Lisa Horowitz

The New Beverly Cinema marks the dog days of summer with Slacker Week, a selection of films celebrating indolence in its many forms. If your inclination runs toward pothead humor, check out the opening-night double bill of Up in Smoke and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Are you......

Aloha, brah! Grab your grass skirt and the kids and head on down to Granada Beach for the Long Beach Ho'olaule'a, aka Tiki Beach Festival. It'll be just like a slice of Hawaii broke off and floated over to the mainland. In addition to live music and dancing, activities at......

Talk about your international intrigue! As the final event in its 2011 Sunset Concerts season, the Skirball Cultural Center presents Jorge Villarreal. What, that doesn't ring a bell? Perhaps you would recognize his nom de accordion, Mr. Vallenato. He's a Mexican-American from Edinburg, Texas, who plays Colombian cumbia and vallenato......

The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at Cal State Long Beach turned out to be a lovely location to learn the art of origami, or Japanese paper folding, on Sunday. From humble beginnings more than 15 years ago, with only two presenters and about 25 attendees, the 2011 event hosted......

Yes, the baseball season starts ridiculously early and goes on forever. But we here in L.A. have one major advantage over most teams: the weather. Have you been...