Photo by S.C. Asher via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr READING Janet Sarbanes and Marisa Silver read excerpts from their new short story books Army of One and Babe in Paradise. Both authors will be available for signings after the readings. 6 p.m. // The Hammer Museum // 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles // (310) 443-7000 // $5 TEA If haven’t finished celebrating Mother’s Day, stop by Vroman’s Bookstore for a special......

In time for Chanukah, Ruth Seymour’s stirring and festive tribute to Yiddish culture, “Philosophers, Fiddlers & Fools,” is airing now on KCRW (noon - 3pm). KCRW presents Ruth Seymour's popular perennial salute to the little villages and towns of Eastern Europe, through the Second Avenue Hit Parade. Music, stories and memories from a world now vanished. For nearly thirty years, Seymour has collected and shared these beautiful, rare recordings and stories with a grateful......