The Thursday night opening of Early Morning Opera's Abacus at REDCAT felt like a joyful reunion for L.A.'s art scene. Abacus got its start at the REDCAT NOW Fest in 2009 and has since traveled to various residencies and performance venues, including the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. more ›

Lots of great stuff happening tonight in LA: Comedy at a comic book release party at Meltdown Comics; author discussions on El Sistema and Liz Taylor; a craft night at CAFAM; and PIg: A Restaurant comes back for one night only. Read on for all the details. more ›

Writer Leila Cohan-Miccio, a former Grub Street Boston editor, mixes up comedy and the restaurant biz in her latest one-act play, Pig: A Restaurant. The show, which skewers foodie culture and its eclectic cast of characters, made its hilarious LA debut on Thursday night at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. more ›

Jenny Schwartz's recent play "God's Ear" arrives in LA with impeccable New York credentials and impressive notices. So forgive us if we couldn't help feeling like we were watching an extended improv class exercise. more ›

TGIF! We found a few art and theater events happening tonight, including fairy tales for grownups, a site-specific performance at the Getty, and a new Cirque comes to town, under a big top in Santa Monica. Read on for all the details. more ›

Here's what's going on around town Tuesday night. There's a number of good lit events with Dave Barry and Alan Sweibel at the Skirball; Fr. Greg Boyle and Luis J. Rodriguez at ALOUD; a play reading festival, Moth storytelling and more. Read on for all the details. more ›

Here's what's on our radar tonight: An art show inspired by "Adult Swim"; a Zombie Joe's theater production; a panel on L.A.'s Emerging Alternative Creative Economy; and Andrea Cremer signs her final book in the "Nightshade" series. Read on for the details. more ›

Tonight's event lineup offers unique choices in film, books, comedy and theater. An Iranian film screens at the Aero Theatre as part of the Golden Globe® Foreign-Language Nominee Series, and Anne Brashier is bringing her game show performance to the Westside Comedy Theater. Greg Proops promises to make you laugh at Bar Lubitsch, and Ellis Avery will talk about her new read. Get up, get out and get entertained. more ›

What's happening tonight in LA? We found a number of eclectic events including the Downtown on Ice Broomball Brawl with the LA Derby Dolls; a 'Salad Days' exhibition at Family bookstore; The Moth at Busby's East; and WinterFest 2012 staged readings at Atwater Village Theatre. Read on for all the details. more ›

Looking for something to do tonight in LA? Here are our Thursday night picks though it's a little on the quiet side with everyone resting up for NYE. But there's still a grassroots FMLY festival, A Christmas Westside Story, Fishbone on the Sunset Strip and the latest Thierry "Mr. Brainwash" Guetta show closes today. Read on for all the details. more ›

It's a little quiet on LA's events front tonight, but we found a couple of things to do that just might pique your interest, including the latest show by Mr. Brainwash; a few theatrical shows that you might not want to miss while they're here; and the exclusive screening of Battle Royale at Cinefamily. Read on for all the details. more ›

It's the beginning of a long holiday weekend for most of us, and tonight's events are mostly Christmas related. There's a Janky Christmas party at the Bootleg; a food truck fest in NoHo; and the British panto 'A Cinderella Christmas.' Read on for all the details. more ›

The holiday season is in full swing, and we found a few events tonight to get you in the spirit of things. This editor's favorite Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is on the big screen; there's an Ugly Sweater Contest to benefit the LA Mission; Scrooge and Cratchit are together again on stage in NoHo; and there's a Kwanzaa kickoff celebration in DTLA. Read on for all the details. more ›

Tuesday night and we've found a ton of events happening around LA. There's a great film series at Fellows of Contemporary Art that screens Play it as it Lays and Pumping Iron; The Christmas Present onstage at Sacred Fools; Slake wine party at Silverlake Wine; David Lynch signs at Amoeba; Lou Beach book signing at Book Soup; and a benefit for Richard “Steelo” Vazquez. Read on for all the details. more ›

TGIF! We found a few events around town tonight that might pique your interest, including art openings at LA Luz de Jesus and Gallery1988; holiday storytelling at Vroman's; Peter Case at McCabe's and a three-day symposium on Latin-American art at LACMA. Read on for all the details. more ›

Today's the last day of November, so make the month count before toppling into December. If you're a Jack Nicholson fan, head to the Million Dollar Theater for a double feature starring the wide-grinned man himself. A star-studded benefit concert is taking the Avalon Theater stage. Andy Warhol's muse comes to life at REDCAT. NerdMelt promises guffaws, and artwork by animators adorns Synchronicity Space. more ›

It's getting a little quiet on the events front in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday. Here are a couple of cultural happening that you might be interested in checking out: David Sedaris's The Santaland Diaries in preview; risky storytelling at MeltDown Comics; and live music and dance with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Trey McIntyre Project. Read on for all the details. more ›

Tonight is one of those nights that I wish I could magically teleport from one event to another. There are just too many terrific events going on around town. (Maybe people are just cramming stuff in before the Thanksgiving holiday?) Anyway, there’s a number of literary and quasi-lit events going on tonight LA, including two programs that examine the history of the porn industry; one that examines history of hip hop and another lecture by author Eric Schlosser. Also on tap: John Hughes for the holidays and Dean Bottrell Makes Love. Read on for all the dirty details. more ›

At the very beginning of Laura Yee's riotous farce "Ching Chong Chinaman," as the uber-assimilated Wong family poses for its annual Christmas card photo, the father instructs his wife and children to open their eyes "nice and wide." In the next scene, each parent enters the kitchen without recognizing that the teenage boy at the table is someone other than their own son. Turns out his name is Jinqiang or, as best as the Wongs can figure out how to pronounce it, "Ching Chong." more ›

TGIF and happy Nigel Tufnel Day! We found an eclectic lineup of events for you to choose from tonight. Zombie Joe’s Underground gets in the holiday spirit with the opening of Christmas for Bukowski; photographer Autumn de Wilde discusses and signs her new book on Beck; NerdMelt holds a ‘Divine’ art show opening; Sacred Fools open Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake); and Tender Greens Pasadena holds an art opening. Read on for all the details. more ›

It may be another Monday in LA, but we found a few good events to check out tonight: Cornerstone Theater kicks off its Hunger Cycle with a salon that focuses on bread; writer Susan Morgan speaks at the Beach=Culture series; the Academy screens films from a century ago and music of today at Bardot in Hollywood. Read on for all the details. more ›

In our Halloween edition of Pencil This In, we offer you these holiday-related alternatives to trick or treating: Theater in a cemetery; Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer at the Ebell Theater; Mark Z. Danielewski conducting his book onstage at REDCAT and The Tingler on the big screen. Read on for all the details. more ›

By the time a B-list Shakespearean actor in a soiled and sweat-stained suit peers out from backstage to start Stephen Wyatt's play "The Standard Bearer," any vestiges of British cultural hegemony have long since collapsed. more ›

This weekend, in a shared bill at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, choreographer/performer Jamie Benson (with his "Project Runway" real-time partner/designer Andrae Gonzalo) and choreographer/new mother, Carmela Hermann (with gay retiree/accidental dad/grandfather, Terrence Luke Johnson) will beam from the stage in Mixed Marriages / Homestretch. more ›

Friday! Finally. Here are some of the events that piqued our interest in LA tonight. First up, Thomas “She Blinded Me with Science” Dolby gives a lecture at Hollywood Forever; Zombie Joe’s takes on Edgar Allan Poe, the Art Deco Society of LA hits up the Langham; author Adilifu Nama talks about black comic superheroes; and there’s a fundraiser for the International Bird Rescue. Read on for all the details. more ›

It’s the second Thursday of the month, which means it must be time for the Downtown Art Walk. If you want to avoid the crowds roving the streets tonight, there's Busting Out, which finds the funny in women's boobs, Jeffrey Eugenides signs his latest book and NerdMelt mixes comedy and bad bad movies. Read on for all the details. more ›

This post was going to be a review of The Visceral Company's Dead of Night, six short plays based on stories by horror master Stephen King. We attended opening night on Friday and, sadly, weren't thrilled with the results on stage. Things were amiss—and we were trying to figure out how to be honest with our readers, and yet, provide constructive criticism for the company. more ›

John Leguizamo's latest autobiographical one-man show, "Ghetto Klown," the fifth in a series that started with "Mambo Mouth" in 1991, captures the hyperbolically charismatic performer in a reflective, almost analytic, mode. Of course even a reflective and analytical Leguizamo on his own operates at a more frenetic pace than a pack of hounds picking up the scent of their prey. more ›

Here's what happening tonight in LA: PEN Center USA presents an evening of banned erotica at The Comedy Store; the Visceral Company features an evening of Stephen King's short stories for the stage; the Pico/Robertson nabe holds a block party; and author Tony D’Souza presents his latest book. Read on for all the details. more ›

It's Friday night. Just got paid. Here's what to do with your hard-earned cash tonight to stimulate the economy. Options include Carnevil: A Gothic Horror Rock Musical; the TarFest's art show; the Leading Men of Broadway in concert; Chase's solo show and old school Joy Division. Read on for all the details. more ›