The air’s growing hot again in Southern California, and the political climate is boiling to a degree it hasn’t reached in years. Unemployment is nearing 10%, layoffs and foreclosures are soaring, and there’s a new face in the White House—suddenly and surprisingly the new home of Hope. The nation has been screaming for change; we’re at the bottom of the barrel, with nowhere to go but up…generally speaking. What a great time for new ideas! What a great time for a new magazine on the arts… What are we: Nuts?!

Forth Magazine is a free magazine, distributed to and with content created by artists and writers local to the Los Angeles area known as the “Westside.” There is an immense talent pool in Los Angeles, perhaps the largest in the world, and most especially along the western region of this fantastic city. Often, too many talented artists go unnoticed. This is why Forth exists: To create a forum for the unseen, a venue for the community’s artists. We’ll do our best to display the most interesting, merit worthy artists and writers from our area.