At the restaurant Tangier on the evening of Feb. 10, waitresses will serve plates of gourmet food to a small and relaxed group of people who will be listening to a live musical performance among candles, comfortable couches and exotic ornaments spread throughout the room. Read more...

A Friday or Saturday evening in Los Angeles boasts an overwhelming array of entertainment options for college students. Rarely considered and often written off as boring or expensive is the choice to start the night off with a trip to the theater. Read more...

It wouldn’t surprise me if “Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World” has left every theater in the L.A. area by the time you finish reading this sentence. Read more...

The love between a suicidal 20-year-old man and a septuagenarian woman doesn’t seem like it would make for one of L.A.’s most popular Valentine’s Day movies. Read more...

A little bit of the ’80s still survives today: People wear big hoop earrings, off-the-shoulder T-shirts and slip-on shoes. Bands like Franz Ferdinand often have an ’80s New Wave sensibility. Read more...

A lot of people go their whole lives trying to fathom the extraordinary disconnect that occurs between generations of parents and children with respect to many things, most notably musical preferences. Read more...

There’s still room for pop music in underground rock ‘n’ roll. Just ask Kevin Barnes, the lead singer of Of Montreal. The 9-year-old indie-pop band, which will be playing at the Ex Plex on Feb. Read more...