LA Cookbook for the Recently Deceased Brittany Menjivar departs Tinseltown for Halloween Town and gets her Edward Burger Hands dirty. Brittany Menjivar 27 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
LA, Blinded by the Frights Aspiring It-ghoul Brittany Menjivar gets stabbed by the Grabber and barbed by Chucky at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights. Brittany Menjivar 27 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
LA A Question For The (Sub)Culture Brittany Menjivar enters the Void to get slizzard at the Subculture anniversary party in Mid-City. Brittany Menjivar 22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
LA You’re Invited, If You Dare The title of the Dare’s 2024 debut album poses a question: What’s Wrong with New York? Here’s my take Brittany Menjivar 7 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
LA Shaking Up The Scene The Big One: Issue Two Launch Party The Earl Los Angeles September 6, 2024 It seems the season of earthquakes is upon us. After a series of small tremors, a Brittany Menjivar 16 Sep 2024 · 3 min read
LA The Dog Ears of Summer Friday Night Mixer A Good Used Book Los Angeles August 23, 2024 Certified bibliophiles will know that there are two distinct varieties of used and rare bookstores. Some stock autographed Brittany Menjivar 30 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
LA Down(town) in the Underground LABYRINTH MASQUERADE Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles Aug. 16 – 17, 2024 Last Thursday night, I posted an urgent inquiry to my Insta story: “Where can I buy a masquerade mask? Brittany Menjivar 28 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
LA I Would Do Anything For Indie Sleaze Amid all this talk about indie sleaze, there’s woefully little nostalgia for the exuberant indie pop of the late aughts and early 2010s. Think back: which bands played on Brittany Menjivar 20 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
LA Revenge Of The Horror Comic EC COMICS LAUNCH PARTY Revenge Of Los Angeles July 23, 2024 It was a dark and stormy night when I discovered EC Comics. Perusing my college library’s bookstacks during Brittany Menjivar 6 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
LA Straight From La La To Never Land PETER PAN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL Pantages Theatre Los Angeles July 12 – 28, 2024 On Wednesday night, I headed toward the second star to the right and straight on till the Brittany Menjivar 24 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
LA A New Genus of Genius GIVE ME THE MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT Hollywood Fringe Festival Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre Los Angeles, June 29, 2024 Whom or what do you envision when you hear the word “genius” Brittany Menjivar 18 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
LA I Had the Time of My Afterlife WENZDAY’S PARTY Boardner’s Los Angeles Every Wednesday Los Angeles is goth the way apple pie is American. From the Old Hollywood fashions that influenced the modern goth aesthetic Brittany Menjivar 7 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
LA Nothing Is Trivial WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRIVIA Bigfoot Lodge Los Angeles Every Wednesday Every time I visit the East Coast, I’m subjected to rumors of some strange new insect sweeping the area. First, Brittany Menjivar 27 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
LA Eyes On The Road EYES ON THE ROAD: ART OF THE AUTOMOTIVE LANDSCAPE PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM Los Angeles Through November 2024 Having survived a near-fatal collision, I’m constantly contemplating the automobile. Much like Brittany Menjivar 3 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
LA A Fair’s In Order LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR Pomona May 3 – 27, 2024 Having extensively covered the conventions, fairs, and festivals of the greater Los Angeles area, I sometimes worry that I’m falling Brittany Menjivar 26 May 2024 · 2 min read
LA Hot Moms In Your Area KIMBERLY KING PARSONS’S WE WERE THE UNIVERSE BOOK TOUR Skylight Books Los Angeles May 16, 2024 The cosmos keep bringing me back to Kimberly King Parsons. During undergrad, I Brittany Menjivar 22 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA All’s Fair At The Ren Faire ORIGINAL RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area Through May 19, 2024 My ren faire experience began with a quest of fantastic proportions. After parking on a side street Brittany Menjivar 3 May 2024 · 3 min read
LA Modern Blur Is Not Rubbish BLUR: COACHELLA WARM-UP SHOW The Fox Theater Pomona April 10, 2024 Last Wednesday morning, I emerged from the supermarket with a two-liter bottle of electrolyte water and three energy bars, Brittany Menjivar 17 Apr 2024 · 3 min read