It’s the first day of work for many of us -- and it pretty much sucks. Thank God it’s a short week. If you haven't gotten enough going out for the New Year, here’s what's going on around town tonight: PARADE REMNANTS If you want to see the Rose Bowl floats before they go off to the big parade in the sky, you have until 4 pm today. Noon to 4 pm // Post......

A review of Adrian Tomine's new graphic novel, Shortcomings....

Monday Paul Krugman discusses The Conscience of a Liberal 7pm @ Central Library Randy Cepuch signs A Weekend With Warren Buffett 4pm @ Dutton's Jenna Bush presents Ana's Story 7pm @ Pasadena Public Library Jason Goodwin discusses and signs The Snake Stone 7pm @ Vroman's Tuesday Wole Soyninka discusses his work with Mona Simpson 7pm @ Hammer Museum Eduardo Machado & Michael Domitrovich present Tastes Like Cuba 7pm @ Book Soup Maira Kalman discusses &......

No, not spinning at the gym (We're not that insane [okay, we love the pain of it]). Tonight is the Los Angeles regional for the annual DJ competition - Spin Off. 7pm at Scratch Academy (2324 Cotner Ave in Hollywood). So maybe you're not into the art of the turntable. That's cool. The Los Angeles Flute Orchestra plays tonight at the Santa Monica Pier at 7:45 p.m. Don't like the beach? How about traffic......