In the painting "The Treachery of Images," which presents a pipe, but also says quite clearly, "This not a pipe," Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte juxtaposed an ordinary object in an unusual context, giving new meaning to something familiar. Read more...

2007 marks the 10th anniversary of the historic handover of Hong Kong to mainland China. Read more...

This is madness. Spartan, even. Read more...

When you cross a concept album by independent Swedish songwriters with a stage full of garbage, and the themes of fame and love, and set it in the future, you get JUNK. Read more...

Whoever said museums were dull was seriously mistaken. Tonight at the Hammer Museum’s bimonthly “Big Time” event, the featured attraction will be a screening of Wes Anderson’s new film “The Darjeeling Limited,” but the entertainment doesn’t stop there. Read more...

THURSDAY Oct. 4 FILM&TV “Lars and the Real Girl” James Bridges Theater 7:30 p.m., FREE Everyone is buzzing about this heart-warming indie starring Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling as an emotionally troubled man who falls for a life-size doll whom he thinks is a real woman. Read more...

Stroll through Westwood on a sunny day, and you'll find lines of people waiting to get into one of the frozen yogurt shops that have taken over the town's dessert scene. Read more...