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LA foster kids get stylish in donated prom dresses
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Pride Poets hotline brings creativity and comfort to LGBTQ community
ArtsThe Pride Poets hotline writes custom, on-the-spot, free poems for anyone who dials in. This year, its creative team took more than 200 calls.
Black history and humanity are focus of SoFi’s Kinsey art exhibit
ArtsThe Kinsey African American Art & History Collection is back in LA. “What we do is about illuminating a fuller scope of Blackness and humanity at large,” says the chief curator.
Home economics, nonstick pans, Middle Eastern dishes
Food & DrinkPoised to open an all-day Middle Eastern cafe in East Hollywood , chefs Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis pay homage to their heritage in their sophomore restaurant cookbook, “ Bavel .”
Food costs take bigger bite out of Americans’ wallets
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Low-alcohol cocktails, delivery app quandary, halloumi
Food & DrinkNatasha David found inspiration in her mother’s white wine spritzers to create low-alcohol cocktails with a happy buzz.
Korean American, global food chain, Mexican bread pudding
Food & DrinkEric Kim, cooking columnist for the New York Times, headed to Atlanta during the pandemic where he worked on his first cookbook, “‘Korean American,” and unlocked the tricks to his…
Natalia Molina: ‘A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community’
BooksNatalia Molina tells the story of Nayarit, her grandmother’s Mexican restaurant, a space that became a cherished hub for immigrants and the LGBTQ community in Echo Park.