Sometimes it takes very little to reinvigorate a dying art form. At a time when public radio trails even network television in terms of innovation, it may come as a surprise that one of National Public Radio’s most creative programs has risen to the top just by keeping it simple. Read more...

Modest Mouse “Good News For People Who Love Bad News” Sony On their follow-up to the landmark “The Moon & Antarctica,” Modest Mouse seem to be finished with images of desolation. Read more...

It’s funny just imagining how much cleverness went into creating the delightful silliness that is Steve Martin’s unabashed “The Underpants,” leaving audiences in stitches at the Geffen Playhouse now through May 2. Read more...

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Directed by Michel Gondry Focus Features To say that Charlie Kaufman (“Being John Malkovich,” “Adaptation”) is the most inventive screenwriter in Hollywood right now doesn’t do him nearly enough justice. Read more...

At Santa Monica’s Highways Performance Space, the walls drip with bold red and black fabric ““ it envelopes the beats of an Oriental jazz band, creating a steady rhythm for three dancers to languidly rise after slowly pounding and stretching on the ground. Read more...

Yumiko Kayukawa Kantor Gallery Now through May 1 Fashion and fetishism only begin to represent artist Kayukawa’s work. Her Japanese pop art has been well received by the public, which is intrigued by her comic book-style paintings and depiction of youth culture. Read more...

High school students dropped off by their parents, snobby art school aficionados and thirty-something business men were all milling around the House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard on March 29. Read more...