According to Aaron Sorkin, pregnant women in peril are great for ratings, or more specifically, the highest possible scenario for a ratings bonanza. Now that the November sweeps are behind us, we’ve seen a tornado […]

The stage is empty except for two tables, two chairs, and two white laptops on the tables. After the Nirvana song “All Apologies” plays, the actors, a woman and a man, enter and take their […]

Adopt An Animal (http://lazoo.org/support/ adopt/) and “Name An Animal” (http://lazoo.org/support/nameananimal/index.html) can be given as gifts this holiday season, 323.644.6035. Carepages.com and the USO are sponsoring Yellow Ribbons For Our Wounded Troops, a web page where […]

Always But Not Forever, new play by Henry Jaglom, through December 22, 7:30 Fridays-Saturdays/2pm and 5:30pm, Sundays, $20, 310.392.7327. And Baby Makes Two, a one-woman show about adoption, with Nanci Christopher, 8pm Fridays and Saturdays/6pm […]

December 7  Pajama Story Time, special storytelling and song-sharing time, 6:30pm, free, PS#1, Elementary School Library, 1454 Euclid St., 310.394.1313 x119.  Selections from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Projects, artwork commissioned for the Norton Christmas […]

December 7 Issa (formerly Jane Siberry), Adrienne Pierce @ McCabe’s December 8 Rocky Dawuni, Leon Mobley, and Da Lion @ Temple Bar December 9 Jake Labotz @ Liquid Kitty Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra @ Santa […]

Dengue Fever is the sort of band that could only happen in Southern California. Formed by brothers Ethan and Zac Holtzman after the former traveled through Cambodia, the band works to preserve the pop sounds […]

Tribute To Venice Poet Laureate Philomene Long December 7 The passing of poet and teacher Philomene Long last August was a sudden shock to her many friends and admirers. While a tribute ceremony was hastily […]

Exhibits Thordis Adalsteinsdottir, You Feel Like An Angel, through December 15, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.453.7535. Francis Alys: Politics of Rehearsal, art exhibit, through February 10, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., WW, 310.443.7020. Claressinka […]

Last Chance Sharon Levy: The Wood, and Loren Holland: Black Magic Woman, through December 8, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 310.586.6488. Letters to the President, play by M.S. Garvey, through December 9, 8pm […]