Ted Terbolizard, a republican congressional candidate running for the 4th district (Northeastern California) in the June election, was arrested in Grass Valley over the weekend on suspicion of drunken driving. Normally, we would not report on a potential congressman who has not much to do in Los Angeles. Beside his name being Terbolizard (we love it), that he is a fervent Ron Paul fan and the fact that he actually blogs and loves the arts,......

Sometimes Monday nights in Los Angeles are rather lacking for good music. But tonight there is something to celebrate for everyone and as Liz Ohanesian pointed out last month in LA Weekly, if you look east of Vermont, "Mondays have provided the best way for checking out upcoming local groups without busting our budgets." ... Monday-night residencies have become “part of the culture” of the Silver Lake–area nightlife. These free, weekly gatherings have created a......

LAist reviewed !!!'s excellent album Myth Takes earlier this year. Here's a chance to see what can only be described as a tribal experience. They've got the horn section, they've got crazy needs-more-cowbell jams, they've got the nutty electronics, and they've got the energy to drive this machine. Members of this band are also involved with other amazing groups like Out Hud and LCD Soundsystem if that helps you identify this pseudo-dance-punk-funk genre. If......

I am a polite, mild-mannered person. Laid-back would be a good L.A. way of saying it - I say duuude a lot, about as much as I say "please" and "thank you". I hold doors open for people. I am kind to the elderly, even those who try to strike up conversations with me in elevators, despite my extraordinary claustrophobia. The peccadilloes and perversities of human nature that draw other, less mellow people to......

Here are a few spots for eats and drinks that we are looking forward to seeing open: 1. We were very excited to pass on to you that last month was National Grilled Cheese Month, and now we're gearing up for the impending opening of Culver City's Meltdown, which is a (mostly) grilled cheese eatery that's slated to open as early as this week. Their menu, which is available online, looks like an ooey-gooey......

Friday, March 9th, 2007 Youth Brigade, the headliners this Friday are joined by Pistol Grip, The Ignorant and Broke Till Thursday. The awesomeness goes down at The Airliner in Downtown Los Angeles. All ages, doors open at 7:30pm. The Airliner 2419 Broadway Los Angeles, CA, 90031 Saturday, March 10th, 2007 Get your pre-St. Paddy's day party on at Alex's Bar in Long Beach for another Punk Rock Social - LIVE* featuring The Generators, Gito......

Are we out of the loop? How is it that we don't know about CNN Pipeline Anchor, Nicole Lapin? How is it that we don't even know what CNN "Pipeline" is? Sounds gross. Lapin is speaking tonight at the LA Press Club at the Steve Allen Theater right on the edge of Los Feliz on Hollywood Blvd. Apparently Ms. Lapin, who looks so much like Lindsay Lohan that there's already a worship site called......

Schuyler Fisk is opening tonight for Josh Radin at the Troubadour and LAist is so there. While the show is listed as sold-out, we all know how that really goes. If you want to go, you just have to make it work. Check Craigslist, StubHub or go early and stand out front, they usually will release tickets that the label and artist didn't use about two hours before doors open. But don't try the......

In the swashbuckling 1940 Zorro movie, called The Mark of Zorro, the handsome Tyrone Power plays the hero; he was so impressive, even the actor playing his nemesis swooned. Basil Rathbone said, "Power was the most agile man with a sword I’ve ever faced before a camera. Tyrone could have fenced Errol Flynn into a cocked hat." We've never seen Power's Zorro, and now we think we really should. On the big screen. And......

If you're undaunted by rain or the rain-induced traffic, you haven't grown soft like so many Angelenos. You know you won't melt! In other cities it rains all the time! Maybe you're just dying to get out tonight, but don't know what's going on. LAist contributor Jen Sincero will be performing in the two-woman show Spinster at the M Bar tonight in Hollywood; doors open at 7, play starts at 8pm. Comedian Paul F.......

FRIDAY • McCabe's Guitar Shop presents Peter Case & Friends Tribute and Record Release Party, featuring Dave Alvin, Marvin Etzioni, Gary Heffern, Claire Holley, Mike Martt, Amilia K. Spicer and Victoria Williams. The show starts at 8 PM. Tickets are $20. • Jarboe (of The Swans), Red Sparowes, House of Low Culture and MGR (featuring Matt Gallagher of Isis) perform tonight at the Knitting Factory. Tickets are $10 and doors open at 8 PM.......

THURSDAY • Night one of GSL's Flood & Mudslide Season Warm-Up Party takes place tonight at The Echo, featuring Veronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes, Year Future, Demonstrations and Sexytime Explosion. Doors open at 7 PM. Tickets are $10, or $18 for a two-night pass. • Nouveau popsters Nouvelle Vague are at Tangier tonight with Becky Stark and DJ Senor Amor. Tickets are $25. • Catch Mellowdrone acoustic tonight at Spaceland; doors open at......

Xmas shopping procrastinators rejoice: Amoeba Records opens early (10am) and doesn't close until 8:30pm tonight. If shopping traffic makes you look for liquid solace, Silverlake Wine has special xmas eve hours: 9am-7pm. The LA County Arts Commission sponsors, for the 41st year, 6 hours of free holiday entertainment at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Choirs, dance theaters, and special guests the Blind Boys of Alabama are on the bill. First come, first served; doors open......

THURSDAY • Xiu Xiu, Babyland and The Dead Science are at the Troubadour tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $12. • Southern Culture on the Skids and The Weary Boys play at The Echo starting at 8:30. Tickets are $15. [18+] • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club performs two acoustic shows tonight at the Hotel Cafe—doors open at 7 and 10 PM. All presale tickets are sold out, but a limited number of tickets are......

THURSDAY • Aziz Ansari and Paul Scheer will be joining a special guest panel at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater to discuss chapters 6-12 of R. Kelly's amazing epic Trapped in the Closet. The show starts at 11 PM and tickets are $5. • Shooter Jennings and the Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers are playing at the Troubadour. Tickets are $15 and doors open at 8 PM. • Foul-mouthed, sassy Princess Superstar performs at The......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free of charge. All show lineups and times are subject to change without notice. SUNDAY, 12/4 Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra perform John Corigliano’s Elegy, Aaron Copland’s Quiet City and Appalachian Spring Suite, and David Diamond’s Rounds at the Wilshire Ebell Theater at 4 PM. Call (310) 859-7668. The Arroyo Singers present their annual winter concert with guest accordionist Nick Ariondo at Oneonta Congregational Church at 4:30 PM.......

Yari More and his Orchestra perform at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza at 7:30 PM. (323) 290-6636. The Chapin Sisters and I See Hawks wrap-up their dual Monday night residency at the echo. The show starts at 8:30 PM. For details, call (213) 413-8200. Circus Minor finish their residency at Spaceland. The doors open at 8 PM and the show begins at 9 PM. Call (323) 661-4380. Fielding take the stage at the Silverlake Lounge......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free of charge. All show lineups and times are subject to change without notice. SUNDAY, 11/27 Cellist Armen Ksajikian and Pianist Brian Pezzone perform for LACMA's Sunday Live series. The concert begins at 6 PM in LACMA's Leo S. Bing Theatre. For info, call (323) 857-6234. Part-Time Punks present: Japanese Motors (Rough Trade), Group Sounds and Guest DJ Jimi Hey at the echo. The show starts at 10......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free of charge. MONDAY, 11/21 The Pepperdine Jazz Ensemble perform a concert at the Raitt Recital Hall at 7:30 PM. Call (310) 506-4522. The Chapin Sisters and I See Hawks share a dual Monday night residency at the echo. The show starts at 8:30 PM. For details, call (213) 413-8200. Circus Minor continue their Monday residency at Spaceland. The doors open at 8 PM and the show begins......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free of charge. Dates subject to change without notice. Please report any late-breaking changes and we'll update accordingly. SUNDAY, 11/20 Cellist Alexander Suleiman and pianist Valeria Morgovskaya perform Brahms, de Boismortier, Piazzolla, Tchaikovsky and others at the Beverly Hills Public Library at 2 PM. For info, call (310) 937-7275. Chamber Music Palisades perform for LACMA's Sunday Live series. The concert begins at 6 PM in LACMA's Leo S.......

Circus Minor continue their Monday residency at Spaceland. The doors open at 8 PM and the show begins at 9 PM. Call (323) 661-4380. The Chapin Sisters and I See Hawks share a dual Monday night residency at the echo. The show starts at 8:30 PM. For details, call (213) 413-8200. Catch a blues jam hosted by John Marx and the Blues Patrol at Cozy's Bar & Grill at 9 PM. Call (818) 986-6000.......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free of charge. SUNDAY, 11/13 The Angeli Duo perform for LACMA's Sunday Live series. The concert begins at 6 PM in LACMA's Leo S. Bing Theatre. For info, call (323) 857-6234. Catch acoustic blues from Nathan James and Ben Hernandez at Café Boogaloo. The show starts at 8 PM. Call (310) 318-2324. Jazz saxist Louis Van Taylor performs at Hal’s Bar & Grill at 8 PM. For information,......

TUESDAY • Show up when doors open at 8 PM to see Broken Social Scene with Feist at the Henry Fonda Theater. Tickets are $23. • Andy Bell (of Erasure) will be putting together a DJ set, along with Cooler Kids present boygirL and DJ Scarlett Casanova tonight at the Knitting Factory. Tickets are $15 and the show starts at 8 PM. • The New Beverly Cinema has a double feature of Bottle Rocket......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free: Circus Minor begin their November residency at Spaceland. The doors open at 8 PM and the show begins at 9 PM. Call (323) 661-4380. The USC Thornton Percussion Ensemble makes some noise in the Alfred Newman Hall at 8 PM. Call (213) 740-2167. The Chapin Sisters and I See Hawks share a dual Monday night residency at the echo. The show starts at 8:30 PM. For details,......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free of charge. SUNDAY, 11/6 Mews Small & Her Fabulous Females, Brad Kay and Justefanie perform at Unurban Coffeehouse at 1 PM. Call (310) 315-0056. The All Saints Choir and Orchestra perform Fauré’s Requiem and works by C.V. Stanford and Craig Phillips. The event is free but all donations will benefit Katrina recovery efforts. The show begins at 5 PM in the All Saints’ Church in Beverly Hill.......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free of charge. SUNDAY, 10/30 Songa Lee-Kitto, Su-a Lee, and Chie Nagatani perform for LACMA's Sunday Live series. The concert begins at 6pm in LACMA's Leo S. Bing Theatre. Call (323) 857-6234. New Valley Symphony Orchestra performs Puccini’s La Bohème with vocalists from Opera of the Foothills and L.A. Lyric Theater at 1:30pm. The show is not free, but the proceeds benefit free concert series at Forest Lawn’s......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free of charge. SATURDAY, 10/22 Cross Hart Jazz Experience take the stage at the Skirball's Café Z. The show starts at 12pm. For info, call (310) 440-4500. The Janaki String Trio perform a preview concert at Trinity Lutheran Church at 2pm. Call (310) 937-7275. Rosalinde Gilbert Concert features the The Capitol Ensemble as a part of LACMA's Sunday Live series. The concert begins at 6pm in LACMA's Leo......

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are free of charge. MONDAY, 10/17 Colored Shadows continue their residency at Spaceland. The doors open at 8pm and the show begins at 9pm. Call (323) 661-4380. John Marx & the Blues Patrol take the stage at Cozy's Bar & Grill. For info, call (818) 986-6000. Thom Rotella’s Jazz Quartet play at Hal's Bar & Grill at 9pm. Call (310) 396-3105 for more information. Lavender Diamond continue their October......

Grab a jacket, some friends and get out of the house. There are plenty of free gigs to keep you occupied. SATURDAY, 10/8 Catch Hot Club Quartette at Cafe Z in the Skirball Cultural Center followed by a free screening of Algeria in a Smile. The show starts at noon. Call (310) 440-4500. DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White of Part Time Punks continue their residency at MOCA. The show starts at 6pm. It's......

THURSDAY • The Fiery Furnaces and Great Northern play tonight at the Troubadour. Tickets are $20; doors open at 8 PM. • For those who didn't get tickets to their sold out show at the Troub, Supergrass will be performing at a free in-store at Amoeba Music tonight at 7 PM. • The New Pornographers are at the Henry Fonda Theater tonight. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $16. • David Rakoff (writer......