The Downtown Art Walk returns with a new manager and new plans for the future.

A Q&A with the former Los Angeles Times Food section staffer.

An interview with author and former Los Angeles Times manager, BJ Gallagher, about reinvention tactics for media professionals.

The the first annual ELLE DECOR Presents Legends of La Cienega Design Walk, scheduled to start on May 8 and run through May 9th, offers book signings and lectures on L.A.-based decor tastemakers such as Billy Haines, Gerard Colcord, and Tony Duquette.

Photos from the Shelf Life Small Press bazaar at USC on Saturday, 4/18/09.

Taking in the annual Ebony Fashion Fair fashion show luncheon with hundreds of Black ladies decked out in sparkly suits and Easter hats at the Westin Bonaventure.

The 14th annual Jack Smith Trail Walk atop Mount Washington starts on April 19th at 9 AM.

Turning to MFK Fisher during tough economic times.

Recalling the night the LAPD raided the Follies Burlesque Theater on Main Street in 1939.

Turmoil in the magazine distribution industry has local roots.

Scholars of insolence examine the art of invective at a local conference.

New York design critic, Steven Heller, visits U.C.L.A.

How the Machine Project's Mark Allen became the George Bailey of Echo Park.

The MTA's Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive jumps into Web 2.0 with enthusiasm, with Flickr photos and YouTube clips.

Learning from the maps on view at the “L.A. Unfolded: Maps from the Los Angeles Public Library” exhibit.

Hennessey + Ingalls Art and Architecture bookstore opens a branch in Hollywood this week.

Eyeing the book launch for Overspray: Riding High With the Kings of California Airbrush Art, Norman Hathaway's lavish art book about the golden age of L.A. airbrush artists in the 70s.

Roger Vargo presents a multimedia lecture on the famed Room 8 cat of Echo Park'. Also, what if the Room 8 Cat had a Twitter account?

A poll worker checks in.

LA Litscape recap: local poet and performer, Thomas Kearny, wins a major literary prize, Skylight Books celebrates its 12th anniversary, evoking memories of Chatterton's Bookshop and other bookstores, and pondering the fate of Forrest J Ackerman.

Celebrate Dias de Los Muertos traditionally or in Tiki-style at the "In Search of Tiki" exhibit on display at Forest Lawn Museum Glendale.

Over at Design Observer blog, Steven Heller just posted a lovely tribute to Los Angeles graphic designer, Mike Salisbury, and his innovative art direction at West magazine.

Just because Emergency Preparedness month's over, doesn't mean you can't get prepared now. We're heading into a season loaded with earthquake preparedness fairs and workshops.

While riding the 302 Rapid along Sunset yesterday, I witnessed a miracle. A young girl with lemon-colored locks boarded the...

An art-filled weekend includes stops at the Getty Villa and an event hosted by the William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts.

Skylight Books celebrates its expansion with a party on August 30th and a new, racy blog. Barbara DeMarco-Barrett's guide to Southern California Literary and Book Festivals appears in the September issue of Westways magazine.

Malibu resident, Dr. Richard Ehrlich, shares insights on an upcoming exhibit of his photos documenting a secretive Holocaust archive.

Snapshot of T shirt seller on Crenshaw Blvd, furthering the legacies of Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac.

Acknowledging their heroine's civil rights legacy, Dorothy Parker fans will gather at the Casa Del Mar to learn more about the history of Santa Monica's "Inkwell," a segregated beach front in the 20s.

In the face of more rumored cuts at the Los Angeles Times, this Angeleno lobbies for her favorite, the Food section.

The "New Chinatown" re-dedicated at free festival this weekend

LA Eastside.com blog covers the fight to save the fading murals of East Los Angeles this week.

Skylight Books hosts Skylight Salon this Summer Solstice

On Saturday, author Erik Davis and Esotouric Tours led about 30 enthusiasts on a five hour pilgrimage to local occult landmarks cited in Davis's 2006 book, The Visionary State: A Journey Through California's Spiritual Landscape.

The California Myth Authority announces a big scavenger hunt for library conference-goers in Anaheim this month.

The National Needle Arts Association's 3rd annual Stitch N' Pitch tour lands in Dodger Stadium tonight.

A postcard from Book Expo America 2008.

Celebrating National Library Week with Don Borchert, Author of Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks and Gangstas

A local news recap for the DVR generation.

An interview with Cecilia Rasmussen, Los Angeles Times Metro section reporter, "L.A. Then and Now" columnist and new retiree.

A subjective recap of last week's local news cycle.

Members of the Dorothy Parker Society visited the Writers Guild West headquarters last month, determined to verify a rumor that the WGA harbored a hidden portrait of the writer.

Yesterday, local history buffs and surfing enthusiasts gathered at Calvary Baptist Church in Santa Monica for a presentation on the history of the "Ink Well," a segregated beach in Santa Monica popular with African American Angelenos during the first half of the 20th century.