Norton Simon Museum "Tract House #4" is part of the Lewis Baltz exhibit "Tract House Photographs 1969-1971" at Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum. “Lewis Baltz: Tract House Photographs, 1969-1971″ Norton Simon Museum Through Feb. Read more...

Books Erin Brockovich discusses and signs her new book “Take It From Me: Life’s a Struggle But You Can Win” tonight at 7 p.m. at the Beverly Hills Library. Read more...

By Mary Williams Daily Bruin Senior Staff They couldn’t see the audience in front of them, but the Blind Boys of Alabama could certainly feel the energy of their cheers. Read more...

  VIKING/PENGUIN "Tripping" provides narratives of 50 different psychedelic experiences, ranging from wonderful to horrific. By Christopher Cobb Daily Bruin Contributor Charles Hayes’ new book, “Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures,” offers a happy medium between two extremes in the drug literature world: technical jargon and personal odyssey. Read more...

By Howard Ho Daily Bruin Contributor Love’s triumph may seem all too hackneyed a theme for modern listeners, but Saturday night the Los Angeles Philharmonic forcefully revived it. Read more...

Music Calexico, a musical collective from Tuscon with Afro-Peruvian influences, will be performing at the Knitting Factory tonight presented by 89.9 KCRW. At Royce Hall on Saturday at 8 p.m. Read more...

By Howard Ho Daily Bruin Contributor Today films are complete packages of sounds and sights, created to play homogeneously in every theater. However, in the silent film era, live musicians supplied the crescendos that make a film an aural pleasure, changing the meaning of a film from theater to theater. Read more...