December 26 Shane & the Backtrackers, Grin’s Edge @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch December 27 Native Son, Groovesession @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch December 29 Jim Bianco @ Typhoon Chantruse @ O’Brien’s December 30 Simon and Sid […]

Made Me Nuclear, a one-man musical about surviving cancer, written by and starring Charlie Lustman, through January 31, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, $50 opening night, $25 thereafter, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 866.468.3399. Musical Mystery Dinner-Shows, […]

It’s Christmas Day and you still have a million errands to do before sitting down to a family meal or kicking back with friends. Maybe you’re rushing to catch that last-minute flight home for the […]

Becoming American: Teenagers and Immigration, through January 25, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., LA, 310.440. 4500. Ralph Bacerra, A Survey of Late Work, through January 10, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.264.3866. Shirley […]

December 26-28 Menorah Lighting Ceremony, performed by local synagogues, sundown, free, 1200 block of Third Street Promenade, 310.393.8355. Through December 26 Fillmore and Western Railway’s Holiday Trains: North Pole Express, holiday train with Santa Claus, […]

Last Chance Caras Vemos, Corazones no Sabemos/Faces Seen, Hearts Unknown: The Human Landscape of Mexican Migration, through December 28, Fowler Museum at UCLA, WW, 310.825.4288. Sally Jacobs, Botanical Artist, through December 29, Café Surfas, 8777 […]

Margaret Cho and Friends December 27, 8pm, $15, Westside Eclectic, 1323-A Third Street Promenade, 310.451.0850. To spice up the doldrums of that last week of the year, Margaret Cho is bringing her comedy to the […]

Sasha Stone, Mirror Media Critic Meeting at opposites ends of life’s imposed timeline, Daisy and Benjamin nonetheless find love in David Fincher’s exquisite The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The film is a sad lament, […]

(NAPSI)-If we haven’t heard many heart-wrenching stories of seniors being thrown out of their homes amid the current wave of foreclosures, it may be because of an option uniquely tailored to them: reverse mortgages. A […]

(NAPSI)-There’s hopeful news for homeowners who fear they may be facing foreclosure on their home. That’s because there are practical steps they can take – such as a new refinancing program from the federal government […]