EDITING LAist Elina Shatkin 6/3/21 LAist Elina Shatkin 6/3/21 What Being A War Veteran Taught Me About Pandemic Grief — And Pandemic Recovery A Navy veteran reflects on the parallels between the past year and his time in Iraq. Read More LAist Elina Shatkin 5/15/20 LAist Elina Shatkin 5/15/20 6 Feet Back From Life: A Homeless Man's Photo Essay On Life During Coronavirus For people experiencing homelessness, COVID-19 is more of a lockout than a lockdown. Bumdog Torres shares what it's like to live outside during the pandemic. Read More LAist Elina Shatkin 11/29/19 LAist Elina Shatkin 11/29/19 The People Behind The Puppets At The New Bob Baker Marionette Theater At its new Highland Park home, the L.A. institution's string-pullers step out of the shadows. Read More LAist Elina Shatkin 11/27/19 LAist Elina Shatkin 11/27/19 I Attended A Natural Disaster Dinner Party And It Made Me Feel Better About The Big One Your Twitter followers won't be around to dig you out of the debris. But your neighbors might. Read More LAist Elina Shatkin 9/17/19 LAist Elina Shatkin 9/17/19 A Tlayuda Pop-Up Speaks The Language Of South LA's Indigenous Community When Odilia Romero isn't busy running Poncho's Tlayudas, she's helping interpret sometimes obscure languages for migrants in L.A. Read More LAist Elina Shatkin 7/5/19 LAist Elina Shatkin 7/5/19 Compton's First Ever Pride Festival Is This Weekend South L.A. residents wanted a free, grassroots Pride festival close to home. So they created their own. Read More
LAist Elina Shatkin 6/3/21 LAist Elina Shatkin 6/3/21 What Being A War Veteran Taught Me About Pandemic Grief — And Pandemic Recovery A Navy veteran reflects on the parallels between the past year and his time in Iraq. Read More
LAist Elina Shatkin 5/15/20 LAist Elina Shatkin 5/15/20 6 Feet Back From Life: A Homeless Man's Photo Essay On Life During Coronavirus For people experiencing homelessness, COVID-19 is more of a lockout than a lockdown. Bumdog Torres shares what it's like to live outside during the pandemic. Read More
LAist Elina Shatkin 11/29/19 LAist Elina Shatkin 11/29/19 The People Behind The Puppets At The New Bob Baker Marionette Theater At its new Highland Park home, the L.A. institution's string-pullers step out of the shadows. Read More
LAist Elina Shatkin 11/27/19 LAist Elina Shatkin 11/27/19 I Attended A Natural Disaster Dinner Party And It Made Me Feel Better About The Big One Your Twitter followers won't be around to dig you out of the debris. But your neighbors might. Read More
LAist Elina Shatkin 9/17/19 LAist Elina Shatkin 9/17/19 A Tlayuda Pop-Up Speaks The Language Of South LA's Indigenous Community When Odilia Romero isn't busy running Poncho's Tlayudas, she's helping interpret sometimes obscure languages for migrants in L.A. Read More
LAist Elina Shatkin 7/5/19 LAist Elina Shatkin 7/5/19 Compton's First Ever Pride Festival Is This Weekend South L.A. residents wanted a free, grassroots Pride festival close to home. So they created their own. Read More
