Marleigh Riggins

TUESDAY • Billy Corgan is performing solo tonight at the Henry Fonda Theater. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $33. • The Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles presents a tribute to Tin Tan at the Ford Amphitheater, featuring a screening of Calabacitas Tiernas at 8 PM. Tickets are $8. Click here to see our complete list of events for the week....

MONDAY • Author Elijah Wald presents and signs The Mayor of MacDougal Street: A Memoir at Book Soup, written about and with NYC folk legend Dave Van Ronk, at 7 PM....

FRIDAY • Brazilian Girls and Something for Rockets are at Avalon tonight at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $20. • The Nervous Return are in the Knitting Factory Front Room with Tsk Tsk, The Cinema Eye, Shoot Out The Lights and This Blush. The show starts at 8 PM and cover is $7. • Bay Area beat maestro Lyrics Born is at the El Rey with Ostrich Head, Noah King, Speech Impediments, Swamp House and...

THURSDAY • The Eels are at Avalon tonight with Strings at 8 PM. Tickets are $25. • The Knitting Factory Front Room hosts a benefit for the Peer Education Program of Los Angeles, featuring Wires On Fire, Jim Brown (Bluebird), Terrors, Energy Club, Darren Weiss (Wires on Fire/Belladonna) and The Naturals. The show starts at 8 PM; tickets are $10. • Doors open at 7:30 PM for Frankie and Tommy's Social Club at the...

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WEDNESDAY • Moving Units are at the Henry Fonda Theater tonight at 9 PM. Tickets are $18. • At the Silverlake Lounge, Great Northern will be performing with Derby and Goldenboy. Cover is $7. • Brothers Albert and Allen Hughes will be on-hand for a Q&A following a screening of their debut film, Menace II Society, at the ArcLight. The film starts at 7:30 PM....

LAist wants to give you a pair of tickets to see Planet Electronica at the Hollywood Bowl on July 17th. Hosted by KCRW's Jason Bentley and featuring live performances by UK hit-makers Basement Jaxx, Nordic duo Röyksopp and Rio's Bossacucanova, Planet Electronica will be celebrating the fusion of world music and electronica for the third year in a row. To enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets and VIP parking at...

FRIDAY • The Fold at El Cid features Willowz, Lion Fever and Bellmer Dolls tonight at 7 PM. • At the Egyptian Theatre, a double feature of Ebirah, Horror of the Deep and King Kong vs. Godzilla at 7:30 PM. • Local violinist and singer Petra Haden is at the Ford Amphitheatre covering The Who Sell Out, with Stephen Prina opening at 8:30 PM. Click here for our complete listing of events for the...

Once again, July 4th is going to make history. We're all familiar with the events that led to Independence Day and our yearly paean to the founding fathers, veterans and ordinary people who made the three-day weekend possible. Most people are not aware that NASA is going to make history again when the Deep Impact probe slams into Tempel 1 to give us our first glimpse at the inside of a comet. Six years...

THURSDAY • Bane are at the Troubadour tonight with Evergreen Terrace, Cursed and Verse. Doors open at 7 PM; tickets are $12 advance. • The Knitting Factory is hopping tonight: in the Main Room, see Helio Sequence, Rogue Wave and Audio Out Send at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 at the door. In the Front Room, Afrirampo, Babyland, Scout Niblett and The Pope are performing at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $10. •...