For one more night, the papaya bar still beckons at the Conga Room in downtown L.A. The yellow sculptural design from Cuban American artist Jorge Pardo — meant to resemble the tropical fruit split ...

The Los Angeles institution will bow out of the nightlife scene after 25 years on March 27. Billed as a "farewell celebration," the final night will be steered by Jimmy Smits and Paul Rodriguez. By ...

Los Angeles bid farewell Wednesday night to one of the city's iconic downtown entertainment venues. The Conga Room, known for its Latin entertainment, officially closed its doors after 25 years. Local ...

Life is a bit like dance — you just gotta keep moving your feet, and keep the beat best you can, and if you go a little off, hey, that’s OK. Get moving again. Youngsters from all over Southern ...

At the new Conga Room -- call it Version 2.0 -- the guiding philosophy seems to be the opposite of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s famous dictum that “less is more.” At the revamped, relocated incarnation ...

The Issue Project Room’s new location is both purgatorial and temporary, but a five-minute walk from the subway, their website says. No longer in the oil silo of its original incarnation, but still ...