A Pre-Grammys Analysis
Feb 10 2012
Have you ever taken the time to read through the list of Grammy categories and nominees from start to finish? Take it from us, it is overwhelming to say the least. So you don’t have to waste any hours of your life contemplating the difference between Record of the Year and Song of the Year (HELP US WE STILL DON’T GET IT) we sifted through the list to provide our in depth...
The Finley is Los Feliz's Little Secret
Feb 10 2012
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer has been thinking small. She has no clients, no opening hours, and her gallery is hardly the size of a jail cell. You can find it in the artsy, more bourgeois than bohemian neighborhood of Los Feliz, on Finley Avenue. It’s called The Finley. But you can’t go inside. It isn’t tragically hip, but it is exclusive. In fact, only those who are residents...
Valentine's Day in Los Angeles
Feb 09 2012
As two of our favorites, Dr. Dre and 2PAC, once noted, it’s all about California Love. With that in mind, we are happy to present Valentine’s day at The Standards, Hollywood and Downtown LA. Both hotels have engineered VDay events that will get your love soaring and your juices flowing. It’ll be sexy time all night long at The Standard, Hollywood. The Standard,...
VOTE NOW: LA's Hottest Chef Competition
Feb 09 2012
Stop the presses! Look who’s popped up in Eater LA’s Hot Chefs Competition: The Standard, Downtown LA’s very own Chef Micah Fields! He’s currently holding a sizable lead but taking one second to cast your vote could send him into Round 2. Let’s face it, we already know Micah’s super hot but why not make it super official. VOTE NOW
TO DO This Week: Juergen Teller at Lehmann, Animal Loving at the Zoo
Feb 07 2012
NEW YORK: Just in time for Fashion Week, one of our favorite downtown galleries, Lehmann Maupin Gallery (201 Chrystie Street) is showcasing the works of legendary German fashion photog, Juergen Teller. Mark your call, Friday is the show’s opening. This may well be the dorkiest TO-DO ever, but if you’re looking for an educational Valentine’s day activity (and who...
Pacific Standard Time Poster Giveaway
Feb 03 2012
Last week The Standard, Hollywood joined forces with LA><ART and participated in The Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival by turning over their parking garage to a bunch of artists - click here to view the full gallery. We couldn’t let the artsy fun end there. You know those awesome posters of Ice Cube, Anthony Kiedis, and Jason Schwartzman you’ve seen...
Cine-Shorts Returns with Daniels
Feb 03 2012
After a short hiatus for the holidays, The Standard, Downtown LA is excited to present the return of Cine-Shorts, featuring the directing duo, Daniels. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan are the brains behind great music videos for FM Belfast, Battles, Chromeo, Foster the People among others, and we look forward to screening their work on Tuesday, including the public premiere of their most...
Delicious Recipes for Sunday's Game
Feb 01 2012
For those who are hosting or pot lucking for the Super Bowl this Sunday our Standard Chefs have shared some great recipes that would make any Sunday, well, super. LA Treat Black Eye Cowboy Tacos Grilled chicken tacos with cilantro yogurt cream and red cabbage slaw Yields 8 tacos 1 cup cooked black eye peas 8 medium flour tortillas 1 cup grilled chicken 1/4 cup diced...
Artist Liz Glynn, Destroyer of Cities, Sets Sights on Troy
Jan 27 2012
Liz Glynn arrived in Los Angeles five years ago on a track familiar to many artists: flee chilly, cramped New York and earn an MFA in the sunny, interdisciplinary pastures of CalArts. Since completing her studies in 2008 she has remained on the fairer coast and cemented herself as one of the most active figures among the young art scene here. Her career has been on the rise ever since her...
TO DO This Week: Winter Antiques Show, Printmaking, Carol Channing
Jan 23 2012
New York It’s sort of like Antiques Roadshow, except with cocktails and everyone went to boarding school or some iteration of “Country Day.” The Young Collectors Night is this Thursday from 6-9pm where people will be hunting for more than just furniture (wink-wink, elbow-elbow). Today is the opening of Print Studio, an interactive space where MoMA visitors are...
A Standard Take on DineLA
Jan 20 2012
If you, like us, devoted one of your new year’s resolutions to eating well in 2012, the next two weeks will be right up your alley. From January 22-27 and January 29-February 3 LA celebrates its fifth year of restaurant week with DineLA. Participating restaurants will serve special prix fixe menus for lunch and dinner so it’s the perfect opportunity to try someplace new (or...
Tackling This (Massive) L.A. Art Week
Jan 18 2012
As one of LA’s busiest art weeks of the year gears up, we had Bettina Korek, the city’s consummate culture plotter behind ForYourArt give us the who, what, when and where … The Pacific Standard Time Public Art and Performance Festival alone features over 30 new works (including this one at The Standard, Hollywood), plus several re-inventions, and multiple art related...
TO DO This Week
Jan 17 2012
Now that most of you are fully recovered after the long weekend, you’re ready for an action packed week. Besides what’s happening at all The Standards, here are key things to do outside of the hotel: NEW YORK Buy tickets to Bjork’s show today! Bjork is set to perform ten shows next month to further promote Biophilia. In true Bjork style, it’s going to be an intense...
W Magazine Celebrates The Golden Globes At Chateau Marmont
Jan 16 2012 / by stan d'arde
It’s awards season, and we all know what that means! It means that, once again, I’m NOT getting an award for just being me. sigh For that, I’m NOT thanking The Academy. But on the brighter side of things, the season allows me to do what I do best. Socialize, give my celeb friends lessons in style, drink martinis and hang out at the Chateau Marmont. I’m more of...
Think Pink! Buff Monster Stamps his Signature Style on 6th Street
Jan 12 2012
You might say Buff Monster is not a run of the mill street artist - it’s not every day you run into a guy so passionate about pink whose work prominently features puffy ice cream cones. It’s for this reason that his work is so memorable and well-loved and nearly impossible to walk by without breaking into a giggle. We were thrilled to have him take over the 6th Street Mural...
Produce an Art Installation in One Easy (& Free) Step
Jan 11 2012
Last fall when french artist JR won the coveted TED prize, we were delighted to see his work pop up all over LA and speculate as to where it would appear next. We checked in with him while he was installing a show in Miami for Art Basel and couldn’t resist sharing his latest project when we saw it pop up on Twitter this week. To participate in Inside Out all you have to do is...
Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames
Jan 04 2012
The Getty’s Pacific Standard Time has finally released the long-awaited Ice Cube celebration of the work of Charles and Ray Eames and we have to say, it was worth the wait! Check it out as Ice Cube waxes poetic on the genius of Eames architecture and design, the arts, and his ever present love for Los Angeles. Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 – 1980 is a...
New Year's Eve In Retrospect
Jan 04 2012 / by stan d'arde
It’s four days after “The Eve” as I like to call it, and I’m still trying to recover from the madness that rushed through my world. New Year’s Eve isn’t for the faint of heart over here at The Standards and beyond. Let’s take a look… It all began with a little performance on Top of The Standard by a woman who you might know as Debbie...
Watch A Day in the Life with Micah Fields, Chef at The Standard DTLA
Dec 28 2011
Meet Micah Fields, Chef at The Standard, Downtown LA from The Standard Hotel on Vimeo. Video by Markus Marty In the latest of our staff Day in the Life Video Series, we meet Micah Fields, Chef at The Standard, Downtown LA. He talks about chef stuff, organic food stuff, where to find the best ramen in LA, skateboarding, and his twin girls named Sage and Saffron. Too cute!
A Downtown LA New Year's
Dec 23 2011
Q: What are you doing New Year’s Eve? A: Partying at The Standard. As in years past, The Standard, Downtown LA, will be ringing in 2012 with a party on The Rooftop and in The Lobby and both guaranteed to knock your socks off. For The Rooftop, Droog and friends will take over with booty shaking good times. RSVP to droog.la@gmail.com. This does not guarantee access, however. As per...
