MUSEUM Ongoing until June 8th, one of LA's most well known aspects of its deep rooted car culture is showcased in La Vida Lowrider: Cruising The City Of Angels. A collection of cars, motorcycles and bicycles summarize decades of low riding history from its roots in East LA to present day. 10 am - 6 pm // Petersen Automotive Museum // 6060 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles // $10 Adults, $3 Children 5 - 12......

If you want to do something else tonight besides the mind-numbing seventh season opener of American Idol, here are a few options: WORDS Nobel Prizewinner Mohammad Yunus has a conversation with Rick Wartzman, director of the Drucker Institute, Claremont Graduate University (and former editor of the Los Angeles Times' West) on "Creating a World without Poverty." The evening will focus on questions like: "What if you could harness the power of the free market......

Welcome to a two-part review of the year’s best cookbooks. In part one, I’ll list five new books that inspired me in the kitchen in 2007…part 2 will include five rediscoveries that you might want to add to your shelf. Chocolate & Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen by Clotilde Dusoulier A cookbook by a blogger! (with another book in press!) Inspired by a two-year stay in San Francisco, Dusoulier developed the blog......