Always known for their innovative ways of presenting music, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra this Sunday will continue that theme on a variation with silence. Well, silence as in accompanying two silent films. more ›

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is busy these days, performing beautiful music this weekend in Glendale and in Westwood, followed up by a performance next Thursday in Santa Monica. The latter concert is part of their "Westside Connections," which presents chamber music with a twist--in lieu of program notes, works are introduced from stage and there is a question-and-answer session. This is one of those unique value-added aspects that makes LACO a premiere orchestra in Los Angeles. more ›

In conjunction with “The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis,”, which opened at the Hammer Museum last Friday, UCLA Live this Thursday is hosting a rare appearance of the famous cult cartoonist in a conversation with Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker's Art Editor. A little about Crumb, via UCLA Live: In the late ’60s, R. Crumb’s psychedelic comics—including the characters Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, Devil Girl and the popular Keep on Truckin’ cartoon— propelled him overnight to celebrity status in San Francisco’s burgeoning underground scene... more ›

Come Halloween weekend, thousands of Phish fans will descend upon the Indio Polo Fields in the Coachella Valley for a three day festival surrounding eight Phish sets. Yes, it's time for Phish Festival 8 and we're giving away a pair of tickets (you can also buy tickets here). more ›

The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards are happening right now at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre in downtown. Although they will be broadcast at 8 p.m. on CBS here in Los Angeles, LAist TV Editor Tom Lewis is backstage giving us some live updates. If you do not want spoilers, then do not click or look below this paragraph. We warned you! more ›

The owners of Alcon Liquor, a store on Saticoy Street in Canoga Park, are anxious to meet one of their recent customers again: The winning SuperLotto Plus ticket, matching all six numbers and worth $11 million, was sold there, according to cbs2.com. more ›

Last weekend, the noted Bruce Norris play, "The Pain and the Itch" opened at the Boston Court in Pasadena, earning the Critic's Pick nod from Back Stage. "This astutely designed and intelligently rendered production is a shared feather in the cap for two of L.A.'s most adventurous theater companies," wrote Les Spindle of the Furious Theatre Company's production. more ›

Although not all precincts have reported in (5%) more to go as of 8:45 a.m., the writing is on the wall--Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that sought to eliminate gay marriage in California has done just that. A close race, yes, but yes votes outnumbered no votes by over 400,000, or 4.2%. Even in LA County, the majority of voters said yes on Prop 8. more ›

The contest for tomorrow's Black Crowes/G.Love & Special Sauce concert at The Greek Theatre is over, but we still have more for you. This Sunday, September 21, My Morning Jacket plays at The Greek's amphitheater space for their 5th studio album, The Evil Urges, which was released in June (tickets can be bought here) more ›

The 2008 Mercury Prize for best UK album of the year went to Elbow for their album The Seldom Seen Kid, besting 11 other finalists, including Radiohead's In Rainbows and offerings from British Sea Power and oddsmakers' choice Burial. more ›

From our enemies friends at Chicagoist... Well, whether you love the idea of the possibility of the games being in Chicago or hate it, we are the United States candidate to hold the 2016 games. Although the International Olympic Committee has no requirements to switch up continents for the games, the 2008 games are in Beijing and the 2012 games are in London so it seems likely North American will host the 2016 summer games.... more ›