The runaway best seller of the past several years is, of course, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Brown’s thriller, among other things, promotes the idea that Leonardo was one of a line of keepers […]

The American Institute of Architects/Los Angeles 2005 Home Tours begins Sunday, May 15, in Venice, featuring new houses by some of Los Angeles’ leading architects and designers. Architects and designers and docents will be available […]

Beyond Therapy, Christopher Durang’s high-octane classic, follows the world premiere of Caterpillar Soup, the one-person show whose six-month run just ended, and the 18 week run of Capture Now, another one-person show, at The Ruskin […]

Is TV really good for you? We know it’s not good for your body but is it good for your brain? Yes, says Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s […]

Two women who have carved unique niches for themselves in contemporary American culture, Anna Deavere Smith and Arianna Huffington, will appear at the next Evening at 826LA Thursday, May 12. Smith, playwright, actress, winner of […]

This year’s Topanga Banjo Fiddle Bluegrass, Folk Song festival and festival, the 45th, will be held Sunday, May 15, at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills. Along with such performers as the Lampkin Family Band, Ken […]

The Santa Monica College Opera Theatre will spotlight four of its most talented alumni in a special SMC 75th Anniversary program featuring highlights from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress.” The special concert […]

It could be called high-wire theater without a net. It has been called “the fastest theatre in L.A.” but it actually is L.A. Café Plays, in which five one-acts are written, rehearsed and performed in […]

Los Angeles is as soaked with hate as it has been with rain lately. The talk-radio station KFI-AM has been on a mission, it seems, to generate furor-like hatred against — their term — “illegals,” […]

When the Religious Right Is righteously pissed Every enemy gets Called a terrorist. Forget guys in turbans Who want us to unravel Grab folks in black robes Who carry a gavel. Jesus liked to forgive […]