rant The Wooster Group's 'Hamlet' with Richard Burton: Today's quarantine must-watch By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 13:37:09 -0400 The experimental theater company revisits Shakespeare using a 1964 filmed performance of Richard Burton. Here's how to stream it for free. Full Article
rant Surviving the Shutdown: Siblings keep the family legacy alive at Kareem's Restaurant By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:00:43 -0400 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown have left many restaurants uncertain about their future. Full Article
rant L.A. County will list restaurants that have had COVID-19 outbreaks online By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:02:20 -0400 L.A.'s Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it will publicly disclose restaurants that have had outbreaks of COVID-19. Full Article
rant Elliott: Olympian Mirai Nagasu finds hope in fight to keep parents' restaurant from closing By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:05:19 -0400 Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, who grew up in her parents' restaurant in Arcadia, is determined not to let the coronavirus close the family business. Full Article
rant Surviving the Shutdown: Brodard Restaurant keeps feeding Little Saigon By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:00:21 -0400 Sales are down at one of Orange County's most famous Vietnamese restaurants, but Brodard is adapting to survive Full Article
rant California effort will employ restaurant workers to provide meals for seniors amid coronavirus crisis By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:37:13 -0400 The program will provide $66 a day per senior in funding for daily meals. Newsom said the effort will launch immediately, focused on seniors who are at risk for COVID-19 or have limited income. Full Article
rant Famed Basque restaurant Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield to close permanently By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:09:13 -0400 The restaurant, which served traditional Basque cooking enjoyed family-style, had been in business for 89 years. Full Article
rant L.A. looks to help restaurants by capping food delivery service fees at 15% By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:30:33 -0400 A new proposed Los Angeles city ordinance could set a 15% food delivery service fee cap. Full Article
rant What We're Into: The best quarantine snack you can get delivered By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:00:26 -0400 During coronavirus quarantine, good snacks are essential and this trail mix from a small, female-owned food company is the best out there. Full Article
rant Restaurant vendors are now selling to the public. Here's why it might hurt them instead of help. By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:06:45 -0400 Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost? Full Article
rant To safely reopen its restaurants, L.A. should transform its streets into cafes By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:00:30 -0400 L.A. should be taking inspiration from cities that are experimenting with public space to help businesses during coronavirus lockdowns. Full Article
rant 'Poilâne,' Apollonia Poilâne's first cookbook in English, is a quarantine baker's perfect bread handbook By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:00:56 -0400 French baker Apollonia Poilâne's latest cookbook, "Poilâne," teaches techniques and gives recipes for what to do with all that bread. Full Article
rant Easy desserts to make during quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:51:25 -0400 These simple sweets hit the spot every time. Full Article
rant Tasting-menu gem Auburn closes for good, the latest restaurant casualty of the coronavirus shutdown By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:33:05 -0400 Chef Eric Bost's Melrose Avenue restaurant opened just 13 months ago. Full Article
rant New project High Road Kitchens helps restaurants provide food on a sliding scale By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 14:08:54 -0400 High Road Kitchens funds restaurants to provide low-cost food and re-employ staff. Full Article
rant 9 L.A. chefs and restaurants are named James Beard Award finalists By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 17:55:31 -0400 Nine Los Angeles restaurants and chefs, including Jessica Koslow and Jeremy Fox, are on James Beard Foundation's list. Full Article
rant Quarantined Laila Lalami tries "Middlemarch," falls asleep with "The Bell Jar" instead By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:30:49 -0400 In a coronavirus quarantine diary, 'The Other Americans' author Laila reads 'The Bell Jar,' recommends Kiese Laymon's 'Heavy' and watches 'Devs.' Full Article
rant Miss travel? Explore the country in quarantine through these books By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 17:09:58 -0400 In the second installment of the United We Read project, a homebound writer travels a quarantined country through books. Full Article
rant What Rigoberto González is reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 13:25:15 -0400 In quarantine, mystery poet Rigoberto González Full Article
rant What Susan Straight is reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:00:18 -0400 Quarantined in Riverside, novelist Susan Straight watches "Gunsmoke" and "Gentefied" and gives away Judy Blume and National Geographic. Full Article
rant Don Winslow drops a new book, 'Broken,' your quarantine read for our fractured times By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:00:38 -0400 The bestselling crime novelist plans a virtual book tour for his new title, "Broken," as the coronavirus keeps him home in Southern California. Full Article
rant What authors are reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 12:05:28 -0400 Authors like Lionel Shriver, Alexander McCall Smith, Laura Lippman and Steph Cha are under coronavirus quarantine too. Here's what they're reading. Full Article
rant Alexander McCall Smith reads up on solitude — and shares a new song — from Scotland quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 11:00:27 -0400 In his quarantine diary, "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" author Alexander McCall Smith writes lyrics, reads Auden and watches "Brideshead Revisited." Full Article
rant Home wrestling, masked dinners and lots of books: Kevin Wilson's Tennessee quarantine diary By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:00:12 -0400 The author of "Nothing to See Here" enjoys BennY RevivaL, furniture-breaking wrestling moves and lots of books in his quarantine diary. Full Article
rant Cooking in quarantine: 'Always Home' author Fanny Singer retreats to Alice Waters' kitchen By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:13:23 -0400 Fanny Singer's stories and recipes, 'Always Home,' show life growing up in the orbit of her mother, farm-to-table chef Alice Waters. Full Article
rant New manga subscription service launches with a quarantine-friendly 2-month free trial By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:00:12 -0400 Read "Attack on Titan," "Somali & the Forest Spirit," "Fire Force," "Arte" and more with Mangamo, a new mobile manga subscription service. Full Article
rant Quarantined film critic David Thomson loves 'Ozark,' sours on 'Paris, Texas' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:00:13 -0400 Thomson, the author of dozens of books including "The Biographical Dictionary of Film," binges on "Ozark" and Godard but finds "L'Avventura" a drag. Full Article
rant Lionel Shriver is grateful for pandemic quarantine (no she isn't) By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:00:16 -0400 The author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" lives that perfect, self-improving quarantine life (or maybe gets drunk and watches British reality TV). Full Article
rant Review: A dark corner of California's migrant history, illuminated in a debut novel By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:07:06 -0400 Rishi Reddi's "Passage West" plumbs an important story of Indian immigrant farmers, but isn't quite up to the task as fiction Full Article
rant Quarantined Stephanie Danler works in bed and wages a 'subtle music war' with her family By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:00:49 -0400 The author of "Sweetbitter" juggles child care and promoting her new L.A. area memoir, "Stray," reads poetry and takes solace in "The Office." Full Article
rant A sidelined novelist copes with deadlines, dread and family in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:29 -0400 Anna Solomon, whose novel "The Book of V." comes out next week, juggles writing, building rafts and book promotion in a void in our latest diary Full Article
rant Charles Yu quarantines with disaster blockbusters, Wong Kar-wai and 'Ozark' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 11:00:02 -0400 The author, most recently, of "Interior Chinatown" opts for "Independence Day," a slew of inspiring novels, "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Ozark." Full Article
rant Letters to the Editor: Newsom's stopgap stimulus for immigrants perpetuates their abuse By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:00:15 -0400 The state isn't doing right by undocumented immigrants with a financial relief program that does nothing to address abusive labor practices. Full Article
rant Letters to the Editor: Enforcing Trump's anti-immigrant policies makes no sense in a pandemic By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:53:52 -0400 The spouses of immigrants need economic help too so they can stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
rant '9-1-1: Lone Star' actor tries out veganism during quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 08:00:06 -0400 Actor Ronen Rubinstein finds that cooking in his light-filled kitchen — and pasta — help him keep a positive attitude as he isolates at home. Full Article
rant Brazilian-Israeli family performs home-quarantine version of ‘Hallelujah’ By www.jpost.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 02:00:40 GMT The Brombergs, who immigrated to Israel from São Paulo, Brazil in 2018, play and sing Leonard Cohen’s enduring classic song in English and Hebrew. Full Article brazil
rant 'Self-isolate for two weeks': What a new government quarantine policy for arrivals to the UK could mean By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-26T13:40:00Z At present there are no health checks on passengers arriving at British ports and airports Full Article
rant France quarantine will not apply to Britons after diplomatic u-turn By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-04T07:26:00Z 'People entering French territory from European countries (EU/Schengen and United Kingdom) will not be affected by the quarantine measure,' says French consulate Full Article
rant 'It has been so hard to be alone': Crew stuck on quarantine cruise ship forced to stay in cabins for nearly a month By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-05T14:09:38Z 'It's really hard for your mental health,' says crew member Full Article
rant Coronavirus: Holidays at risk as Boris Johnson set to announce 14 day quarantine for travellers arriving in UK By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-08T16:33:00Z 'Quarantine would not only have a devastating impact on the UK aviation industry, but also on the wider economy,' said Karen Dee, chief executive of the Airport Operators' Association Full Article
rant Tourism reopening plans would be 'on the scrapheap' under 14-day quarantine, says airport boss By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-09T07:35:00Z 'For tourists coming to Cornwall from Germany, Scandinavia and elsewhere, that's the end,' says Tim Jeans, chairman of Newquay airport Full Article
rant B-movie legend Roger Corman wants to see your quarantine film By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:08:42 -0400 Calling all idle Hollywood creative types and wannabe filmmakers. Roger Corman, 94, challenges you to make a short film for his Quarantine Film Festival. Full Article
rant Review: 'The Willoughbys' is loud, colorful and frantic, but at least it's a distraction By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:07:46 -0400 Netflix's animated adaptation of Lois Lowry's book "The Willoughbys," featuring the voices of Will Forte, Maya Rudolph and Martin Short, is hard to love. Full Article
rant L.A. boasts one of world's most vibrant salsa scenes. The coronavirus may wipe it out By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:33:42 -0400 Salsa music, with its large bands and close dancing, has a devoted following in L.A., but its very nature makes it especially susceptible to the ravages of the coronavirus. Full Article
rant Second City's free 'Last Show Left on Earth': Your quarantine must-watch of the day By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:30:31 -0400 Something sketchy this way comes: "30 Rock" alum Jack McBrayer hosts "The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth." Full Article
rant 'I'm painting rocks': How pop star Charli XCX is staying sane during quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:19:33 -0400 Pop singer-songwriter Charli XCX is holed up in Beachwood Canyon with her boyfriend and two roommates. "The idea of remaining still is quite daunting to me." Full Article
rant 25 years of Disney musicals on Broadway: Your quarantine must-watch of the day By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:30:56 -0400 See Susan Egan ("Beauty and the Beast"), Krysta Rodriguez ("Hercules") and Christian Borle ("Mary Poppins") in a benefit for a COVID-19 relief fund. Full Article
rant Michael Urie at home, channeling Barbra Streisand: Your weekend quarantine must-watch By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 09:30:34 -0400 Michael Urie reprises his much-praised performance in "Buyer & Cellar," the solo play that imagines the world of Streisand's basement. Full Article
rant Alfred Molina plays Mark Rothko in 'Red': Your quarantine must-watch of the day By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:00:41 -0400 Our culture watch list includes Alfred Molina as painter Mark Rothko in the Tony-winning drama "Red" Full Article
rant Opera Santa Barbara's 'Eugene Onegin': Your quarantine must-watch of the day By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:30:34 -0400 Brush up on your Russian with Opera Santa Barbara's 2019 production of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin." Full Article