Elina Shatkin
Elina Shatkin is a journalist, writer, and occasional filmmaker. She was previously a senior editor at Los Angeles magazine, a restaurant critic for LA Weekly, and a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Her work has appeared in such publications as Bitch, Drink: Los Angeles and HiLobrow, and on the radio at KCRW and KPCC. She is writing an unauthorized biography of Jem and the Holograms.
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Nearly 80 years after its relocation, Chinatown supports Chinese American businesses as well as newer waves of entrepreneurs from Thailand, Vietnam, and greater Los Angeles.
The area had its heyday before World War II when it was the city's social hub. After a period of decline, it's experiencing a renaissance.
By most accounts, the first Japanese-owned business, a restaurant owned by a former seaman, opened in Little Tokyo in 1886, in an era when racial covenants barred people of color from living in many neighborhoods. Now everyone wants to be here.
"Farewell to Hollywood" began as a documentary collaboration between New York filmmaker Henry Corra and a 17-year-old battling cancer named Reggie Nicholson.
Production "¡Figaro! (90210)" is an update of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro that feels like it could only take place in Los Angeles.