AskaNinja.com creators Douglas Sarine and Kent Nichols online video has gone old media. The Ninja Handbook, is now out in paperback (read it if you dare) and is also available as an audio download (narrated by the Ninja and recommended in tandem with the illustrated handbook for all you Nonjas). No matter your Ninjaish inclinations, consider this fair warning: The Ninja will make a rare appearance tonight at Vroman's to sign your Handbook (and try......

THEATRE* Little tiny ninjas take to the stage to perform Shakespeare’s Macbeth tonight and tomorrow. These “actors” are the plastic kind found in vending machines by artistic director Dov Weinstein. The action will be presented from a briefcase-sized stage and projected to monitors, so don’t fret about missing the action. 8 pm // Fake Gallery // 4913 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles // $10. TALK There’s a panel discussion tonight on the future content of......

Labor Day Weekend is a great time to be in town because everyone else leaves. The streets are empty. There’s elbow room at your favorite local watering hole. And … there’s plenty of local theater just waiting to be seen. Here are LAist’s five theater picks for this weekend: Calling Aphrodite Keiko and her sister were playing outside their home, when something unimaginable happened. It was Hiroshima in 1945. This play focuses on Keiko’s life......