The Paley Center hosts the cast and creative team of Monk tonight at 8:30 pm. There’s usually a screening, followed by discussion and Q&A. In person guests include Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Ted Levine, Jason Gray-Stanford, among others. more ›

Writers, throw in the towel! Why spend years angling for agents and contracts when you can P.O.D - or publish online? Carl Hayes, online novelist, embraces conformity and eschews the starving-artist lifestyle on his tongue-in-cheek website, Improving Thomas, the tale of a former nonconformist artist who has now embraced the life, and personal philosophy, of an office drudge. Hayes posts new chapters, prettily PDF'd, regularly and will even notify you when the latest installment is online. more ›

Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Blvd, Los Angeles. more ›