Despite efforts to pressure Mayor Villaraigosa and city officials to cancel the event, a rally organized by the National Socialist Movement will take place today at 12:30 on the South Lawn of City Hall, an LAPD release confirms. more ›

Angeleno Opera enthusiasts have been anticipating the long-planned Ring Festival LA, which will span multiple venues between mid-April and late June of 2010 and boast numerous performances by different organizations, each "providing its own unique point of view on the influences of [composer Richard] Wagner's art and philosophy from the 19th century to the present day," explains the LA Opera. more ›

piece titled, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" the subhead reads: more ›

Who woulda thunk? In the latest episode of BBC Radio 4's Document, host Mike Thomson investigates a purported coup orchestrated by Prescott Bush and several influential American families that sought (but obviously failed) to overthrow FDR and institute a fascist dictatorship in the U.S. of A a la Hitler and Mussolini: "Document uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by a group of right-wing American businessmen . The coup was... more ›

It was just announced that Google has bought YouTube. more ›