David Cotner

The ghost of John Bayard Anderson will rise from the political grave 'ere this night is out, eddying among the topical titters of political comedy in Two-Party Animals, an initiative of Writers Bloc Presents. Three comedians — habitual Whose Line Is It Anyway? stepper Greg Proops, Last Comic Standing champ......

Rare is it that you're able to witness an event in America's history that is at once surreal and hyper-real — but in tonight's screening of The Great Flood, with director Bill Morrison in conversation with Cinematic Arts professor Mary Sweeney, you'll transcend entropy and time to witness a uniquely......

It has been a good year for Danny Elfman. Not only is his instantly recognizable theme song for The Simpsons heard untold times each day around the world as the animated series enters its 25th year of potency, but now everyone gets to jump up and down about the 25th......

If you were one of the lucky few at the Santa Monica Civic on Oct. 29, 1964, you got to see a once-in-a-lifetime concert experience called the T.A.M.I. (Teenage Awards Music International) Show. James Brown and the Flames! The Rolling Stones! Chuck Berry! The Barbarians?! If you were one of......

It's not exactly Portlandia, but when it comes to the latest in chortlesome comedy on the fringes, Glendalia is your place to be. Co-presenters Virginia Jones and Dax Jordan have been working hard since April to evolve this monthly stand-up salon with a raucous roster of punchateers. This week's comics......

Storytelling has experienced something of a renaissance in the past decade or so. Whether on This American Life, through StoryCorps or in any given issue of Grit, people love to hear other people wax poetic, rhapsodic or orgasmic about their lives. Tonight's Moth GrandSLAM — not to be confused with......

Like 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is one of those films that really does live up to all the hype. Cinefamily presents The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 40th Anniversary, with director/co-writer Tobe Hooper in conversation with William Friedkin, talking about the film that redefined the horror......

Drive it and they will come: Kim Cooper discusses and signs The Kept Girl (Esotouric Ink), a crowd-funded mystery novel supported by fans of her Esotouric bus tour of Los Angeles cultural landmarks. Esotouric covers everything noir, from Bukowski to Waits to the Black Dahlia. As a natural progression, The......

The Fourth of July becomes the froth of July during Red, White & Rock 'n' Roll — a July 4th Fireworks Spectacular, held at one of the best-kept secrets in the greater metropolitan Los Angeles area: Burbank's 5,000-seat Starlight Bowl, which, as any amphitheater nerd will tell you, is a......

The seductive Irish brogue of world traveler Benny Lewis materializes tonight as he presents and signs Fluent in 3 Months. It's a natural progression of his language-learning blog, fluentin3months.com - an exhaustive, quickly loading site that defuses myths and fears about learning a new language such as "I'm too old"......