“Me Too” Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood Through June 25 It’s hard to be against the fight for a cure for cancer. It’s seemingly such a safe cause to support that a new theater production has tackled the subject in “Me Too,” a two-act “dramedy” about the difficulties of falling in love with someone who has cancer, by Room 9 Entertainment (“Thank You for Smoking”). Read more...

I had my birthday a few weeks back, which means now I can hang out with former A&E editor Jess Rodgers at Maloney’s (where everybody knows her name). Read more...

It’s not an easy thing to do. Aerosmith pulled it off with 2004’s “Honkin’ on Bobo” by rockin’ out blues staples, but classic rockers covering a whole album of rock classics? Read more...

The balance between accessibility and inventiveness is a delicate one, especially in the world of music. It took the boys from Animal Collective four tries to make an album that could be deemed listenable, while The Mars Volta’s latest release, “Frances the Mute,” seemed, at times, to crumble under the weight of its own ambition. Read more...

As viewers tune in to watch the season finale of “American Idol” tonight, composer Vic Mizzy will be reminiscing about singers past. Mizzy and partner Irving Taylor appeared on a similar show called “Major Bowes’ Amateur Hour” almost 60 years ago. Read more...

Members of the UCLA community ready to relax this Wednesday should look no further than Schoenberg Hall. The UCLA Wind Ensemble, working under guest conductors Professor Gordon Henderson and Victor Aguilar, has prepared a spring concert that is sure to delight all musical tastes. Read more...

Ska may be dead, but its fans are refusing to accept the fact. On Friday, the Aquabats and Streetlight Manifesto performed at the El Rey Theatre. Read more...