Are you headed out of town for Memorial Day weekend? If you're jetting through LAX, you'll be joining more than 750,000 fellow travelers. more ›

The Silver Lake Jubilee is on this weekend, and while the popular music fest and community gathering has already teased out who is on the lineup, the event has released a full list of participating bands and acts, complete with set times. more ›

If you have to drive in, to, from, near, or around Downtown L.A. this weekend, well...don't. Because traffic is probably going to blow. That's the official word (with some poetic license) from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, who have their eye on four upcoming major events that will have the streets clogged with people taking part in the festivities. more ›

If your New Year's resolutions happened to include "go to more museums," then this weekend your minimal budget is no excuse. It's a "Museums Free-For-All" weekend, sponsored by the Museum Marketing Roundtable, and 18 area venues will be free of charge Saturday and/or Sunday. more ›

You've had a couple of days to peruse, analyze, contemplate, debate, and evaluate the current lineup for the 2012 Coachella festival (and, yes, the one we published was legit, mmmkay?!) and now it's time to figure out if you're going, and how to get tickets. more ›

What goes great with brunch? How about beer! We recently were invited to check out the new brunch offerings (along with some beer and Bloody Marys) at The Fat Dog, where the laid back atmosphere caters to you...and your little (or big) dog, too. more ›

Plenty of fun things to do today and tonight in Los Angeles, whether you want to hide out for a double feature inside a dark move theatre, or bask in the sunlight and drink craft beer. Plus: Vintage slides, vintage records, pop art, and a chance to dance at a museum. more ›

With temperatures expected to reach the 90s and 100s across the region, Los Angeles firefighters are prepared for a high risk of wildfires over the celebratory Fourth of July weekend. Fireworks are illegal in L.A., the fire department reminds us but we all know that's not going to stop July 4th revelers from firing off their own. more ›

The theme to this year's Christopher Street West's LA Pride event is "Power. Passion. Purpose." For many, the highlight is the big parade, which takes place Sunday morning in the heart of West Hollywood. more ›

See this 1958 Hitchcock classic under the stars at Hollywood Forever. Gates are at 7 p.m., movie at 8:30. $10 donation tickets available at the gate, or you can buy ahead online. Parking is $10. Bring food and drink, but no tall chairs. [Info] more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have announced the locations of two sobriety and driver's license checkpoints scheduled for this weekend. Tonight, from 8 p.m. to Saturday at 2 a.m. the LAPD will be set up in the Baldwin Hills area on La Brea Avenue between Coliseum Street and Rodeo Road. On Saturday, a checkpoint will be operating from 8 p.m. to Sunday at 2 a.m. in Chatsworth on Topanga Canyon Boulevard between Devonshire Street and Chatsworth Street. more ›

Imagine, if you will, a down-and-out porn director, desperate to make a legitimate film. Naturally, his reputation precedes him, and the only people willing to make his dream come true are the ragtag crew members from his porno sets. So, armed with skeezy studio money earmarked for a particularly boorish production, the director finds himself secretly filming legitimate cinema…with porn stars. Not exactly ‘high brow’, but then again neither is spending an afternoon in a papasan chair eating Cool Ranch Doritos and nursing a headache. more ›

Tonight Oklahoma-bred singer-songwriter Wanda Jackson, the First Lady of Rockabilly and America's first female Rock and Roll singer, will be headlining the El Rey Theatre in support of her latest Jack White-produced endeavor—2011's The Party Ain't Over. LA-by-way-of-North Carolina folk outfit Hi Ho Silver Oh are poised to perform for free, in-store at Origami Vinyl. And, lastly, Portland-based folk songstress Laura Gibson will be gracing the Troubadour. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch San Franciscan post-punk trio Weekend, who will be performing for this week's edition of Michael Stock's Part Time Punks. LAist favorites, Oxnard-bred garage pop act Catwalk are slated to kick things off. more ›

A Noise Within have reprised their hilarious and critically acclaimed production of the joyfully out-of control British farce Noises Off, with shows today at 2 and 7 p.m. Company Co-Founders/Co-Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott co-direct the production, in which Elliott also performs, which was presented last season for the first time in the company's history and garnered rave reviews. [Tickets] more ›

Night Two of the 2010 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, could also be dubbed "Hipster Night" as many of the bands featured were or are indie darlings and nearly all have played that big festival in the desert. From the french synth-pop sensations Phoenix to local favorites Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the spectrum of performance was much more broad than that of the more straightforward rock of Night One. Also featured were Florence + The Machine, Vampire Weekend, Brandon Flowers, Neon Trees, Temper Trap and the Broken Bells. more ›

Eban Schletters Cosmic Christmas: A theremin and vibrophone filled "yuletide odyssey" brought to you by the man behind the music for MR SHOW and Spongebob Squarepants. Appropriate for children and stoners. Shows at 5:00 & 7:00 p.m. at the Glendale Planetarium. more ›

Merry Christmas Mr Cactus is what you might hear at today's opening of the It’s a Wonderful Life wonderland in the desert. It seems Frank Capra did some of that iconic scriptwriting in the desert quaintness of La Quinta near Palm Springs. In honor of this weirdness, they’re recreating Bedford Falls in all its caroling, lamp post, glory with screenings of the films, guest activities and instead of angel wings, they're giving away resort goodies. More info here and on the La Quinta site. more ›

The Birth Of Coffee: It's time for a trip to the coffee nerdlands. "The exhibit at The Craft and Folk Art Museum, "documents coffee’s extraordinary journey from seed to cup. The photography exhibition is part of a multi-platform project including a book, website and international tour that, "chronicles the lives of coffee growers in Brazil, Ethiopia, Yemen, Guatemala, Indonesia, Colombia, Costa Rica and Kenya. Black-and-white photographs specially toned in and with coffee are interwoven with eclectic anecdotes and facts, bringing to life the stories of the diverse people who pick, plant and produce coffee." more ›

Designer Con: An annual art & design convention of collectible toys, vinyl wonders, designer apparel and underground pop art. Expect show-only exclusives on sale by many showcasing artists. Also on display, Spoonful of Star Wars Art Exhibition "featuring over 100 paintings of vintage Star Wars action figures," adventures in Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art alt.drawing, and the largest recorded group "blind-box" opening (bring from home or buy at the show to participate). 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St. Pasadena, $5 more ›

Today's gloomy skies weren't ordered up by Hollywood moguls to set the mood for your viewing of the new Harry Potter movie. Break out your umbrellas and trade your flip flops for some sturdier footwear, since we're heading for a wet weekend. For Saturday, cooler temps, with highs in the low 60s, and a 90% chance of precipitation should be expected, says the National Weather Service. On Sunday, temps will be about the same, with a 60% chance of more rain. This rainy weather will be a challenge for tomorrow's Great LA Walk (the walk goes on!) but a boon for hot chocolate lovers...Hello, LAMill! more ›

One of the most storied streets in Los Angeles meets one one of the coolest public events this weekend, as the fifth annual Great Los Angeles Walk takes on Wilshire Boulevard for a second time. more ›

Monster Drawing Rally: Watch art gnash its terrible teeth and show its terrible claws as 100 artists gather at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock (2225 Colorado Blvd, LA CA 90041) to create their creations in front of a live audience. Every item birthed will be on sale for $75. Presented by the Outpost for Contemporary Art. Live drawing begins at 12:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. more ›

Much like Hollywood kind, these stars these are gassy, flashy and sometimes they explode (or implode) in a tragically spectacular fashion sucking everything around them into a deep, dark, hole. For tonight's Griffith Park variety, meet up with amateur astronomers and enthusiasts as the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and the Los Angeles Sidewalk Astronomers hold their monthly Star Party from 2:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. more ›

Tonight Canadian indie rock quintet Stars will be headlining the Wiltern with none other than San Franciscan indie pop trio Geographer in tow. LA-by-way-of-Michigan retro soul singer-songwriter Mayer Hawthorne is poised to grace the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater with actor/writer/comedian/MC Donald Glover, who performs under the pseudonym Childish Gambino. And, lastly, LA-based Cambodian rock outfit Dengue Fever will be providing the live score for the stop-motion film "The Lost World" at UCLA's Royce Hall. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echoplex to catch NY-bred indie pop act the Pains of Being Pure at Heart (LAist Interview). LAist favorites, San Franciscan post-punk trio Weekend, who recently released one of 2010's most satisfyingly noisy discs, Sports, and "beach-pop" quartet Sonny & the Sunsets are slated to kick things off. more ›

Nov 8th - Mammoth Mtn from Snowboard247 Productions on Vimeo. more ›

Ice is Nice: Woodland Hills Ice and ICE in Santa Monica are now open for all your outdoor skating needs. Coming soon: CHILL at the Westwood W Hotel and Downtown on Ice at Pershing Square. more ›