Last week, President-elect Barack Obama started announcing appointments to his cabinet and other executive branch positions, including the hotly contested first dog (it’s looking like a Goldendoodle). Read more...

In between songs, Ingrid Michaelson didn't hesitate to share her delightfully blunt stream of consciousness with the crowd at the El Rey on Thursday night. Read more...

When it comes down to it, TV on the Radio's music has always been about the struggle between thought and feeling. Read more...

With an influence extending far beyond the sitar in the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood," the richness of Indian classical music has come to inspire and connect musicians and students to their culture. Read more...

A wide-eyed teenage girl fastens a swim cap behind her ear, a couple holds hands in an alleyway, and a football player hopes to make his parents proud. Read more...

There's only so much a TV show can do when one of its main cast members leaves the show. When Topher Grace left "That '70s Show" to focus on films, his character Eric Foreman fled to Africa to "help the kids." Read more...

In downtown Los Angeles' self-guided Art Walk, one passes windows full of contemporary art galleries, thought-provoking sculptures, and, now, even living, breathing people. Read more...