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FRIDAY • The Henry Fonda Theater features Lucinda Williams tonight at 9 PM. Tickets are $32. • Alt country singer Mary Gauthier performs at McCabe's Guitar Shop at 8 PM. Tickets are $16. • Paloalto, 31 Knots and Ringer perform tonight at Spaceland. Doors open at 9 PM. • The Blazers, Carlos Guitarlos and Phil Alvin are on stage at The Echo at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $10. [18+] • Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds...

THURSDAY • At the Knitting Factory, GZA, Prodigal Sunn, Icon the Mic King, Dosnous, Grit Mercenaries and Dumbfoundead with DJ's Geo & Ron Lee take the stage at 9 PM. Tickets are $17 advance, $20 at the door. • Tangier hosts Cass McCombs, Mt Egypt, Coastal and David Mead tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $8 advance, $10 day of. • The White Stripes perform tonight with M. Ward at the Greek Theatre at...

It appears that The Echo, Echo Park's neighborhood live music/film screening/wine tasting/BBQ/book signing venue, is looking to expand. The club, which is associated with another Eastside institution—Spaceland—is planning to add enough space for 700 more people. This expansion, much like the controversy over other building projects around the city, has met it's fair share of opposition, so The Echo is looking for supporters to sign a petition in favor of the plan. And if...

WEDNESDAY • Dinosaur Jr. are back, performing tonight at Avalon at 8 PM. Tickets are $27. • The Silversun Pickups, Fly Better Broken, The Moon Upstairs and Sound Team are on stage tonight at Spaceland. Doors open at 9 PM. • The White Stripes continue their week-long stay at the Greek Theatre, performing tonight with Autolux at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $45. • AFI at ArcLight is screening Ridley Scott's scifi masterpiece Alien at...

TUESDAY • The White Stripes perform at the Greek Theatre with The Greenhornes at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $45. • Author Aimee Bender will present and sign her new book, Willful Creatures, at Book Soup tonight at 7 PM....

FRIDAY • Donita Sparks of L7 is at Spaceland tonight with The Sharp Ease and The Ettes. Doors open at 9 PM. • Tony Bennett performs "The Art of Song" at the Hollywood Bowl tonight at 8:30 PM. Remaining tickets are limited, so get them while you can! • Cinespace features Dinner & a Movie with The Lost Boys tonight at 8 PM. Happy hour is from 6-7:30 PM, followed by club at 10...

THURSDAY • The Aero Theatre features a discussion with director Tobe Hooper following a screening of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre at 7:30 PM. • The Hammer Museum features a performance by bluesman Bobby Warren tonight at 7 PM. • Dubistry performs at Zen Sushi tonight as part of their weekly residency, along with Drastics and Kid Django. DJ Rude 'D' hits the stage at 8 PM to start things off. Zen Sushi is...

WEDNESDAY • Pelican, Big Business, Red Sparowes and Everlovely Lightningheart perform at the Knitting Factory tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $12. • The Sugar Water Festival takes place at the Greek Theatre at 7 PM, featuring Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Queen Latifah and Floetry. Tickets range from $51-$126. Click here to see our complete list of events for the week....

LAist would like to send you and a guest to see a sold out Viper Room performance by Our Lady Peace on Thursday, August 25th. Casual fans will remember Our Lady Peace when they broke through in the early '90s as part of the hard rock scene after success in their native Canada. The band is currently touring in support of their new album, Healthy in Paranoid Times, which comes out August 30th. To...

TUESDAY • Nickel Creek performs a live in-store tonight at 8 PM at Amoeba Music, celebrating their new CD, Why Should the Fire Die?. • The Sugar Water Festival takes place at the Greek Theatre at 7 PM, featuring Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Queen Latifah and Floetry. Tickets range from $51-$126. • At Tangier, Richard Swift, Great Northern, Cold War Kids and The Places will be performing tonight at 8 PM. Cover is $7....