A Zen Day at LACMA, Flipped | Photo by pink_fish13 from LAist Featured Photos Pool on Flickr Monday Markus Flanagan presents One Less Bitter Actor 7pm @ Book Soup Dee Dee Myers presents Why Women Should Rule the World 7pm @ Vroman's John Richardson signs A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 7pm @ LACMA Tuesday Tony D'Souza presents The Konkans 7pm @ Book Soup Tom Cathcart & Daniel Klein present Aristotle & an......

DINE dineLA Restaurant Week starts today. The event "unites restaurants from the traditional to the trendy to promote the extraordinary diversity and culinary expertise found throughout LA’s restaurant scene. Restaurants in two dining categories will serve a selection of three-course menus at special prices." Nab a reservation for tonight, and eat up this amazing event! (Previously on LAist: Restaurant Week Coming to LA this Month; dineLA Restaurant Week's Big Kickoff) January 27th-February 8th, lunch &......

Monday Porochista Khakpour presents Sons and Other Flammable Objects 7pm @ Dutton's Kenneth Turan presents Never Coming to a Theater Near You 7pm @ Studio City Branch Library Tuesday Susan Faludi presents The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America 7pm @ Central Library Max Brooks presents World War Z 7pm @ Book Soup Walter Mosley presents Blonde Faith 7:30pm @ Skirball Cultural Center President Vicente Fox discusses and signs Revolution of Hope......

Still searching for that special Hanukkah or Chrismukkah gift? Ruth Andrew Ellenson has a suggestion for you – The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide to Guilt – perfect for the girl or goy on your list (sorry, we couldn’t resist that one). Released by Dutton in August and edited by Ellenson, the book is a collection from 28 women writers — including Aimee Bender and Daphne Merkin — who explore what it means to be a......

WEDNESDAY • The best selling duo of all time—Hall & Oates—perform tonight at the Greek Theatre at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $29-65. • The Black Keys, SSM and Mad Man Moon are on tonight at the Galaxy Theatre at 8 PM. Tickets are $15. • AFI at ArcLight presents a special screening of The French Connection tonight at 8 PM. • A limited number of tickets are available for the LA premiere of David......

TUESDAY • The White Stripes perform at the Greek Theatre with The Greenhornes at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $45. • Author Aimee Bender will present and sign her new book, Willful Creatures, at Book Soup tonight at 7 PM.......

The ArcLight has two special midnight showings of films opening tomorrow: Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers and Mike Nichols' Closer. At Dutton's Beverly Hills, Aimee Bender, Carol Muske Dukes, Susan McCabe, and R. Allison Ryan will be signing Visa for Avalon at 7:00 PM. At the Troubadour, KCRW presents doe-eyed Norwegian Sondre Lerche with The Golden Republic at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $15. Doors open at The Roxy at 8:00 PM to see......