As the title indicates, Humor Abuse is no lighthearted evening of sidesplitting laughs. Demonstrating elaborate pratfalls, juggling and elegant comedy bits, Lorenzo Pisoni's solo clown show charts his upbringing as a fourth-generation vaudevillian and performer, focusing mainly on a... More >>

If you can't wait until the West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval, L.A.'s biggest cavalcade of dudes who look like ladies, there's always Best in Drag Show, which proves that it takes a real man to walk around in Lucite heels. The annual pageant spoof, benefiting nonprofit Aid for AIDS,... More >>

Even L.A. landmarks deserve a great first birthday -- and Grand Park is no exception. The downtown venue is turning a year old in style, with a One-Year Anniversary Celebration Picnic that's free to the masses. With live blues featured for the park's annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days... More >>

John Fogerty, who as leader of late-'60s hitmakers Creedence Clearwater Revival managed to cleave to old-school American rock & roll vernacular at the height of the Flower Power era's patchouli-doused self-indulgence, has endured a bizarre course of thwarts and vexations. Perhaps the only... More >>

The Dogs were punk rock before the term even existed, forming in 1969 in Lansing, Mich., where they were inspired by such high-energy forebears as The Stooges and The MC5. But when The Dogs headed West, relocating to Hollywood in the mid-1970s, their songs became shorter, faster and meaner,... More >>

If there is one secret to financial success that restaurateur Michael Chow and outgoing MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch probably would agree on, it's the power of quality eyewear. The bespectacled lightning rods have left quite a mark on the art scene. Mr. Chow (of the eponymous restaurant)... More >>

Robert Harling's comedy-drama about female friendships has seen many stage incarnations since its debut in 1987, not to mention a popular film version with Dolly Parton. Now comes a sparkling revival from East West Players with an all–Asian-American cast. Hiwa Bourne does the honors as... More >>

Susan Silas' found birds series involves, as the title suggests, finding birds on sidewalks, alleys or lots. They've already died by the time Silas takes them home to photograph over a period of time. Often she treats them like sacred specimens, placing them against a white backdrop and... More >>

As tempting as it is to don a Halloween costume that reflects popular culture -- an orange-faced John Boehner, a green-egged Ted Cruz or a twerking Mylie -- why not make an effort to stand apart from the undulating asses? Seek out an authentic period costume at the Vintage Fashion Expo. Better... More >>

Four Days With the Circus The circus is coming to town and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the psychedelic folk band behind "Man on Fire" and "Home," are playing ringmaster. Sick of the soulless system of touring, the L.A.-based band, in conjunction with Live Nation, has created a musical... More >>

Remember life before Low End Theory? So quiet. So normal, even. Seven years ago, if you wanted your head to explode, you really had to work at it. But then Low End revealed itself as a new beginning, as founders Daddy Kev, Nobody, Gaslamp Killer, Nocando and edIT (later succeeded by D-Styles)... More >>

John Knuth's mural, part of the Sixth Street Mural at the Standard program, shows red-orange smoke billowing out against a black background. It's the photograph of an emergency flare against a night sky, and, seen shooting up out of the desert, or on the side of a road, it probably would have... More >>