ENTERTAINMENT
January 4, 2013
The experimental L.A. folk outfit Lord Huron earned local renown for pairing brokenhearted songwriting with dreamy and unorthodox arrangements. The band (the project of singer-songwriter Ben Schneider) released its debut full-length "Lonesome Dreams" on Iamsound in the fall, and they play the First Fridays series with Wildcat! Wildcat! Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., L.A. 5:30 p.m. Fri. $18. http://www.nhm.org.
TRAVEL
March 30, 2012 | By Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
First published on Jan. 30, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. The tourists think big. Arriving in Southern California, they expect to conquer Disneyland and Hollywood, perhaps on the same day, in between the surfing and snowboarding. Then they get stuck in traffic. Then come the recriminations, the tears, the vows to visit an island next time. The locals think small. Tracing tight little loops between home and work, they dodge freeways and alien neighborhoods. There are Los Feliz people who haven't set foot in Venice since the latter Bush administration (until this project, I was one)
ENTERTAINMENT
June 2, 2011
First Fridays with Luis Chiappe, Gayngs and Dirty Beaches Where: Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd., L.A. When: 5-10 p.m. Friday Price: $12 adults, $9 seniors and students, $8 youths (13-17), $5 children 5-12, free for children 4 and younger Info: (213) 763-3466; http://www.nhm.org
ENTERTAINMENT
April 22, 2011
FRIDAY Global Graffiti Cinefamily, 611 N. Fairfax Ave. 8 p.m. $10. Cinefamily.org FRIDAY Stella Rose Pizza Bar 2000 Main St., Santa Monica 5 p.m.-midnight (310) 396-9250 SATURDAY Herzog Movie Premiere and Party Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd. 5-11 p.m. Free http://www.cinespia.com SUNDAY Roam Music Jimmy's Lounge, 6202 Santa Monica Blvd. 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Free. (323) 957-1066 SUNDAY 50-Cent Martinis The Blvd at Beverly Wilshire, 9500 Wilshire Blvd.
ENTERTAINMENT
July 8, 2010
Sixty-five million years of history meets cutting-edge interactive technology in the exhibit "Age of Mammals," opening Sunday at the Natural History Museum. The new permanent exhibit, housed in the museum's renovated northern wing, chronicles the evolution of mammals via skeletons, taxidermy, hands-on kiosks and multimedia displays. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., L.A. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. $9 for adults; $6.50 for students, seniors and children 13-17; $2 for children 5-12; free for children under 5. (213)
ENTERTAINMENT
January 31, 2010
Pop & Jazz Previews by August Brown Stand With Haiti Benefit The cheeky pomp-rockers Tenacious D might be unlikely headliners of any show benefitting more than their chick-pulling ambitions, but they get top billing at this Haiti benefit with The Shins' James Mercer, Frank Black and comedian Patton Oswalt. The Wiltern, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Tue., 7 p.m. $39.50-$74.50. (213) 380-5005. Laura Marling The young Marling has such startlingly articulate insights into love and loss that one pities the scads of loutish teenage boys back in her native Eversley who surely tried and failed to stir her heart.