This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Slake, the Los Angeles-based literary journal that emphasizes its print ...

Slake, the Midtown dance club and venue that rebranded its street-level space as the Grateful Dead-themed American Beauty bar, closed after their 2017 New Year’s Eve celebration. The building it was ...

Slake is more than a best selling literary quarterly filled with original artwork, essays, poems, and memoirs from some of Los Angeles’ most notable writers and artists. Clocking in around 200 pages, ...

Slake, the quarterly literary journal being launched by former LA Weekly editors Laurie Ochoa and Joe Donnelly, is scheduled to arrive in bookstores by the first week in July. The debut issue weighs ...

Jonathan Gold takes a sensual look at a 17th century painting and builds to something like rapture. Jerry Stahl asserts that Sammy (“Can you actually cry out of a glass eye?”) Davis Jr. did more for ...

Slake will remain open during renovations. When the café completes its expansion, it will add a full-service bar, a happy hour (possibly available from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.) and a new menu that focuses ...