Don't be angsty like this lady...go out tonight! / Photo by Plankton 4:20 via LAist's flickr pool. FILM “Animation Nite: From Halifax with Love” is a program at the Echo Park Film Center that features short animated and semi-animated films by women who’ve all lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, eh. The screening includes work by host Siloën Daley and six others. Music by local band Foot Foot follows. 7:30 // Echo Park Film......

Family, the great little bookstore on Fairfax is celebrating its one-year anniversary with a huge art show that opens tonight at 8pm and you're invited. The show is a "Thank You" to all those who've made Family's first year a success. And what a Thank You it is - the 26 artists they've assembled for this celebratory art show are impressive and reflect everything about the store that we love - eclectic and slightly off-kilter,......

DANCE Anatomy Riot is an almost-monthly series of dance/performance works and videos in a casual atmosphere. Tonight is the 21st installment curated Meg Wolfe and featuring Rebecca Alson-Milkman, Catch Me Bird Dance Theater, d. Sabela Grimes, Arianne Hoffmann, Tekla Kostek, Dance Good Damn it, Sohini Ray and Mitsu Salmon. 8 pm // The Open Space // 209 S. Garey Street , Los Angeles // $7. FILM Arthur Magazine hosts a double feature at the......

Photo essay from the Swerve Festival at Barnsdall Park....

The Swerve Festival is taking place at Barnsdall Park on Friday, Sept. 28th and goes till Sunday the 30th. There will be movies, music and art for all three days. ...

LAist and our friends at RES Magazine would like to send you and a friend to the Shorts One program this Thursday—opening night of RESFest LA, taking place this weekend at the Egyptian Theatre. Along with the program, which includes short films by directors like Mike Mills and Jared Hess, you will also be going to the opening night party immediately following the screening. Shorts One includes the films 11:59, Box, City Paradise, Flesh,......