Christine N. Ziemba

We found a lot of great events happening around town tonight, including an opening of Ragged Kingdom, a solo exhibition by British artist Jamie Reid; poetry by Eileen Myles at Skylight Books; Mingus Dynasty at UCLA Live!; Silent film comedy shorts; and night hiking. Read on for all the details.

Thursday night options bring us a few book readings with Ben Ryder Howe on his time as a Korean Deli Owner, Mayim Bialik's parenting tips and Lawrence Lessig on alternatives to money-driven elections. There's also LA x LA, a local music SXSW alternative, and art shows that feature the work of Camille Rose Garcia and Aitor Lajarin & Jamie Dean. Read on for all the details.

We found a number of events that might convince you to head out on a Tuesday night, including a discussion on art, poetry and politics at ALOUD; The Moth storytelling takes over Busby's East; author Jonathan Lethem reads at the Hammer and American Idiot opens at the Ahmanson. Read on for all the details.

It's Monday night, but that shouldn't stop you from going out. Check out these great events happening around town tonight: An illustrated lecture on Raymond Chandler's Westside haunts; the cast of Two and a Half Men in the spotlight at PaleyFest; a reading to celebrate Jack Kerouac's birthday at Skylight Books and a music-packed lineup at It's a School Night. Read on for all the details.

TGIF! We found an eclectic mix of events happening around town tonight, including art inspired by comics at Gallery1988—with Weird Al Yankovic in person; Pasadena museums stay open late; Castle's cast and crew at PaleyFest; and a night hike in Franklin Canyon.

It's International Women's Day, and what better way to celebrate with an evening of music, dance, spoken word from artists from around the world at the Skirball? There's also a Planned Parenthood fundraiser with food; Slake After Dark readings, LA Times press tour and more. Read on for all the details

It's a super Tuesday tonight in LA, and we found lots of options for you including a nonpartisan primary result party at the Hammer Museum; an evening with Parks and Recreation at PaleyFest 2012; author Timothy Sndyer at ALOUD and a Jeffrey Kipnis lecture at Sci-Arc. Read on for all the details.

Here's what's happening around town tonight. We found that Rachael Yamagata is playing a few shows with Dan Wilson at the Hotel Cafe; there's a great lineup at Bardot for It's a School Night tonight with headliner Robert Francis; and there's a comedy-rap battle at NerdMelt. Read on for all the details.

It's Friday night...time to blow off a little steam with these great events: The Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow comes to North Hollywood; La Luz de Jesus opens its giant juried art show; Judy Garland sings Abba and more in WeHo; NerdMelt takes you in the wayback machine to re-examine Saturday Morning Cartoons; and there's free classical music at Oxy. Read on for all the details!

PaleyFest 2012 opens tonight at 7 pm at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills with the cast and creators from American Horror Story, guests include Executive Producer Ryan Murphy, Connie Britton, (Vivien Harmon), Dylan McDermott (Ben Harmon) and Jessica Lange (Constance Langdon), among others.

Here's what we found going on around LA tonight: Monty Python's Spamalot opens for a week run at the Pantages; there are a couple of SXSW-themed dinners to foster networking and creativity; and ALOUD at the Central Library hosts a sociologist who'll discuss how singles are thriving in modern society. Read on for all the details.

Long after the show was over, most of the Academy Awards’ major category winners (except Best Supporting Oscar Winner Christopher Plummer) slowly made their way to the Oscar pressroom. Here are some of our favorite quotes and anecdotes from the backstage interviews tonight: