Marleigh Riggins

WEDNESDAY • Raul Malo (of The Mavericks), Greencards and Vaquetones are on stage tonight at The Coach House. Tickets are $17.50. • The Viper Room features Diablo's Darlings Burlesque tonight at 11:30 PM, preceded by Mozella, Geoff Byrd and Thriving Ivory. • Breakestra, People Under the Stairs, Cut Chemist, DJ Dusk and Chali 2na hit the stage at The El Rey tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $20. • Beyond Baroque is celebrating Abbot...

LAist has three autographed posters from The Chumscrubber to give away to three lucky winners. The posters are signed by Jamie Bell, Glenn Close and Arie Posin. To enter, fill out the form below: Fine Print: Affiliates of LAist (and any other -ist sites) and Fanscape are not eligible to enter. Entries received by 6 PM PST on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005 are eligible to win. Contest is open to Southern California residents. The...

On a recent trip to a Laemmle to see Capote, we noticed a poster for The Chumscrubber, which feels semi-psychedelic and sports the tagline "Meet Generation Rx." We weren't sure quite what to make of this—haven't they already made movies about teenagers getting high?—so we asked director Arie Posin a few questions about living and working in LA, and what exactly a Chumscrubber is. 1. Age and occupation: 33 - Filmmaker 2. How long...

FRIDAY • 826LA hosts a conversation—sponsored by Believer Magazine—between Mike Davis (author of City of Quartz and The Ecology of Fear) and Joshuah Bearman, with special guest activist and photographer Monique Verdin. The conversation starts at 7 PM. RSVP here or call (310) 305-8418. • Stars will play an acoustic set from their album Set Yourself on Fire at Amoeba Music at 6 PM. Admission is free. • El Cid features Cerberus Shoal, Mike...

THURSDAY • Paul Ruscha will be signing books for his exhibit "Full Moon" tonight during the Second Thursday Downtown Art Walk from 6–9 PM at Pharmaka Gallery. • Also during the Art Walk, El Nopal Press hosts an opening reception for "The Russian Prints," recent works by Peter Liashkov, also from 6–9 PM. El Nopal Press is located at 109 West 5th Street, between Main and Spring. For more info, call (213) 239-0417. •...

TUESDAY • Show up when doors open at 8 PM to see Broken Social Scene with Feist at the Henry Fonda Theater. Tickets are $23. • Andy Bell (of Erasure) will be putting together a DJ set, along with Cooler Kids present boygirL and DJ Scarlett Casanova tonight at the Knitting Factory. Tickets are $15 and the show starts at 8 PM. • The New Beverly Cinema has a double feature of Bottle Rocket...

FRIDAY • John Vanderslice, Charles Bissel (of The Wrens) and Thee More Shallows take the stage at the Knitting Factory at 8 PM. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 day of. • KCRW presents Nikka Costa and Driveblind at The Roxy tonight at 9 PM. Tickets are $23. • In conjunction with Vroman's Bookstore, Joan Didion will appear at All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid in Pasadena, at 7 PM to discussion her new memoir,...

THURSDAY • Japanese drone band Boris are performing a free in-store at Amoeba Music tonight at 7 PM. • Run Run Run, Golden State (previously known as paloalto), The Plebz and Bird perform at the Viper Room. Doors open at 8 PM. • Jon Brion and Nels Cline play tonight at Largo. Doors open at 8 PM. • AFI Fest opens tonight, featuring a total of 127 films at a variety of locations around...

WEDNESDAY • Scott H. Biram and The Business Machines play tonight at Spaceland. Doors open at 9 PM. • Molly Malone's has the Sweethearts of the Rodeo All Star Jam Band and The Dark Horses starting tonight at 9 PM. • Cinespace will be screening The Big Chill tonight at 7:30 PM, followed by a live performance by Jeff Goldblum and his jazz band at 10 PM. Get your reservations early. • Gore Vidal...

We here at LAist are unabashed fans of Halloween. It is the one holiday that inspires us to go completely Martha Stewart, from homemade decorations and yummy punches to fresh-baked goodies for guests and ghouls alike who come along for the celebration. This year, besides the Skewered Tortellini with Lemon-Parmesan Creme Fraiçhe, Marinated Mozzarella and Pomegranate Punch, we wanted to entice our guests with something sweet: Pumpkin-Gingerbread Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Icing. These...