Get out, so you can listen to Marilyn Manson read poetry, channel the undead or jam to electronica, while checking out the Tim Burton exhibition. (And it's not even October!) more ›

Get Out! You've got your choice of masked wrestlers for free, a rodeo and fried food or an all day music fest in Echo Park. more ›

The TV is broken so you best GET OUT! There's an all day brunctastic block party in WeHo, an all day dance fest in the OC, an all night movie marathon in the cemetery, and beer. more ›

Get Out! There's a celeb-heavy televised teen invasion at Universal, fancy beer horses and the blues at the OC Fair and take the last bites of the Taste of San Pedro. more ›

Get Out! Today is all about feeding your senses (and stomach) in anticipation of a nearly all-night dance party downtown. more ›

Get Out! This Saturday you can tempt fate in a variety of extremely exciting ways. See what's up (or upside down) at the X-Games, pilgrimage to the Coliseum for LA Rising with Rage Against the Machine and Muse or watch a Neanderthal man battle a frozen dinosaur that comes back to life and attacks an island. Choose wisely. more ›

Get Out! (We mean that in the nicest way possible.) Another fine LA day greets you with free community yoga, a Venice Beach festival and soothing soul music from around the globe. more ›

Get out in LA today! Check out the future on the last day of Little Tokyo Design Week or take a tour through the past at the brand new NHM Dinosaur Hall. Can't decide? Then it's Bastille Day in the park for you. more ›

Get out today in LA! For all those not racing jets, here are some fun things to do in your traffic-locked city of Carmageddon dreams. more ›

Get Out! And into the swing at the Boyle Heights Carnival, get creeped at the Twin Peaks marathon, The Egyptian Stop(s) Making Sense, & sport Red, White, & Blue-eyed soul at the Hollywood Bowl with Hall & Oates & Fireworks. more ›

Get Out! And Get thee to a garden, an air conditioned theater or to the ocean. Pirate battles, giant monsters and beautiful plants await at every turn today. Independence rules. more ›

Don't Lose Your Head, Augustus: A tasty new offering, Chocolate: The Exhibition, now open at MUZEO in downtown Anaheim, explores "the plant, the products, the history, and the culture of chocolate through the lenses of botany and ecology, anthropology and economics, conservation and popular culture." To enter the exhibit, look for a lush, tropical rainforest. Runs through September 11. Free chocolate sample with admission. Tickets $9-$13 more ›

Today in LA! Have some pride (and some help with the parking), eat with pirates, rock out in the playground, preview the vegan drive-thru, venture to Ojai and sit down with some special film events. more ›

Today in LA! Shiver at the Egyptian Theater during the Alfred Hitchcock Series, Lummis Day storms the stone home in Mount Washington, and take the family to MOCA for free art, music, and writing activities. more ›

Today in (and around) LA! Step out with the Big Parade LA in a community climb, get the whole world in your hands at Worldfest, and Walk Like a Venetian with the art set. more ›

Today in LA (and just beyond)! Get out for the California Strawberry Festival, a bug eating Believe It or Not! event in Hollywood and an all singing all dancing all laughing Jubilee in Silver Lake. more ›

Bug Out: "One of the most popular Museum events, Bug Fair is held on the second weekend of May each year! The two-day Bug Fair is an insect extravaganza with hundreds of things to see and do," says the Natural History Museum. 70 Exhibitors, Governmental agencies, educational institutions, entomological societies, private companies, have on display and for sale thousands of items including preserved (and live) insect specimens, books, equipment, supplies, products, honey, silk, wax, art, toys, clothing, and more. more ›

Hats For Bats: Nocturnal? Not today. Born in 1999 of the goth/deathrock/industrial scene, Bats Day In The Park is an outing of and for the highly costumed kind. Picture Mickey ears clipped into bat wings, and so forth. "The annual spooky trip to Disneyland is just a park meet during a normal operating day at Disneyland. Please use discretion regarding the length of shirts and skirts and language on clothing. Be respectful. What you may feel is appropriate dress may not be to the normal park attendee." And what a perfectly grey day!! Get goth'd up and meet at 12:30 p.m. in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. more ›

Coming Up Roses: Elliot Smith Documentary will be screening two nights as part of the Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival (formally the Los Angeles International Film Festival), each followed by a guest panel. Saturday at 2:00 p.m, Sunday at 8:00 p.m. at the Hayworth Theater, 2511 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Tickets. more ›

Camptown Ladies Something Something: Grab your lawn chair and get weird in Pasadena for the 34th Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade. "Daring to go where, well, we went last year, this year’s Pasadena Doo Dah Parade will venture eastward for the second time in its colorful history. While the alternative event has enjoyed much popular success in the Old Pasadena retail and entertainment district, organizers are excited to bring the eclectic parade to the town-like setting of East Pasadena." Stepping off at 11:00am at 2627 E. Colorado Blvd. 91107 in Pasadena, the parade runs Colorado Blvd. between Sierra Madre and San Gabriel Blvds., FREE. more ›

Escape To Hippie Mountain: The long-running Topanga Earth Day Festival wraps up today with stages, speakers, vendors, music, workshops and art. There's even a bio diesel shuttle to help you get there. Topanga Community House Fair Grounds, 1440 North Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, CA. 90290, 10:00 a.m. - Sunset. more ›

The Art Of Monsters: There's something hiding in your closet, under your bed, in the back seat of the car and probably calling from inside the house. You better get to a safe place. How about Monsterpalooza!! -- a stupendous collection of 200 vendors, special presentations, monster museum, model kit contests, lectures, panels, exhibits and a mutant army of artists in attendance. more ›

Ye Shall Be Ren Faire Aware: It's opening day at The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire in southern California. Grab a mutton leg and puffy shirt and do like the dragon slayers do. Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, CA, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Tickets here. ALSO: rare film noir, book signings with the ex-boyfriend, the biggest step competition in the country, original song-cycles... more ›

Rock On The Block: The Silver Lake Conservatory is holding a charity auction at Amoeba Music this afternoon with with rare and collectible memorabilia, concert tickets, promo items and more up for bids. All proceeds will benefit the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a non-profit organization based in... more ›