Marleigh Riggins

WEDNESDAY • Tonight at the Henry Fonda Theater, Sleater-Kinney will be performing with Mary Timony. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $18. • Celebrate the grand opening of the Knitting Factory Front Room at 9:30 PM, featuring Monarch (Kill Me Tomorrow with DJ Pubes), DJ Statutory (of KXLU) and DJ Blake Miller (of Moving Units). Tickets are $5. [18+] • Enjoy a night of comedy with Eugene Mirman, Paul F. Thompkins, Ron Lynch,...

LAist is giving away two pairs of tickets to Video Games Live, a unique live music event from composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, on July 6th at the Hollywood Bowl. Tallarico (best known for the scores to Advent Rising, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, and Earthworm Jim) and Wall (best known for the scores Jade Empire, Myst III: Exile, and Splinter Cell) will be joining forces with the LA Philharmonic to perform pieces from...

TUESDAY • Kasabian performs tonight at the Henry Fonda Theater. Doors open at 7:30 PM and tickets are $15. • Dolour, The Catch, Division Day and Ahmaste are at the Knitting Factory tonight at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $8. Click here to view our list of events for the week....

LAist has a bunch of Ocean's Twelve swag to give one lucky winner! To celebrate the release of the Ocean's Eleven/Ocean's Twelve double feature on Video On Demand and Pay-Per-View, Warner Brothers and LAist have load of stuff to give away: Ocean's Twelve travel bag with leather luggage tagOcean's Twelve custom key ringOcean's Twelve "Twelve is the New Eleven" long-sleeve t-shirtOcean's Twelve baseball capOcean's Twelve DVD To enter for your chance to win this...

Tuesday is National Hunger Awareness Day, the day set aside to remind everyone that hunger is still a problem close to home. According to statistics from a 2004 UCLA study, 8.2% of all adults in Los Angeles County are food insecure with hunger, while 29.8% of all adults in Los Angeles County are food insecure. That places Los Angeles County nearly 5% higher than the national average of 3.5%. Events are taking place across...

MONDAY • Kraftwerk perform tonight at The Greek Theatre. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $35 and $46. • The House of Blues presents Common tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $35. • Author Sean Wilsey will discuss and sign his biography, Oh the Glory of It All, tonight at Vroman's Bookstore. The signing and discussion begins at 7 PM....

For those who've tied up their loose ends and want something to do on a fine Sunday evening, John Lucero / Black Label Skateboards will be screening Who Cares: The Duane Peters Story for free tonight at The Echo. Chronicling decades of balls-out skateboarding and back-alley music, this hour-long biopic lays out the twisted tale of one of the most influential skateboarders and punk rockers on the planet. From the infamous Death Loop and...

LAist would like to send you and a guest to a June 20th screening of the worldwide festival sensation Me and You and Everyone We Know, filmed in Los Angeles by local artist Miranda July. The film premiered at Sundance this year and received the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision. The film stars July and John Hawkes—currently best known for his role as Sol Star on "Deadwood," but known to local fans...

FRIDAY • Of Montreal, Tilly & the Wall and Grand Buffet will be performing tonight at the Vanguard Theatre (not the Ex Plex!). Tickets are $10 and the show starts at 8 PM. • The Fold at El Cid has The Dilettantes (featuring Joel from The Brian Jonestown Massacre) with Electromagnetic and Random Aok. Tickets are $7. • The second and final night of The Pixies at The Wiltern features shows at 7:30 and...

THURSDAY • 50 Foot Wave performs tonight at the Knitting Factory with The Slow Signal Fade and Asher. Tickets are $8 and doors open at 8 PM. • Spaceland features Out Hud, Tussle and Anavan tonight after 9 PM. • The Section Quartet will be at The Echo tonight with special guests Fire Bug. Tickets are $8. [18+] • If you missed them the first time, The Pixies are back for two shows tonight—7...