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James Ellroy, "L.A.: Come on Vacation, Go Home on Probation"
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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Internationally renowned author James Ellroy discusses 60 years of the secret history of Los Angeles in raucous, freewheeling and profane form. Born in Los Angeles in 1948, Ellroy's L.A. Quartet novels – The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, and White Jazz – were international best-sellers. His novel American Tabloid was Time Magazine’s fiction Book of the Year in 1995. His memoir My Dark Places was a Time Best Book of the Year for 1996. His novel the Cold Six Thousand was a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book for 2001. Last year, he published a remarkable first-person story in the Los Angeles Times Magazine about his recent return to the "Great Wrong Place that refined [his] imagination." He visits Zócalo to talk about the underbelly of the city he has reclaimed.
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The Mexican Restaurant in Los Angeles
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 , 2007, 7:00 PM
Mexican culture has always been central to Los Angeles. But only in the last dozen years or so has L.A. become a vital center of Mexican cuisine, bristling with restaurants presenting the regional dishes of practically every state in Mexico, as well as with creative restaurants showcasing the best of Mexican cuisine.
Z??calo has ... LISTEN TO FULL AUDIO
Dirty Business: Should the Porn Industry Be Saved?
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 , 2007, 7:00 PM
Los Angeles' dirty little economic secret is its $12-billion-a-year pornography industry, located primarily in the San Fernando Valley. Competition from amateur porn on the Internet, piracy and other pressures are cutting into profits. The question is: Should we care? How much should the industry's health risks weigh against its economic value? ... LISTEN TO FULL AUDIO
Can We Solve L.A.'s Gang Problem? A Conversation with Gang Czar Jeff Carr
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 , 2007, 7:00 PM
The City of Los Angeles spends over $150 million annually on youth development and anti-gang initiatives, but last year gang crime increased 15.7 percent over the previous year. Gang membership also ... WATCH FULL VIDEO
Girls Gone Mild: Have Roles for Women in Hollywood Gone Soft?
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 , 2007, 7:00 PM
Does Hollywood misunderstand women or is it the other way around? Responding to the recent onslaught of studio films featuring unemployed, socially maladjusted men and ... WATCH FULL VIDEO
