Marleigh Riggins

It's a slow week in town, but show up at the Egyptian Theatre at 8:00 PM to see the Jean-Pierre Jeunet Tribute, featuring the films Delicatessen and Amelie. Jeunet will be on-hand for a discussion following the films, schedule permitting. At 7:00 PM, Amoeba Music will be hosting the reunited American Music Club, playing songs off their new album, Love Songs for Patriots. At the Silverlake Lounge, show up around 9:00 PM for a...

LAist has spent many hours in the past week compiling photos of world landmarks: the Great Wall, Chapel Bridge, Roman ruins, Cordoba Mosque, Notre Dame, Mayan pyramids, Tower Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—you get the idea. All this thinking about world landmarks got us thinking about the landmarks LA is known for. After all, we do cover more area than pretty much any other city in the world, so we should...

If you won't be joining LAist tonight at the Viper Room to see Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, here are some other activities that run a close second: Tonight at Spaceland, see Evan Dando of the Lemonheads performing solo, preceeded by Lee Ving (former frontman of Fear). Doors open at 9:00 PM. The Knitting Factory will be hosting MF Doom/Brother Ali & BK One with John Robinson tonight at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $15.00....

Though dour and somber, Jeff Tweedy is still making music. You can see Wilco tonight when KCRW presents their live show at the Wiltern. The show starts at 8:00 PM. At Spaceland, see Mofro, The Black John Blues (featuring John Bigham of The Soul of John Black) and Augie March. Doors open at 9:00 PM. At the New Beverly Cinema, catch the rockumentary double feature of Dig! (featuring The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The...

For a grunge-y, retro-'90s evening, The Roxy is hosting Georgia alt-rockers Collective Soul with Driveblind at 9:00 PM. Doors open at 8:00 PM and tickets are $25.00. At the New Beverly Cinema, catch the rockumentary double feature of Dig! (featuring The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols) at 7:30 PM and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster at 9:45 PM....

If you won't be attending tonight's Shortlist Concert at the Avalon, be sure to make it to one of the other activities available to those interested: At The Smell, see Portland's own no-wavers Glass Candy and the Shattered Theatre with Chromatics and Danava. Doors open at 9:00 PM and admission is $5.00. At The Echo, see '60s-inspired pop from The Faraway Places and their special guests, Spindrift and Bedroom Walls. The show starts at...

LAist has had occasion to be out and about the city more than usual this week, which has prompted the use of many nearly-forgotten shortcuts—because anything is better than the 101 during rush hour. With that in mind, LAist is including two favorite traffic manipulations that have saved us minutes while commuting: • Westside to Melrose: Venice Boulevard east to Hauser north (passing through Park LaBrea), which becomes Martel at 3rd. Sure, stop signs...

If you didn't get tickets to tonight's sold out farewell Guided By Voices show, LAist has collected some excellent alternative plans: The Disney Concert Hall hosts free jazz legend Ornette Coleman in a rare live performance. The show starts at 8:00 PM. The Moz-ster is still here, crooning to the masses at the Universal Amphitheater. Tickets are $40-$60 and doors open at 7:15 PM. At The Echo, queercore trio The Butchies will be performing...

If you're in the mood for a leisurely stroll, head downtown at 12:00 PM for the Downtown Art Walk. Hours run until 9:00 PM, but check the website as some venues close early. Also in art, the UCLA Hammer Museum features Art History Graduate Student Symposium speaker Allan Sekula at 7:00 PM. Lonely hearts rejoice: Morrissey will be wooing the Universal Amphitheater at 8:15 PM. Tickets are $40-$60 and doors open at 7:15 PM....

At the New Beverly Cinema it's a Takashi Miike double feature, with his new film Gozu at 7:30 PM, followed by the wonderfully depraved Audition at 9:55 PM. Enjoy a Hammer Conversation at 7:00 PM between filmmaker David O. Russell and actress Lily Tomlin, discussing their recent collaboration on I Heart Huckabee's. UCLA Live features The Bang on a Can All-Stars with Philip Glass, reintepreting Glass's legendary "Music in 5ths and Music in Similar...