The West Hollywood Book Fair, now in it's sixth year, will take over West Hollywood Park this Sunday from 10am - 6pm. We like to think of the WeHo book fair as the calmer, cooler cousin to the LA Times Festival of Books - great authors, excellent panels, live readings and good food - but much easier to navigate. As with any festival, planning the who/what/when is key...especially when trying to pack it all into one day. more ›

Hey you behind the Self Help stack! Take your hair out of that bun, whip those reading glasses off -- someone's looking for you. Former LAist editor Adrienne Crew, the LA Brain Terrain blogger and blog book author, announced yesterday that she will find the hottest bookstore employee in town. Will it be you, Book Soup guy? How about you Dutton's babe? Countless good-looking actors and models populate the service industries of Los Angeles.... more ›

drop like a Stone Rolling Stone Keith Richards was airlifted to a New Zealand hospital after falling out of a palm tree in Fiji, where he was vacationing. It's serious, but it looks like he'll be OK. more ›

When we're not living on the internet LAist contributors love to read. We love fiction, we love comics, we love short stories, we even love books about the internet. Kevin, Carolyn and Adrienne want to share our favorites of '05. more ›

It's rivalry week and a cursory view of our blogroll shows the Trojan/Bruin war rages on. Boi From Troy is, obviously, almost all USC all the time this week while Loteria Chicana and Ultratart both wax nostalgic with dreams of past glory. more ›

The Times takes a look at the counter-culture to cool today and who did they turn to for a little non-trendy perspective? One of LAist's own, Adrienne Crew. We won't make fun of Adrienne for calling us "youngsters" and instead we'll try to figure out how Christian Chensvold knew about our growing interest in lawn bowling and our intense attraction to chicks who knit. more ›

Mark Teitelman joins LAist as a new contributor. Mark, or T-Man, is a producer and director for ABC's "Monday Night Football." But what he really wants to be is a shepherd. more ›

You've probably already noticed that we've got a couple of new contributors here at LAist. So without further ado... more ›

This weekend LAist visited the California Gift Show at the LA Convention Center. Sunday's show was pretty well attended. more ›