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Best of LA 2010
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The Guide

Welcome to our online Guide. Here you’ll find our picks of can’t-miss cultural events that span music, art, theater, films, readings, festivals, and more. Check it out at the beginning of each month, then come back often for our Ask Chris Picks and the last-minute additions worth rearranging your schedule for

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Sunny Daze

From Mad Men to dark dreams to Mad Mel, sizing up summer’s diversions

Summer wreaks havoc on the regimen of our amusements. All our rituals turn inside out, and viewing habits turn upside down. The sun hurtles toward the earth, and the grown-up cinema is commandeered by kids, while TV, the children’s plaything, launches new seasons... Continue
By Steve Erickson
Illustration by M.G. Lord

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ONE-TEN Episode 9: Los Angeles in Mind

Composer Laura Karpman and librettists M.G. Lord and Shannon Halwes reveal the creative process behind their multimedia opera

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My LA to Z: Abigail Chapin
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My LA to Z: Abigail Chapin
Between shows and gearing up for the release of her band's latest album, Two, Abigail Chapin can be found shopping on Melrose, listening to music at The Echo, and enjoying the outdoors...
Interviewed by Ashley Reich 
The Reading List: L.A. Authors. L.A. Topics. September'10 Books
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The Reading List: L.A. Authors. L.A. Topics. September'10 Books
Every month LAmag.com highlights titles of local interest that are hitting the bookshelves. Here’s what’s new
By Wendy Witherspoon
The Olive Kitchen & Bar
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The Olive Kitchen & Bar
Greg Morris of the Spanish Kitchen and Oak Fire Pizzeria has ventured into casual hotel dining at the newly redesigned Grafton on Sunset...
Your LA to Z
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Your LA to Z
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My LA to Z: Landon Donovan
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My LA to Z: Landon Donovan
It has been a big year for LA Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan.

Interviewed by Ashley-Marie Olgado

Best of LA 2010
Features
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Best of LA 2010
See which 95 local resources made our annual list
Edited by Laurie Pike
Xoia
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Xoia
Every bohemian strip needs a good pho joint. This is Echo Park’s version...
Autism Now
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Autism Now
In the September issue of Los Angeles magazine, "The Mystery Among Us" explores the ways in which autism affects us all. Here, three City Thinkers tell us what we should do while we search for causes and cures
Compiled by Shayna Rose Arnold 
The Mystery Among Us
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The Mystery Among Us

See additional photos of the Angelenos living with an autism spectrum disorder and featured in our September issue  

Mucked Up
Columns
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Mucked Up
A black summer for beach lovers stirs memories of a sickened—and still ailing—bay
By Anne Taylor Fleming
From the Editor
Alone Together
My six-year-old son is affectionate (a Southern granny couldn’t give bigger hugs), funny (he looked at me one morning and declared, “Mama’s hair is broke”), and bright (his memory is scary-sharp, and he can assemble a 250-piece puzzle five times faster than I can). He is also autistic... Continue
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CookingChannelIceCreamTruck-SmallA touring ice cream truck makes stops in L.A. and a new Chozen flavor is anointed...
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parisfrancechicleakTalbot’s. Ernest Hemingway. Blue jeans. See the connection? Neither do I. But the clothing company is offering a trip to Paris to the person who writes the best six-word ode to blue jeans

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NorwoodPicThLast week I had the honor of visiting Youngwood Court. Norwood Young's, um, distinctive home on 3rd Street in Hancock Park...
The BuzzCut Blog

etheridgeThMelissa Etheridge played to a nearly sold-out crowd at the Orpheum, and between hits the Grammy winner talked a lot about Los Angeles
Smog Check
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Can you unlock the architectural secrets of the Auto Chek ten-minute smog centers?

Soon after California began mandating vehicle inspections in 1982, Auto Chek founder John Wilson drew up his vision of what would become six truncated drive-thru pyramids...
The Seen
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    Hurrah to Jimmy Fallon for making the three-hour Emmy kudo-fest a great time!...

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    Get to know award-winning food critic Patric Kuh and read his reviews in Los Angeles magazine

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