Listening to a 50 Cent album all the way through is a little like dropping in on a psychotherapy session where the patient has a multiple personality disorder. Read more...

Seeing a symphony perform live is something like seeing a famous painting in person. Read more...

I recently went to the best back-to-school concert I've ever been to. It had everything: two acclaimed, diverse acts that together appealed to a wide range of students; an open-air venue with great seats for everybody; and even free commemorative T-shirts! The performers were on time and the sets went off without a hitch. Read more...

Enter the Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Downtown L.A. and you'll find boys and girls, fruits and vegetables, dogs and cats, all dancing, skating and singing from a set of strings in a world of vibrant primary colors. Read more...

As a child, when Yule Caise would fall asleep, his dreams were formatted in the vein of films, beginning and ending the way movies do "“ with a list of credits. Read more...

I usually catch every movie by Sunday of opening weekend, sometimes even twice. ("Superbad" was so worth it.) Read more...

The success of "Get By" was probably the worst thing that could've happened to Talib Kweli. Read more...