Yumiko Kayukawa Kantor Gallery Now through May 1 Fashion and fetishism only begin to represent artist Kayukawa’s work. Her Japanese pop art has been well received by the public, which is intrigued by her comic book-style paintings and depiction of youth culture. Read more...

Electrelane Troubadour April 9, 9 p.m. The four-girl experimental group from Brighton comes with its hypnotic tricks, powerful choral arrangements and kraut-rock roots. Prepare to be awed. Read more...

“Big Fish” Ackerman Grand Ballroom April 8-9, 7 and 9:30 p.m. If you missed Tim Burton’s lesson in fantasy filmmaking when it was competing with Oscar films in December, you can catch it now. Read more...

It all boils down to how you define “like.” Meet Dan (I promised David that I wouldn’t use his real name), a cohort of mine since we loaded a dorm elevator with a bunch of caution cones as freshmen. Read more...

Sometimes it takes very little to reinvigorate a dying art form. At a time when public radio trails even network television in terms of innovation, it may come as a surprise that one of National Public Radio’s most creative programs has risen to the top just by keeping it simple. Read more...

It’s funny just imagining how much cleverness went into creating the delightful silliness that is Steve Martin’s unabashed “The Underpants,” leaving audiences in stitches at the Geffen Playhouse now through May 2. Read more...

At Santa Monica’s Highways Performance Space, the walls drip with bold red and black fabric ““ it envelopes the beats of an Oriental jazz band, creating a steady rhythm for three dancers to languidly rise after slowly pounding and stretching on the ground. Read more...