Marleigh Riggins

MONDAY • Order of the Wand, Josh Haden, The Cloud Room and Helen Stellar play for free tonight at The Echo at 8:30 PM. [21+] • The Willowz, Wolfmother, Driveblind and The Binges are at Spaceland tonight. Doors open at 9 PM and admission is free. • Author John Hodgman and his guitar-playing accompanist, Jonathan Coulton, will be at Book Soup tonight to present and sign Hodgson's The Areas of My Expertise at 7...

Being a vegan presents a very specific range of challenges. There are a wide range of animal ingredients in all sorts of food products, especially in commonly available brands. Something that would seem harmless to a vegan, like Chinese food, is still pretty iffy--oyster sauce, eggs, honey and whey are not uncommon--aside from the obvious egg rolls or beef with broccoli. Such is the case with wonton wrappers, which nearly always contain eggs or...

FRIDAY • Bob Mould and Curt Kirkwood play the Troubadour tonight. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $15 advance. • Ariel Pink, Indian Jewelry, Gris Gris and Belong are at The Echo tonight. Doors open at 8:30 PM and tickets are $8. [18+] • Tangier features The Court and Spark, The Autumn Defense and Biirdie tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $10. • Saul Williams presents and signs The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The...

THURSDAY • Brujeria, Cattle Decapitation and Unsanctified are at the Key Club. Doors open at 7 PM and tickets are $25. • Rennaissance woman Nikki Giovanni will be speaking tonight in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium, in an event sponsored by Vroman's at 7:30 PM. Click here for the complete list of events....

WEDNESDAY • Brokedown and Devils Romantics are at the Silverlake Lounge tonight at 10 PM. Cover is $7. • Dinner reservations are full, but you can still grab a spot at the bar to see Loudon Wainwright III tonight at 8 PM at Largo. • Author Kim Cooper presents and signs her new book, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, about the album by Neutral Milk Hotel. The sigining starts at 7 PM at...

Just a week before the biggest candy-shopping holiday of the year, yesterday the Sixth District Court downtown held the first hearing in the case brought against Nestle, Cargill and Archer Daniels-Midland by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The ILO is charging that these three corporations knowingly supported the trafficking, torture and forced labor of child slaves in Cote d'Ivoire, one of the major cocoa-producers in West Africa. The three companies have been targeted because...

TUESDAY • Writer/director Judd Apatow and guests will be answering questions after a screening of The 40 Year Old Virgin tonight at 7:30 PM at the ArcLight....

FRIDAY • Dead Meadow, Silversun Pickups and The Clean Prophets are at the Troubadour tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 day of. • Spaceland features The 88, Derby and Rocco Deluca, plus a late night happy hour, with drink specials and no cover after 12:15 AM. • The Echo has the Los Abandoned Winter Formal, also featuring Gitch and DJ Santi, tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $8. • Baritone Mattias...

THURSDAY • Collective Soul and Driveblind are at The Roxy tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $10. • Local band Nest will be taking the stage at The Mint at 8 PM sharp. Cover is $8. • The Egyptian Theatre is screening Kurosawa's classic The Seven Samurai at 7:30 PM. Click here for our list of events for the week....

WEDNESDAY • JMP with DJs J. Rocc and Melo D of the Beat Junkies and Peanut Butter Wolf are at the Knitting Factory tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $5. [21+] • At the House of Blues Sunset, catch the Violent Femmes with The Bell Rays at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $25. • AFI at ArcLight presents a screening of the 1931 classic Frankenstein at 8 PM. • The Hammer Museum features a panel...