Expect to meet a revolutionary in Thom Mayne’s Santa Monica office of Morphosis Architecture. There’s nothing strange on the surface of this office ““ some interns ordering a $5 pizza, phones ringing off the hook, and cars piled up in the parking lot. Read more...

Only at Carnival can you pick up an anthill out of the dirt, fling it onto a stranger, and not get beaten up, or wear a bright, beaded hat bigger than a small child. Read more...

Joan Didion has had an extraordinarily difficult past two years. While she was preparing dinner on Dec. 30, 2003, her husband of 40 years, John Gregory Dunne, suffered a heart attack that took his life almost instantly. Read more...

Halloween really tells a lot about the social structure of any neighborhood. I’m not talking about noting economic disparity through the quality of children’s costumes, nor am I referring to the complex social strata of kids who are trick-or-treating. Read more...

Silver Jews “Tanglewood Numbers” Drag City Records After a bout with depression and a suicide attempt, David Berman is back with the Silver Jews’ fifth full-length album, “Tanglewood Numbers,” and this time he won’t take backstage as a Pavement-goes-Nashville act. Read more...

After having trouble adapting its multi-layered music to the live setting, Metric wanted its new album to be something it could perform with confidence for its audiences. Read more...

Jarhead Directed by Sam Mendes Universal Pictures “Jarhead” is a disappointing film, and that actually might be the best thing it has going for it. Based on the best-selling memoirs of former U.S. Read more...