MAKE ART, NOT WAR

Hanging Lucian Freud: How did the retrospective of one of the world’s greatest living artists come to MOCA? Very carefully, says BRENDAN BERNHARD. Plus, fetching the paintings: the trick of transporting art.

Prodigal son: "Scribble & Scripture" is both a homecoming for underground impresario Aaron Rose and a celebration of the untethered art of Barry McGee, Phil Frost and Thomas Campbell. BY ARTY NELSON

Out of L.A. and into the fire: Sandow Birk remakes Dante’s Inferno in his hometown’s image. BY ROBERT LLOYD

FIND YOUR LOCAL WAR PROTEST

WE ENDORSE...
The sleepy L.A. City Council is about to be jolted awake. Next Tuesday, voters will have a choice of electing mayor-wannabes Bernie Parks and Antonio Villaraigosa, and some street-fighters like Tony Cardenas. Even if the last place you’ll end up next week is a polling place, check out the Weekly’s endorsements, including our choices for school board. Consider it a guide to the city’s upcoming political theater. Featuring web-only content.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Read our in-depth interviews with candidates Martin Ludlow, Antonio Villaraigosa, Nick Pacheco, Sherri Franklin and Bernard Parks.

IRAQ: TELLING THE LEFT FROM THE RIGHT
FRANK SMYTH looks at the upcoming war from the perspective of those we rarely hear from: the Iraqi left. It’s not what you’d expect.

MOVE OVER GRAY
You read it here first: The recall threat against Gray Davis is real, on one condition: The campaign gets organized. BY BILL BRADLEY

CRIMES OF HATE
West Hollywood assault victim Trev Broudy talks to SARA CATANIA about his slow recovery from an attack that seemed so obviously to be a hate crime — except to D.A. Steve Cooley.

Plus, ETGAR KERET on war-proofing a friend’s Tel Aviv apartment; SARA CATANIA on a key vote against California’s new death row; and JUDITH LEWIS’ reading list.

POWERLINES
HAROLD MEYERSON takes to task a straggler or two on the L.A. City Council who didn’t see the light on last week’s anti-war resolution.

LETTERS
We write, you write...

A CONSIDERABLE TOWN
Armies of the right: Playing Cassandra, Norman Mailer spins out pessimistic wartime scenarios at an Institute for the Humanities gathering. BY MARC COOPER
Bonus tracks: Under-the-street musician Gary Bruner plays for passengers on the Red Line. BY CHARLES RAPPLEYE
Critic as cultural icon: An overflow crowd turns out to hear Dave Hickey on cosmology and art. BY TULSA KINNEY

OPEN CITY
Leopard colony: The plus-size star and a host of Anna-wannabes celebrate Anna Nicole Smith Day. BY STEVEN MIKULAN

ON
Shock and awe: Modern warfare isn’t only about killing — it’s about inspiring mass terror. BY JOHN POWERS

POWERLINES
HAROLD MEYERSON takes to task a straggler or two on the L.A. City Council who didn’t see the light on last week’s anti-war resolution.

QUARK SOUP
Very, very small is beautiful — and controversial: MARGARET WERTHEIM on UCLA’s nanotechnology conference.

RESTAURANTS
Finding Bliss. BY MICHELLE HUNEVEN

Where to Eat Now
A list of favorite restaurants compiled by JONATHAN GOLD and MICHELLE HUNEVEN.

Ask Mr. Gold
Music to your mouth: Where to find the ABBA of Moroccan sausage. BY JONATHAN GOLD

ROCKIE HOROSCOPE

FILM
Raw, aching ids: ELLA TAYLOR reviews David Cronenberg’s Spider and the new Dogme film, Susanne Bier’s Open Hearts.

THEATER
No sex, please — we’re pacifist: The Lysistrata Project has spawned readings of Aristophanes’ anti-war comedy on March 3 in 433 countries; dispatches from around the globe by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS, JUDITH LEWIS and STEVEN MIKULAN.

BOOKS
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela on the evils of apartheid . . . and finding forgiveness. BY LOUISE STEINMAN

MUSIC
Scott Amendola’s neojazz: Plugged in and stretched out. BY GREG BURK

The 88: Tackling the rock of their fathers. BY JAY BABCOCK

LIVE IN L.A.
Performance reviews: The Upper Crust; DJ Krush, Mista Sinista; Interpol, The Warlocks, Moving Units; David Lindley & Wally Ingram, Kaki King; Kittie, 18 Visions, Sworn Enemy, Drug of Choice; Ben Kweller; Cat Power; Johnny Paycheck, R.I.P.

A LOT OF NIGHT MUSIC
Irresistible recordings of Ligeti. BY ALAN RICH

STYLE
About face: RON ATHEY taps into his inner priss and commits to a full-fledged skin-care routine.

PULPit
American splendor: HARVEY PEKAR’s luck changes at Sundance. Text by Pekar, illustrated by GARY DUMM.

COMICS
"BEK," BY BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN

SNAP
A photo by TED SOQUI

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