Rena Kosnett

Circus performers! Aerialists! Quiche! Nothing says "Mother's Day" like a Theatricum Botanicum Mother's Day brunch. This Sunday, what better way to spoil your dear momma silly than by taking her to Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum, the terraced amphitheater paradise famous for its legendary performances of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?......

For more than a decade, the city of Pasadena has been partnering with the Armory Center for the Arts to celebrate Mother Earth and promote the arts with the annual Pasadena Earth & Arts Festival. This Saturday, two stages, one inside the Armory and one on Raymond Avenue along Memorial......

The original archetype of the outdoors painter, working with an easel to capture live models or luscious scenery, a wide-brimmed hat shielding him from the sun, has been a mainstay almost as long as there's been paint. Today at the Autry in Griffith Park, you can catch dozens of these......

"Goddamn, Iggy Azalea is fine as hell," is what anyone and everyone must be thinking after watching the Australian-born rapper's recent music video for "Fancy," which is a spot-on ode to 1995's Clueless. The video is so good, it'll make you want to watch Clueless again - and since the......

The soft warmth of the tortilla. The savory sizzle of the meat. The fresh shock of the cilantro. The sweet crisp of the onion. No one makes a better taco than L.A. chefs, and the competition among the best of them is legendary. This Saturday, Grand Park will again be......

What happens when the Grinch, the Virgin Mary and Mrs. Claus team up with members of local bands Jew Cocks and Coup Pigeons? Why, the third annual(ish) Holiday Pehrgeant and Open Bar Mitzvah at pehrspace, of course! This isn't your typically boozy holiday-party scene: "Open Bar Mitzvah" means just that......

Need to get in your final head-banging and belly laughs of 2013 before Baby New Year starts crying? Look no further than Largo's Last Show Before We Go on Monday, where funny man Jeff Garlin has rounded up a cadre of not-uncool talent to help wave goodbye to the last......

The Renegade Craft Fair is back for its fourth annual Winter Market! Saturday and Sunday at Los Angeles State Historic Park, the self-sewn craft village will offer beautiful and creative handcrafted goods from more than 200 makers. Screw halliburtonurban.com and forget Target, Costco and Cyber whateverdays -- buy your holiday......

It is time. Gather your loved ones, kiss them on the head, and assemble your warriors to go forth as a fellowship. For fate has called upon you to vanquish thy enemy by proving thyself once and for all. Only your kingdom may claim the royal throne of superior knowledge......