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The party of the summer is a secret roller-skating disco at an L.A. botanical garden

There’s a wormhole to 1979 just a short trip down the coast from LAX. Step inside and discover a hypnotic world of disco, glitter and roller skating where “music flows and magic grows.” Here, L.A.'s coolest lewks come out; everyone boogies. Music up, inhibitions down. At least for tonight. Tomorrow, the botany heaven, the rink, the dance floor at the South Coast Botanic Garden will simply be a memory of a groove.

The DiscOasis is a pop-up roller-skating experience like no other. The second you

You should’ve asked for a number. Is writing a missed connection worth a shot?

A captivating stranger, a public place, a moment of connection. And then, nothing. A missed connection. We’ve all been there.

A meet-cute played out just last month on Overheard LA, a popular Instagram account that documents the musings of Angelenos through a vast network of followers-slash-eavesdroppers. An encounter in the Whole Foods condiment section, detailed in Overheard’s “Missed Connection Love Story,” prompted a search for the lost crush and — success! Ah, the romance. (The lovebirds i

Los Angeles Times • 22nd July 2021

It’s not just you — finding therapy in L.A. sucks. Meet the woman trying to change that

Therapy can be transformative and healing.

Just ask Christy Desai of Okay Humans, a new brand hitting the L.A. therapy scene. “I’d had my own experience in therapy that was life-changing,” Desai says. “I always feel dramatic when I say life-changing, but it really was life-changing. It was this internal experience where I saw the world and people in a whole new way and was able to show up in new ways and be a better person for myself and for people I loved.”

Sounds great, right? Sigh, if only

Hiker’s handbook: How to handle the 14 most common awkward moments on the trails

Good hiking memories far outweigh the not-so-good ones, but boy, do the bad ones stick with you. Gathered here are some diverse perspectives on how to be on your best behavior on the trails — and how to deal with those who aren’t.

1. You’re in your zone, chugging along a narrow trail so close to the peak you can almost touch it. And then a rogue runner or biker plummets down, nearly wiping you out. (Bikers: Shout or use a noisemaker to alert others.) Uphill hikers have the right of way, so your

This Juneteenth car parade through South L.A. is the kind of traffic L.A. needs

“Parade” oftentimes means something long-standing, big-budget and stuffy. The Juneteenth in L.A. car parade is anything but.

Picture this: hundreds of cars following each other, switching lanes. Motorcycles buzzing. Spectators eagerly cheering on sidewalks. News crews swarming. Helicopters buzzing overhead following the action. And they’re headed along the same route as Nipsey Hussle’s procession through Inglewood and Crenshaw.

“We’re specifically going through Inglewood and South Central. Tha

A resource guide for Black liberation, just in time for Juneteenth

The world may have just woken up to Juneteenth in the last year, but we — and countless Black musical artists, podcasters, filmmakers, organizers and everyday people — been knew. If you’re in search of cultural content that will shake up your Juneteenth in the best way, with narratives and portraits of Black joy, Black love and Black freedom, look no further. From a must-follow TikTok creator to experimental short films, we’ve got you covered. Consider this a resource guide for Black liberation.

Community fridges help address hunger in and around Brookline

Community fridges help address hunger in and around Brookline

As COVID-19 cases spike in the U.S., so does food insecurity. Recently, a national trend aimed at combating hunger has made its way to the Brookline area, resulting in a community fridge available to those who need it.

Like other community fridges that have cropped up in Allston, Roslindale, Somerville and elsewhere in greater Boston, the Fenway fridge — which opened Nov. 16 — serves as a public space to donate and receive food item

Brookline gets resourceful amid nationwide poll worker shortage

As the nation suffers from a shortage of poll workers caused by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the town of Brookline has adapted by bringing on new faces and installing safety precautions for in-person voting.

Even with mail-in voting becoming more popular, in-person voting was still the most popular means to cast ballots up until the 2018 general election. In that election, 55.8% of people voted at a physical polling place on the day of the election, according to the Election Assistance C

A Summer at Fenway

Virginia-born Rachel Kirby landed at Boston University in 2016 with deep roots and interest in the American South. Fresh from the University of North Carolina, where she earned her BA and MA degrees in art history and folklore, respectively, her choice of Boston as the place to launch her Ph.D. dissertation on artistic, social, and commercial representations of Southern agriculture during the 20th century may have seemed counterintuitive on the surface. But dig a little bit deeper, and it makes

Jumping (Out) Around the World

Picture this: One semester you’re an introverted Lord of the Rings fan from New England. The next, you’re researching sleep cycles and jumping out of a plane in New Zealand. That leap around the world (and out of an aircraft) is exactly what happened to Breanna Dooling (CAS’20), who studied abroad in Boston University’s Auckland Internship program in the fall of 2018.

“Coming into college as a freshman, I had the idea that I wanted to go abroad,” Breanna says. “I pretty much lived my whole life