KITSCH: The Charles Phoenix Holiday Jubilee returns to REDCAT for the next four evenings. LA kitsch expert Charles Phoenix brings together an evening of live comedy, including the Bob Baker Marionettes, roller rink organist Dominic Cangelosi and a few other surprises. The entertainment's all in combination with his "Retro Holiday Slide Show," comprised of slides he found at area thrift shops and flea markets. 8 pm // REDCAT at Walt Disney Concert Hall //......

Close your eyes and gather around the radio and listen to tales that will make you cringe or giggle. This Saturday night brings the next monthly installment of The Thrilling Adventure & Supernatural Suspense Hour, a live old-school style radio performance at the M Bar in Hollywood, which according to the fine folks at Workjuice is comprised of "several serialized short-form comedic radio plays as well as standalone pieces, musical numbers, and the occasional......

Can't get enough of that Russian political satire? This weekend is your last chance to see the Open Fist's production of HOW TO EXPLAIN THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM TO MENTAL PATIENTS before they head off to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which is sort of the Burning Man-meets-Sundance of theater festivals, with a lot of cobblestones. The dark comedy, COMMUNISM, from the team of playwright Matei Visniec and director Florinel Fatulescu, was a hit for......

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.......

Jen Sincero is a musician, sexpert, and the author of the bestselling book, The Straight Girl’s Guide To Sleeping With Chicks and the semi-autobiographical novel, Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer. She currently hosts a weekly sex talk radio show called Dr. Happypants on killradio.org. You can catch Jen live in all her sinful glory this Thursday at the M Bar. Living in Sin is her weekly advice column for LA's sexually curious, confused and......

Jen Sincero, whose Living in Sin advice column scorches our site on a weekly basis, and Cecil Castellucci are at M Bar tonight performing their own two-woman show for the very first time. Doors open at 7 PM, the show starts at 8 PM and will feature their funny adventures being single women in the modern world as well as pictures of their cats. That sounds inappropriate. We highly recommend making it to the......

This past Thursday LAist had the pleasure of wandering a sort of semi-timewarp at the M Bar. Stepping from 2005 into the 1940s, we watched the wonder that is "The Thrilling Adventure and Supernatural Suspense Hour". Stuck in a strip mall, although surprisingly anachronistic on the inside, the M Bar is a perfect venue for this show. Several local actors and comedians take part on the first Thursday of every month in this form......

Since we're sure our audience consists only of the hippest of hip, we know you're already familiar with the 24-hour Film phenomenon (recently jacked by MTV and extended into the 72-hour Film Shootout -- ed. note: 72-hour Film Shootout is currently advertising on the site.) Well, in case you didn't know, Instant Films is a 48-hour iteration of the same grassroots movement, also working on a kind of Mad Libs principle, with cast, crew......

• Tonight at the Silverlake Lounge, KCRW presents Sam Phillips with Les Shelleys (Tom Brosseau and Angela Correa) for a reasonable $20. LAist suggests showing up early if you want to get in. • At the M Bar, catch a special "Doomed Valentine" performance by the self-depricating collective known as Mortified, with the tender love songs of John Kricfalusi (of "Ren & Stimpy" fame) opening. The show starts at 8 PM and tickets are......

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