The subject of this month’s “Ask Silver Lake” is Silver Lake’s historic gay bars and other third places. It was written for Pride Month and seemed like a natural subject given Silver Lake’s decades-long identity as Los Angeles’s gayborhood. As was so often the case, however, I turned to have bitten off more than I could chew and here it is, let’s just say, fashionably late. Third places, for the unfamiliar, are social spaces that are neither home (the first place) nor work (t

If tasked with listing Los Angeles’s “Asian neighborhoods,” you’d probably first think of well-known immigrant enclaves like Chinatown, Koreatown, and Little Tokyo – or maybe less well-known ones like Cambodia Town, Little Bangladesh, or Little India. Perhaps you will think of one of the many suburbs of Los Angeles with an Asian American majority – places like Walnut, South San Gabriel, or Cerritos. You’d be forgiven, though, if Silver Lake never came to mind. Silver Lake, af

“Ask Silver Lake” is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas you’d like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org . The Silver Lake Branch Library, temporarily closed All the best Silver Lakers know and love the Silver Lake Branch Library . As library lovers, though, we sadly have to find other outlets for our affections for the time being because the library was closed on 28 July

"Ask Silver Lake” is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas you’d like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org . When you think of Los Angeles communities known for their famous music venues, you likely first think of Downtown and Hollywood . If you're willing to include other Los Angeles County cities, West Hollywood 's Sunset Strip surely comes to mind. If you're really in