Christine N. Ziemba

After chatting with Ben Jaffe, musician and creative director of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, it’s hard not to wonder whether the guy bleeds gumbo.

LAist gets a lot of press releases, and we go through most of them to curate a list of our favorite events happening in L.A. Here are 17 events you should know about this week. Read on for all the details.

LAist gets a lot of event announcements, and we comb through them all to bring you a curated list of what’s happening in LA this weekend, including these 27 events.

Here are quick recaps and reviews of several flicks that LAist caught during the recent Los Angeles Film Fest.

Here are 25 awesome events happening in L.A. this weekend (not to mention the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Hollywood Fringe Festival that are running throughout the weekend, too).

'Spent: Looking for Change' seems more like an AMEX commercial masquerading as a documentary.

We found a number of notable happenings in June (with a few beginning this weekend), so we're ready to help you plan your social calendar. Read on for all our event picks and details.

The Found Footage Festival, now celebrating its 10th year, returns to Los Angeles tonight for a two-night run, bringing a new slate of old, odd and ephemeral films to the New Beverly.

We found a number of notable happenings in May, so we're ready to help you plan your social calendar. Read on for some of our favorite events, and feel free to add yours in the comments section.

LAist was at the Hollywood Bowl’s 2014 Summer Season kickoff party last night, emceed by LA Phil CEO Deborah Borda and Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. The two made a few announcements that complemented an already diverse lineup this season.

'The Final Member,' a documentary by Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math, is ostensibly a film about phalluses and Sigurður "Siggi" Hjartarson’s penis museum in Husavik, Iceland. But dig a little deeper to find a story about fame, aging and mortality.

We found a number of notable happenings in April (in addition to Coachella), so we're ready to help you plan your social calendar. Read on for all the event picks and details.