Culver City’s Royal/T To Close at the End of August

Culver City’s Royal/T To Close at the End of August

The funky, eclectic Royal/T Japanese art space and café, complete with waitresses dressed like Japanese maids/ Alice in Wonderland, will disappearing down the rabbit hole by summer’s end.
Following a report  Thursday on Eater L.A., where a Royal/T employee told the publication that the Culver City haunt will be shutting shop when its lease is up at the end of August, Patch contacted Royal/T's PR representatives Friday morning to try and confirm the rumors.
Following that call we received this press release from Royal/T owner Susan Hancock:

Throughout the past 5 years in Culver City, Royal/T has always evolved by working with new artists, chefs and brands. Although  Royal/T's Culver City location will be closing after 5 amazing years, this moment marks an exciting time for an expansion on what Royal T has always done.  Royal T will be announcing in the near future an upcoming series of roaming special events, exhibits, shows, brand partnerships, and pop-ups in Los Angeles and around the world, so please stay tuned.

We are excited to celebrate with you in our final months in Culver City with “The Art of Cooking" exhibition opening on Friday, April 27.

Be sure to like Culver City Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. 

April 13, 2000: Metallica Sues Napster

Those were the days...


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Some of the best anime you'll see all year is a 40-second commercial for Tokyo Disney

Some of the best anime you'll see all year is a 40-second commercial for Tokyo Disney



This charming little commercial the Tokyo Disney Resort started airing about a month ago and has begun to get some traction among anime aficionados on the Internet. As Twitch columnist Hugo Ozman explains, it encapsulates “the life story of a little girl in 40 seconds,” with a special emphasis on how all the happiest moments at the various stages of her existence have some connection to the place that Walt built. (Apparently the Disney-loving character is named Yumeno Maihama and shares a birthday with Mickey Mouse.) Check it out and bask in the latest proof, as if any were needed, that the best way to recapture the innocent, imaginative spirit of early Disney is to call some guys in Japan.



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Singer-songwriter-musician Woody Guthrie will be honored today with his very own Downtown Los Angeles intersection at Fourth and Main Streets. The intersection will be known as Woody Guthrie Square. Councilwoman Jan Perry, Guthrie's relatives and Grammy Museum representatives will gather today at 10am for a dedication ceremony in connection with the city's eight-day centennial celebration of the late folk singer's birth. [ more › ]

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Hackers may have been of its time, but it was also ahead of it

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J.K. Rowling's Adult, Post-'Harry Potter' Book Titled 'The Casual Vacancy,' Details Released

J.K. Rowling's Adult, Post-'Harry Potter' Book Titled 'The Casual Vacancy,' Details Released



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The author of the iconic children's magic series is now setting her sights on an older market, with a novel set for a September release.

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Sweden’s New Gender-Neutral Pronoun: Hen

Sweden's New Gender-Neutral Pronoun: 

Hen

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Interesting data.  Do I have to stop drinking red wine now?



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Jay Leno fans are Republican, red wine drinkers who like Fox News, support the Tea Party and are most likely to drive American cars.

Conan O'Brien viewers are largely independent voters who enjoy vodka drinks, watch Comedy Central and are most likely to be single atheists who own Volkswagens.

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See Classic Flicks for 25 Cents in Honor of Grauman's Chinese Theatre's 85th Anniversary

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Movie lovers can celebrate the legacy of the silver screen and honor the 85th anniversary of the city's iconic Grauman's Chinese Theatre with a special screening series of films. The best part: You can get your ticket for the throwback 1927 price of 25 cents. [ more › ]

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#826; In which Power is fleeting

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An Interview With Etsy and Hacker School About the Etsy Hacker School Grants

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On Saturday, we shared the news about Etsy providing ten lucky programmer women five thousand dollars to attend Hacker School. Today, we have the whole story direct from the source. I interviewed Marc Hedlund from Etsy and Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock from Hacker School to get more details about the grants, the partnership between Etsy and Hacker School, and why Etsy wants more women in technology.

Tim Burton and Seth Grahame-Smith are probably making a stop-motion monster movie together

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UPDATED: The classification is not unexpected, but it does expose some intriguing nuggets about the soon-to-be summer blockbuster.

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We've seen them around town and we're sure you have too: plush teddy bears hanging from telephone wires.

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