Christine N. Ziemba

Listen up, Los Angeles! Here are the events of note happening around town tonight. It's a Trek fest of sorts with Leonard Nimoy and Zach Quinto together at the Hammer Museum; Patrick Wolf begins at two-night stint at Hollywood Forever; FIDM opens Fabulous! fashion exhibit; and Skylight Books hosts authors Josh Rolnick’s and Edan Lepucki. Read on for all the details.

Another Monday in the city, but never fear, we're saving you from having to stay in tonight with these events. It's a School Night rocks Bardot in Hollywood; Moby does a book signing at Book Soup; FOX screens upcoming fall shows at the Paley Center, a free art circle happens at the Ford Amphitheatre; author Julie Otsuka signs her latest book at Vroman's; and The Blank Theatre company holds a star-studded benefit for one of its new play programs. Read on for all the details.

It's a weekend of remembrance and some of tonight's events reflect that sentiment, including the massive art exhibition LA Vs. WAR II and Eiko & Koma's performance at the Skirball Center. On a lighter note, The Latebirds play a free set at Amoeba and there's a poetry reading at Skylight Books. One of the poets is actress Amber Tamblyn (who we loved in House.) Read on for all the details.

Here's what we dug up for Thursday night in LA: Paley Center hosts a preview for NBC Fall shows; REDCAT kicks off its New Original Works Festival; Khaled Hosseini signs and discusses The Kite Runner Graphic Novel in Pasadena while author Peter Manso is at Book Soup; an international theater festival takes over the LATC and if it's the second Thursday of the month, it must be time for Downtown Art Walk.

Welcome back to the workweek. Events are in full force tonight, with the Paley Center kicking off its Fall TV parties, the Armory Center holding an artist talk with Roni Feldman, Glen Campell signs his new CD at Amoeba and The Academy screens classic films, such as A Trip to the Moon and A Trip Down Market Street. Read on for all the details.

Happy Labor Day, everyone! If you have time in between cookouts or just want to skip 'em all together, we found a few things to do tonight, including free LACMA Mondays, Inara George in concert and the Five Minutes Game at Cinefamily. Read on for all the details.

Happy Labor Day weekend, everyone. If you're staying in town, we found a couple of events that might entice you to go out tonight: there's a tequila tasting at a/k/a in Pasadena; an art opening at La Luz de Jesus; and writer Dan Fante at Skylight Books.

Achievers rejoice! The Big Lebowski is released on Blu-Ray today, and there's a celebration at Universal CityWalk; Cinefamily screens the documentary Gainsbourg and his Girls tonight; wine and jazz nights at Palate and Hollywood & Highland; and Philip Glass is at the Hollywood Bowl.

It's exceptionally busy on LA's event front tonight, which is kind of surprising before Labor Day Weekend, but we're not complaining. Cast and creative team from ABC's comedy Happy Endings talk about the show at the Paley Center; Harry Shearer signs his Hurricane Katrina documentary at Amoeba; it's a bluegrass jam session at the Ford; and Station at the W Hollywood screens This Is It for Michael Jackson's birthday. Read on for the details and other events around town.

Tonight at 8 pm, PEN Center USA and Dirty Laundry Lit present a free night of readings in the program Dirty Laundry: Secrets, Indulgences & Lies at The Mandrake. Featured readers include: Heidi Durrow, Natashia Deón, Eric Layer, Katherine DeBlassie, Willie Davis and Kaitlyn Greenidge.

Bummed about Sunset Junction being cancelled and you now have a block of free time on Saturday night? Well just head a little more East for an alternative: Chinatown Summer Nights takes over Chinatown in DTLA tomorrow night from 5 pm to midnight on Broadway.

There is seriously something for everyone happening in LA today. There's an evening of performance and installation that explores secular magic; a free musical tribute to Quincy Jones, a party for print with the release of the latest Slake magazine; New Filmmakers LA's monthly screening series and the an exotica and hemp shows at the LA Convention Center. Read on for all the details.