Barbarella plays at the Arclight tonight. / Photo by atomicshakespeares via LAist's flickr pool. SPOKEN WORD The NYC-based nonprofit organization The Moth brings its StorySLAM to LA every first Tuesday of the month. If you’re good a spinning yarns, then StorySLAM is for you. They provide the theme and the mic – you put your name in the hat and if you’re picked, you have 5-minutes to tell your story – no papers allowed.......

It's uncommon that a rapper takes the name he used for over 6 years and transforms it into an indie-rock band, but founder Yoni Wolf is known for breaking the rules and getting great results. Operating within the Anticon collective Why?'s sound is self described as "smart, shimmering, sweetly soured" and front man Yoni's delivery as a "candytime-dissonant, singsong-suicide style". Anyways, this is a special intimate performance previewing material from the band's forthcoming album,......

Rain rain has gone away...so Tuesday we'll go out to play. Here's what's going on around town tonight: MUSIC The LA Phil’s Concrete Frequency series continues tonight. “Songs of the City” is being billed as a program where “urban troubadours share lo-fi songs about city life.” We’ll believe it with a lineup that features: Marc Bianchi, Biirdie, Franklin Bruno, Zooey Deschanel, John Doe, Inara George, Stevie Jackson, Sondre Lerche, Kyp Malone, Bob Mould, Zach......

Tonight marks the first night of alt-rock band Acute's residency at Tangier. Every Sunday this month will be glorious thanks to frontman Isaac Lekach's wonderful taste in music. He has organized a fantastic lineup for their month long residency. Michael Runion, Taylor Goldsmith (of Simon Dawes), and Whispertown2000 will be playing tonight's show. Miniature Tigers, Ryen Slegr (of Ozma), and Soft Pipes (Ant from Low vs. Diamond) are slated for the second night, September......

Blended drinks make me happy. They remind me of laying out on the beaches of Maui while soaking up the sun. The cold texture and gulping the last frothy bit from the glass are extra bonuses. A strawberry margarita is, hands down, my blended drink of choice. With that said, a well blended Good Luck drink from the Good Luck Bar in Los Feliz gives the strawberry margarita a run for its money. A......

Just look at all those 70's film gangsters! They knew how to handle their three-day-weekends like pros. So does LAist. 1) Sleep off the "I started my Labor Day weekend drinking at 1 in the afternoon on Friday" hangover. 2) Roll out of bed and roll into the absolute beginner's yoga class at Karuna Yoga, Hillhurst, 3:30 - 4:30 pm. Karuna does a free beginner's class every first Saturday of the month and all......

While most were resting, a thieving couple went on a crime spree Sunday as cash, jewlery and a laptop were heisted from locals, CBS2 is reporting. In broad daylight, the male suspect (between 5' 7" and 6 feet tall and thought to be between 25 and 35 years old) struck a liquor store clerk and then shot him in the knee as the female partner ( 5' 3", about 125 pounds and appeared to......

This weekend, explore the diversity of religious, poetic and spiritual experiences in Los Angeles. UCLA Fowler Museum hosts a panel "Inside Botanicas" to compliment the museum's on-going "Botanicas LA: Latino Popular Religious Art in the City of Angels" exhibit. Sunday, December 5, 2004 2–5 PM Inside Botánicas 2 pm Panel Discussion 3:30–5 pm In-Gallery Commentary Featured artists/practitioners discuss their contributions to Botánica Los Angeles and explain the ways in which altars and shrines reflect......