I shamelessly check people out. I want to see how their clothes fit, not because I’m personally interested in their bodies, but because I’m fascinated with comfort and how it collides with style. Read more...

For many people sporting Mohawks or donning extremely tight female pants, there is one date that is penned on their calendars the entire year ““ the date the Vans Warped Tour rolls into town, bringing along 100-plus bands performing for a ticket price of $25. Read more...

“Love” Cirque du Soleil OPEN RUN Unlike VH1, Cirque du Soleil is never about the music. The performance group that somehow turned the clown-and-acrobat circus into an art succeeds because of the stunts onstage, not the musical backdrop that paces the performance. Read more...

Meteorologists predict that summer 2006 will be the hottest season in years. It looks like summer television will be turning up the heat as well. For the average TV watcher, summer is a time for deep reflection on months past. Read more...

The Hammer Museum usually offers up art; this week, the showcase is a supermodel and a magazine editor. Eric Nakamura, editor of the magazine Giant Robot, and Asian-American model Jenny Shimizu will be speaking together at the museum on July 12. Read more...

If you enter the Fowler Museum over the next month and a half, you will be blessed by the Dalai Lama. Starting July 5, the UCLA museum will be home to a pair of events focused on the principles of the Buddhist religious leader. Read more...

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