Marleigh Riggins

After what was only meant to be a week-long hiatus, LAist is officially returning to it's customary events posts. For those who missed our events coverage, we apologize, but the delay could not be helped, as we were waiting for SBC to figure out why our phone, and then our DSL, would not work. Three weeks later, we're back in action. So, for those who did not get tickets to this weekend's sold out...

LAist would like to send two lucky winners, plus guests, to see four emerging Swedish bands at this year's showcase at the Troubadour. We will be giving away two sets of tickets to see The Ark, Melody Club, Moneybrother, and Deportees. In previous years, this show has included the likes of The Hives, Sahara Hotnights, Soundtrack Of Our Lives, The Sounds and Nicolai Dunger, among others. After the show in LA, the bands will...

• At 7 PM, Amoeba Music has a free in-store performance by Anthony & the Johnsons in support of their new album I Am a Bird Now. At 9 PM, Spaceland Productions presents Anthony & the Johnsons live at the Barnsdall Gallery. You can purchase tickets online at Ticketweb....

• Come and celebrate Spaceland's 10th anniversary with special guests The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Quarter After and The Clean Prophets at 9 PM. • Things are happening tonight at the Hammer Museum, beginning at 6 PM with a gallery talk for the new exhibit "THING: New Sculpture from Los Angeles," led by led by artsits Olga Koumoundouros, Renee Lotenero, and Nathan Mabry with exhibition curators. At 7 PM, senior Village Voice art critic...

We're changing things up a bit here at LAist. Because we live in such a vibrant, socially active city, there are things going on all the time. We have long wanted to be able to list events in advance (for the benefit of our wonderful readers), so starting today we have implemented a new strategy: a week's events in advance. We will still post featured events each day, but we've added a permanent sidebar...

As of March 1, KCRW will join the growing legion of podcasters. Podcasting, for those who haven't succumbed to the magic of the iPod, operates on much the same principle as an RSS feed. Self-contained bits of audio are searched out online and downloaded, and can then be loaded and listened to on an iPod, anytime, anywhere. Per iPodder.org, podcasting works this way: Think how a desktop aggregator works. You subscribe to a set...

• Spend a night out enjoying some Western Swing with Big Sandy and His Fly Rite Boys at Memories in Whittier. Dancing lessons begin at 7:30 PM and the band kicks off at 9 PM. Admission is $10 to see the band, or $13 if you want dancing lessons. • Here's a name you probably haven't heard in a while: show up at the Viper Room tonight to see Veruca Salt performing with Shiny...

• At Largo, legendary LA punk John Doe will be performing with his band. Doors open at 8 PM. • Irving, Jens Lekman and the Impossible Shapes will be performing at Spaceland tonight. Doors open at 9 PM. (An entire Impossible Shapes album Tum is available for free download on the Secretly Canadian website for the duration of their tour with Jens Lekman.) • Catch Earlimart with Silversun Pickups and Richard Swift when Sea...

As some readers might be aware, there has been a bit of uproar over the imminent demise of the Star Trek franchise. After a 39-year history, UPN has pulled the rug out from under the long-running empire begun by Gene Roddenberry in 1966, and Trekkies the world over have emerged—phasers set on stun—to prevent the death of their beloved "Enterprise." The mission of the fans, per the TrekUnited website, is to force UPN (and...

• The talented and amazing Paul Westerberg performs the second of two nights at the Henry Fonda Theater at 9 PM. • Spaceland hosts Robbers on High Street tonight, with Gran Ronde and Simon Dawes. Doors open at 9 PM. • Catch Earlimart and Irving when Filter Magazine and KEXP.com present their show tonight at the Silverlake Lounge. Tickets are $10. • The Viper Room has Shaboom featuring The Blakkat Sound System with special...