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...

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...

Electrelane Troubadour April 9, 9 p.m. The four-girl experimental group from Brighton comes with its hypnotic tricks, powerful choral arrangements and kraut-rock roots. Prepare to be awed. 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...

“Big Fish” Ackerman Grand Ballroom April 8-9, 7 and 9:30 p.m. If you missed Tim Burton’s lesson in fantasy filmmaking when it was competing with Oscar films in December, you can catch it now. Read more...

Sam Beam is out of a job. But what he’s lost in salary, the former film professor at the Miami International University of Art & Design, is making up for with record sales. Read more...

Musicians come from all walks of life, even from the sports world. But the results are, as they were in Shaq’s rap career, often less than great. Read more...