And you thought the Burger King Chicken was crazy? Check out the Crazy Chickens this week at the Mayan / Photo by upslases via flickr. TALK Could you not get into Michael Pollan last night at the Central Library? No worries because American eating habits and food policy are a hot topic this week. Tonight, the Center for Healthy Communities presents “Hungry for Change: The Politics of Food with Marion Nestle.” The nutritionist, author......

TUESDAY • Les Savy Fav with The Hold Steady, Thunderbirds Are Now and Swearing At Motorists are at Avalon tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $17. • The one and only Cheap Trick are at the House of Blues Sunset. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $33.50. [18+] • LACMA features a 7:30 PM lecture, Eames Interiors: "Functioning Decoration," by Pat Kirkham of the Bard Graduate Center in New York. Admission is $15.......

TUESDAY • The Grindhouse Film Festival returns to the New Beverly, featuring Headless Eyes at 7:30 PM, followed by Night of the Zombies at 9:30. Admission, as always, is $7. • Daniel Lanois with Mother Superior, Pedestrian and Sarabeth Tucek are at Spaceland tonight. Doors open at 9 PM. • The Open Mike Andrews returns to Tangier. Cover is $5. • It's iPod Night at The Scene. Bring your iPod and impress everyone with......

• The Grindhouse Film Festival returns to the New Beverly Cinema tonight at 7:30 PM, featuring screenings of The Hollywood Hillside Strangler (aka Hollywood 90028) and Don't Go In the House. Show up on time for the free raffle and vintage exploitation trailers. Admission is $7. • San Francisco avant-pop band (and great live show) Deerhoof are at The Echo with the Flying Luttenbachers and Mika Miko. Show starts at 8:30 PM; tickets are......

Yet again, Halloween approaches and all the ghouls and goths come out to play. Get your blood-and-guts fix this week and next when ScreamFest and the Grindhouse Film Festival hit town. SCREAMFEST LA Founded in 2001, this festival was started to give writers and directors in horror and sci-fi a place to showcase their works to fans and the industry. This year, the festival runs from October 14th – 23rd at the Loews Universal......

TUESDAY • The Grindhouse Film Festival returns to the New Beverly Cinema at 7:30 PM, featuring screenings of The Psycho Lover and The Toolbox Murders (the original), with special guests Robert Vincent O'Neil, Frank Cuva, Pamelyn Ferdin, Marianne Walter and Gary Graver. Admission is $7. • Head for the Santa Monica Pier at sunset—or 8 PM for you punctual types—for a free outdoor screening of Zoolander at the Santa Monica Drive-In at the Pier.......

TUESDAY • The Knitting Factory hosts an Iggy Pop concert DVD release and screening tonight at 7 PM. • The Fold at Tangier features Devics, Sabrosa Purr and Annie Stela tonight at 8:30 PM. Cover is $10. • The Grindhouse Film Festival returns to the New Beverly Cinema, this month featuring Shock Waves, directed by Ken Wiederhorn, and Burial Ground, directed by Andrea Bianchi. Admission is $7 and the features start at 7:30 PM.......

TUESDAY • Caribou (formerly known as Manitoba) performs tonight at Spaceland with Junior Boy, Brad Lainer and Christopher Willits and the Russian Futurists. • The El Rey hosts The Dears, Marjorie Fair and The Shout Out Louds tonight at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $15.50. • RES Magazine hosts it's monthly screening tonight, featuring new videos for the Basement Jaxx, Quasimoto, Aesop Rock and Amon Tobin, plus the West Coast premiere of Chris Cunningham's new......

• Tonight, the Grindhouse Film Festival returns to the New Beverly Cinema, screening the classics Amityville II: The Possession and Women's Prison Massacre. The double feature begins at 7:30 PM and tickets are $7. • At the Knitting Factory, Bluebeat Lounge Presents Desmond Dekker with Chris Murray Combo and Irie Beats. The show starts at 8 PM; tickets are $22 advance, $25 at the door. Click here to see our complete listing of this......