Part of an ongoing series. On Saturday evening, local green-minded band (and Go Magazine covergirls) The Ditty Bops (MySpace), with Jesca Hoop (MySpace), John Reynolds, and Kaveh Rastegar (MySpace), performed at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. The shows also celebrated the release of The Ditty Bops' third full-length album, Summer Rains, with Hoop singing backup on three tracks: "Skinny Bones," "What Happened To The Radio," and "Feel From The Outside In." The Ditty......

MUSIC: CalTech isn’t just about nerdy rocket scientists. They have glee clubs, too! All kidding aside, tonight's concert will feature traditional holiday favorites as well as the Women's Club taking on Porpora’s Magnificat, written in the 1730s. 8 pm // Dabney Lounge at California Institute of Technology // 1200 East California Blvd., Pasadena // Free. DANCE: From CalTech, we’ll head over to CalArts in Valencia. The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance is holding its......

Remember back in the mid 90s or so, when MTV used to play videos? Think hard. Okay, and then there was this period where, right before they cut to a commercial, there was a clip of a Sinatra wannabe singing the song you just saw a video for? Like a snazzy rendition of "Kharma Police" or something of the sort. (Okay, that would've been late 90s. Whatever.) Well, that dude is "Rudy Casoni", a character......

Travis Millard draws the cover of the new Steve Allen Theater program....

Ditty Bops - "Walk or Ride" Psychosexarama @ California Institute of Abnormal Arts (CIA) Lee "Scratch" Perry @ House of Blues The Rentals, Goldenboy, Gwendolyn @ Spaceland Greasy Beats @ The Bordello Bob Weir & Ratdog @ Gree Theatre Noisy Night @ Steve Allen Theater The Ditty Bops @ Henry Fonda Theater Susie Glaze & Hilonesome @ Caltech Beckman Institute Gliss @ Vertigo's My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, H.I.M., Placebo @ Hyundai Pavilion......

If you’re into short or one-act plays, there’s a bevy of interesting festivals going on this weekend. So get off that couch and into the theater. Why? Because there’s absolutely nothing on TV and some of these productions will cost you almost as much as a movie ticket. So here are five productions opening this weekend that are piquing LAist's curiousity: 11 x 8 Theatre East presents “11 x 8” – that’s 11 new......

Before she got famous as Chloe on 24, Mary Lynn Rajskub (pronounced rice-cub) was known as a quirky-funny character actress and all-around comedian. She's getting back to her roots with her new show The Complications of Purchasing a Poodle Pillow, which she performs every Sunday evening for the rest of the month at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood. WHEN: Sundays at 8:00 p.m. through April WHERE: Steve Allen Theater at the Center For Inquiry......

A Word Or 55: I'm Tivo-ing Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe from 24) on Conan tonight because it's the only new TV worth watching. Did you know Mary Lynn used to be David Cross' girlfriend? Did you know she's starring in a full-length comedy show at the Steve Allen Theater? Go see her Sunday, Apr. 15 @ 8:00pm, it's like $5 or $10 or something, pocket change. Also, after losing an hour of my life......

Need a little boost after the President's State of the Union speech this week? Looking to combine an evening of nuanced political satire, slapstick humor, Gilbert & Sullivan, and..well, what else do you want? The Beastly Bombing, billed as "A Terrible Tale of Terrorists Tamed by the Tangles of True Love", commenced its second run at the Steve Allen Theater last weekend. Kitchen sinks aside, writer/director Julien Nitzberg and composer Roger Neill have concocted......

Are we out of the loop? How is it that we don't know about CNN Pipeline Anchor, Nicole Lapin? How is it that we don't even know what CNN "Pipeline" is? Sounds gross. Lapin is speaking tonight at the LA Press Club at the Steve Allen Theater right on the edge of Los Feliz on Hollywood Blvd. Apparently Ms. Lapin, who looks so much like Lindsay Lohan that there's already a worship site called......

Everyone loves an outlaw and David Allen Coe is as bad as they get. Practically born in prison, Coe has been slinging around racial epithets and dirty songs before it became trendy. And thanks to Red Peters and the fact that he can't be fined, Howard Stern has been playing one of Coe's classics "Fuckin in the Butt". Beneficiary of an opening spot from a recent Kid Rock tour, DAC is showing a new......

A list of some of the current critics' choices around town. Click on the show title for a review. Click on the theater name for info on tickets. Hotel C'est Lamour (The Blank Theater Company) References to Salvador Dali Make me Hot (Theater Planners at Art/Works Theater) Side Show (La Habra Depot) Tale of 2Cities: An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks (Freud Playhouse) Rocks in my Salsa (Highways Performance Space) The Beastly Bombing (Steve......

The past is always present for Janet Klein. A devotee of early 20th century popular culture, Janet sings old hits on her ukulele and performs with her band "Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys." Last year, they hosted a weekly show called "Janet Klein & Her Borscht Belt Babies," directed by Amit Itelmann, at the Steve Allen Theater. The show recreated a vaudeville show, featuring a variety of performances involving animal acts, speakers, singers and......

So you know how you have to be invited to The Magic Castle and know secret words and be able to levitate like the MindFreak or something or other in order to get in? Well, tonight, for one night only, the three regular Friday night magicians - David Lovering (the drummer for The Pixies), Rob Zabrecky (of Possum Dixon fame) and Fitzgerald - are performing for the general public tonight at the Steve Allen......

We know where we're going this Saturday—straight to Hell! And we couldn't be more excited. Every Saturday from now through Halloween, the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood presents "Hollywood Hell House." Hell Houses have become a staple of the Halloween season for Christian kids across the country over the last few years, and now LA has one of its very own. Of course, ours is full of snarky comedians like Bill Maher, Sarah Silverman,......