production to date: Alan Parker’s stage version of his 1970s movie musical extravaganza, “Bugsy Malone,” the kid-sized, Prohibition-Era spoof with warring hoodlums, chorus girls, show-biz breaks, true love and gooey “Splurge Guns.”
June 22, 1991