The Carl Wilson Foundation, founded by Beach Boy member Wilson’s sons Jonah and Justin after their father died of cancer, is having its annual benefit this weekend. Read more...

What do you do when you’re a prisoner of war? Well, if you were French composer Olivier Messaien in a concentration camp during World War II, you’d write “Quartet for the End of Time,” a piece for piano, clarinet, violin and cello that sounds as important and ethereal as its title suggests. Read more...

The dead and the living unite in Royce Hall tomorrow at 2 p.m. as UCLA Live presents Buster Keaton’s “The Navigator” accompanied by organist Chris Elliott. Read more...

Step aside, Adam and Eve, here comes a new version of creation. Romeo Castellucci directs the Societas Raffaello Sanzio group’s “Genesi: From the Museum of Sleep,” loosely based on the biblical book of Genesis, which reveals a different view of creation. Read more...

“Mr. Show’s” Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are full of brilliant ideas, and now they’re taking them on the road. “You’re gonna get to see a solution to the problem of the mentally handicapped on death row,” he said of Friday’s performance at Royce Hall. Read more...

Last time we saw our dynamic duo, they were busy getting a tour of a major movie studio, only to find out that there are no great comedic stars left in movies. Read more...

Not everyone these days is comfortable cleaning the skeletons out of their closets ““ for instance the issues of homosexuality and AIDS can still be touchy. Read more...