It’s hard to believe guitar virtuoso Scott Tennant when he says he once performed onstage wearing a garbage bag, especially when he says it so frankly. Read more...

For over three decades, the Louisiana-based Cajun band BeauSoleil has perfected a winning recipe for a unique style of music that’s just as appealing as any bowl of fresh New Orleans gumbo. Read more...

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Taking the stage of Silverlake’s trendy club Spaceland, this month’s rock-band-in-residence, The Vacation, endeavors to crack the hard shells of Los Angeles music-goers by presenting enduring punk-rock music with an attention-grabbing performance. Read more...

The Mountain Goats “We Shall All Be Healed” 4AD Records Album No. 11 brings Mountain Goats mastermind John Darnielle’s song count to a frightening 403. But if you’re to believe the man, these last 13 are the first to tell the story of real-life headcases, instead of made up ones. Read more...

When Victoria Vesna and Jim Gimzewski began engineering the interactive, all-ages exhibit “nano” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts’ Boone Children’s Gallery, they did not anticipate aggressive children breaking the cameras and microphones or getting lodged in the tunnel-like kaleidoscope. Read more...

Currently on exhibit in UCLA’s Fowler Museum through May 30 is “Power of Thought,” an art collection of drawings and works on cloth by the late Jessie Oonark, whose vivid depictions of Arctic inhabitants and animals drew their inspiration from the Inuit culture in northern Canada. Read more...