Bomb It! A documentary on graffiti art opens today. / Photo by C-Monster via LAist's flickr pool. FILM* John Reiss’s graffiti documentary Bomb It! premieres tonight. The film begins chronologically with artists like Cornbread, “King of Walls” in Philly and Taki 183 in NYC and traverses the globe to Spain, France, Germany, South Africa, following the controversial art form. 10:10 pm // Laemmle Sunset 5 // 8000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles // $7-$10. THEATRE......

I am thankful for… Thanksgiving - even though I think it’s a stupid holiday, and I pretty much hate all the food associated with it - for giving me the opportunity to spend the day with family that I love and actually enjoy being around. I am thankful every day that I am able to make a living being creative and doing something I love. (Except for when I’m on strike) I am thankful......

We listed tomorrow's Choppercabra costumed Halloween ride in our Weekend Halloween Guide, but this one takes some courage to post about because of where it's located. We'll let Midnight Ridazz explain: This ride will take you to two haunted houses. Don’t worry about the haunted houses, worry about where the haunted houses are located. Yes your worse nightmares are about to come true. Oh it looks all pristine, with nice houses and manicured lawns,......

It was scorching hot in West Hollywood on Sunday for the West Hollywood Book Fair, much too hot for the heavy, dirty jeans and tight, thick t-shirt I was wearing. I don’t know if it was because of the hangover I was nursing, the fact that I arrived a little late, or just the heat, but at 12pm when I arrived at West Hollywood Park near the Pacific Design Center, I had some trouble......

The West Hollywood Book Fair, now in it's sixth year, will take over West Hollywood Park this Sunday from 10am - 6pm. We like to think of the WeHo book fair as the calmer, cooler cousin to the LA Times Festival of Books - great authors, excellent panels, live readings and good food - but much easier to navigate. As with any festival, planning the who/what/when is key...especially when trying to pack it all into......

Monday Bjorn Lomborg presents Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming 7pm @ Central Library Terry Pratchett presents Making Money 7pm @ Borders, Torrance Randall Robinson presents An Unbroken Agony 7pm @ EsoWon Books Tuesday Carol Muske-Dukes presents Channeling Mark Twain 7pm @ Vroman's Cathy Malkasian presents Percy Gloom 7pm @ Book Soup Gilbert Hernandez presents Chance in Hell 7pm @ Book Soup Leslie Garis signs House of Happy Endings 7pm @......

Maria McKee fronting Lone Justice - "Don't Toss Us Away" Willie Nelson, The Knitters @ Pacific Amphitheatre 2 Live Crew @ The Good Hurt Maria McKee @ McCabe's Stephen Stills @ House of Blues Os Mutantes, Busdriver @ El Rey Theatre Tex & the Horseheads, Mike Watt & the Missingmen @ Safari Sam's The Peelers, Thee L.A. Gentleman Callers @ The Scene The Smithereens @ Hollywood Park Mad Parade, Anti Social, El Nada, The......

Sea Level Records Going Away Party: Division Day, Switch @ Safari Sam's Gwen Stefani, Akon, Lady Sovereign @ Verizon Skinny Puppy @ Henry Fonda Lynda Carter @ Catalina Bar & Grill Missing Persons @ Malibu Inn John Butler Trio, Kaki King @ The Wiltern The Samples @ Hollywood Park Bobby "Blue" Bland @ Vault 350 Agent Orange @ Anarchy Library Carina Round @ Amoeba Greg Proops, Aimee Mann, Drew Carey @ Largo Angry Samoans,......

The Noisettes @ Amoeba (6:30pm) The Noisettes, The Maccabees, The Pity Party @ The Troubadour Sage Francis, Buck 65 @ Henry Fonda Mere Mortals, Kind Hearts & Coronets @ Spaceland Peter Case, Ron Franklin @ Largo Roger Waters @ Verizon Amphitheatre Derek Trucks @ Ford Amphitheater The Dillards @ McCabe's Rhino Bucket, DC-4, Wicked Relish, Fantastic Black @ Paladino's Led Zepagain @ Hollywood Park......

Tonight's a crazy night of rock. And yet, is there anything cooler than Morrissey playing the bowl tonight? Chris Cornell, Queens of the Stone Age, Sum 41, The Bravery, Plain White T's, Silversun Pickups, Shiny Toy Guns, Cold War Kids @ Seaside Park (Ventura) Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, Sugar Hill Gang, Stacey Q, Expose, Stevie B. @ Honda Center Morrissey @ The Hollywood Bowl Reverend Horton Heat,......

So Sports Guy and I have been seeing each other quite a bit these days, I’ve met his friends, he’s met mine (they all highly approve, or at least that’s what they say), we’ve gone out on the town, over to dive bars, to the movies and stayed in together. He even taught me a little about the Indy 500 and why the guy who won isn’t JUST Ashley Judd’s husband. He brought me to......

Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but about as close as they'll get. They're also still waiting on some inbox relief after a spammer is arrested. As Chicagoist counts down the days to its third anniversary party, they found all-organic pizza to be underwhelming amidst the hoopla, tried......

The Raveonettes, Electric Duo, Midnight Movies, The Meek @ Spaceland The Black Angels, VietNam, Spindrift @ The Troubadour Deerhoof @ Natural History Museum B-Real @ Key Club The Pharcyde, Ugly Duckling @ Blue Cafe The Colour, Simon Dawes, Takota @ The Roxy Kottonmouth Kings @ Ventura Theatre Matt & Kim, Japanther, Mika Miko, No Age @ The Echo The Moderates, Gliss, The Cheat @ El Cid Sara Hickman @ McCabe's Lorenzo Lamas @ The......

Clutch, Year Long Disaster, Backyard Tire Fire, Warner Drive @ Roxy Michael Penn, Patton Oswalt @ Largo A Flock of Seagulls @ Hollywood Park Uncle Monk, String Theory, Groovy Rednecks @ Knitting Factory The Autumns, The Sugarplastic, The World Record, Veil Veil Vanish @ Spaceland The Mae Shi, Abe Vigoda, Anchors for Architects, Maria @ Pehrspace Nous Non Plus, Porterville, Pity Party @ Safari Sam's Malcolm Jamal Warner's Miles Long, David Ryan Harris, Dujeous......

June 10, 2006 Dear Diary- Turns out horseracing is harder than it looks. First of all, the beer line is like a mile long and when you get up to the front, the old lady only lets you get two beers per person and I was only one person. You do the math. Second of all, it's hard to pick the winning horse in each race if there are multiple interesting and/or cool names in......

John Doe @ Largo Deftones @ Avalon Brand New Heavies @ El Rey Lindsey Buckingham @ Wiltern A Flock of Seagulls @ Hollywood Park The Wrens, Asobi Seksu, Bon Savants @The Troubadour Petra Haden & the Sellouts @ Getty Center Ima Robot, Whitestarr @ Roxy Ray Parker Jr. @ Vault 350 Islands @ Henry Fonda Lupe Fiasco @ Key Club Gliss @ Amoeba Janis Ian @ McCabe's Kid Koala, Fog @ The Echo La......

Beck, Queens of the Stone Age, Redd Kross, !!!, Blonde Redhead, Of Montreal, The Like, The Blood Arm, others @ LA Weekly Detour Fest, Downtown LA Monsters Are Waiting, AfroBeat Down, The Japanese Motors, Jesca Hoop, others @ Eagle Rock Music Fest, Center for the Arts The Killers @ Wiltern Paul Simon @ Santa Barbara Bowl E-40, Too $hort @ Orange Pavilion Saccharine Trust @ Mr. T's Bowl Margaret Cho @ Largo Willie Clayton......

Tonight The Upper Crust (pictured) @ Spaceland Go-Go's, Morningwood @ Greek Steve Miller @ Pacific Amphitheatre Matt Costa, Watson Twins @ Troubadour The Romantics @ Hollywood Park Appleseed Cast @ The Echo Saturday Bobby Brown, En Vogue, Bell Biv Devoe, SWV @ Greek The Upper Crust @ Alex's Bar Z-Trip @ Vault 350 Mason Jennings @ Tower (Santa Monica) Sunday Fishboy @ Tangier Ray Davies @ Wiltern Greg Graffin @ Troubadour Monday Darker My......

Today is the last day to see the Gustav Klimt masterpiece "Golden Adele" at LACMA, as it was sold earlier this week to a billionaire. Four other Klimts are also headed for the block. Sniff. VH-1 needs a Hollywood booker ASAP to get a new band of theirs gigs at clubs like the "Trubador" ... ... or the Knitting Factory, who tonight features the classic art-punk sounds of Flipper. The LA Weekly says, "When......

Tonight 6/26 Tsar, Hawksley Workman - Spaceland (free) T.I. - House of Blues Corinne Baily Rae - Troubador Metal Skool - Key Club Soccer Mom - Viper Tuesday 6/27 Mike Watt (dj set) - Amoeba (free) Be Your Own Pet - Troubador Beck, Jamie Lidell - Wiltern Les Claypool, The Coup - Avalon Slick Rick - House of Blues Flogging Molly - Molly Malone's Hawksley Workman - Temple Bar Il Divo - Greek Wednesday......

Lisa Teasley is a successful fiction writer living in Los Angeles. Her first book, "Glow in the Dark," won the 2002 Gold Pen Award for Best Short Story Collection and the 2002 Pacificus Literary Foundation Best Short Story Writer award for fiction. Bloomsbury USA published her first novel "Dive" in 2004. The novel is a romantic thriller set in Los Angeles and Alaska. Bloomsbury will publish her latest novel "Heat Signature" in 2006. Age......

It was reported earlier this week that Carson has entered back into the NFL stadium fray. But while some random conversation between a developer and the NFL might make for a nice bit of news drama, there are still a ton of questions to be answered to be answered on the site. Carson is far behind in its environmental impact report, which is troubling considering the site is a 157-acre toxic landfill. These conversations......

LAist was driving along Tujunga Boulevard near North Hollywood Park this Saturday, minding our own business, enjoying some Weekend Becomes Eclectic, and pondering the recent prolific nature of potholes on city streets (thank you, record year rainstorms) when one of our tires met such a pothole with a pronounced bang. We didn't think much of it, after all, we hit those darn potholes all the time these days. But when we got to the......

This weekend, we're partying with hipsters and horses. First, the party you can't go to: Tonight, Surface Magazine and Smashbox Studios are coming together for another one of their cool parties featuring art, pool, dancing, and more creative hipsters than you can shake a stick at. 9 PM on the Smashbox Studio lot. RSVP only. On Saturday, we think you should curl up with a good book, enjoy the rainfall and listen to CDs......

Hollywood Park racetrack is the Southern Californian version of the "Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?" brainteaser. The misnamed landmark is located in Inglewood, not Hollywood, and it's a race course, not a park. There is some tangential Hollywood connection since it was founded in 1938 as The Hollywood Turf Club by many film stars, directors and producers. We're not sure what the excuse is for Bellflower's Hollywood Sports Park and many other establishments that......

The West Hollywood "Fall Into Reading" Book Fair is this Sunday on October 3rd. Avid readers can visit with their favorite local and national authors at West Hollywood Park, 647 N. San Vincente Boulevard from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The event has attracted a pretty heady mix of talent for a one-day schedule: Local author Nichelle Tramble, will be in conversation with Susan Straight on the "Blurred Reality" panel at 3:30 PM. Actresses......