There may never be another artist who embodies contradictions as effortlessly as Johnny Cash. He was the country music singer who hobnobbed with Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Read more...

On Oct. 11, acclaimed essayist, poet, and fiction-writer Phillip Lopate, will read from one of his two novellas (either “Confessions of Summer” or “The Rug Merchant”) at the Hammer Museum. Read more...

Each year brings with it an onslaught of music festivals, each with a unique lineup, backdrop and mission. But none are quite like the Detour music festival. Read more...

"Religulous" is Bill Maher's satirical and quick-witted feature-length exposition of his perceptions about organized religion. Read more...

Unorthodox and daring, the Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet takes impeccably rehearsed classical string music, throws in musical influences from every corner of the globe, adds a bit of technology and refuses to let the bow part with the string until the sound created is one never heard before. Read more...

As a scenic artist in the entertainment industry, Bridget Duffy has painted around wild animals, worked in Japan, and even helped to create a banner that broke through the Earth's atmosphere on a NASA shuttle. But this past month she was given a much different artistic opportunity Read more...

Apparently, I'm concerned about money. "The coins just keep showing up," my tarot card reader on the Venice Beach boardwalk muttered as she revealed the cards I chose with my left hand. Read more...