Thursday, August 11 Children’s Book Reading, Signing, and Play activities for kids, 5:45 p.m., Child’s Play, West LA, Lisa Dunn-Dern will read her new children’s book, “Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow,” 2299 Westwood Blvd. (between Pico […]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, the most magical outdoor setting in Topanga, becomes the enchanted woods of Athens in this second offering of the Theatricum’s repertory season. 8 p.m., through September 24, […]

* Recommended Submissions to the calendar should be directed to mirrorcalendar@yahoo.com; music and poetry events should be sent to groovesmirror@yahoo.com. PLEASE DO NOT SEND attachments. A Walk through the Past, an interactive family archaeology Tour, […]

Against the Grain – Surfing and Punk Rock Collide. A group show celebrating the surf/music symbiosis of the late ‘70s and ‘80s by using surfboards, shaped by prominent board shapers from the era, as canvases. […]

You know, when it comes to something as well known and under appreciated as a … it is helpful to revisit this lonely vegetable and pay it its proper due. Is there anyone who couldn’t […]

It’s one of the oldest McGuffins from the Big Book of Archetypal Storytelling: A man finds a whole lot of money and a few dead bodies. From then on, no matter how fast he runs, […]

Much ink has been spilled remembering the always reliable Peter Jennings, who died a few days ago from lung cancer.  It was shocking enough when Jennings announced he had the disease, but to see him […]

Bergamot Café, which is located in the midst of Bergamot Station’s art galleries in Santa Monica, has added an outdoor showcase for new comedians. The third Bergamot Café Comedy Night will take place on Friday, […]

Next Wednesday, August 17, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., the YWCA Santa Monica/Westside will offer a free one-time workshop for a diverse group of 12-14 year old girls to see if they’d like to […]

Fred Savage and Olivia d’Abo, who played siblings in the television series “The Wonder Years,” are scheduled to appear in the next edition of the Ruskin Group Theater’s “L.A. Café Plays” Sunday, August 21. Dubbed […]