It’s celebrating its first birthday with a week of events and performances, starting with a drag show Thursday that features local stars like Shi-Queeta and Regina Jozet Adams. That’s followed by a DJ ...

Benmont Tench was a founding member of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and has spent decades as a session musician and ...

Many of us have tussled online with internet trolls but did you know that trolling has its roots in Ancient Greece?

To many, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works—at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and ...

Although they were written more than 400 years ago, the words of William Shakespeare remain timeless. Thanks in large part to ...

The Abilities Awareness Fashion Show on April 19 from 3-6 p.m. will feature individuals who are differently abled, STAARs. This is an opportunity for them to shine at the COD Center, 1735 Highland Ave ...

If you’ve ever talked about “the birds and the bees” or referenced “the best laid plans of mice and men,” then you’ve inadvertently quoted some of the English language’s most famous poets.

And finally, if your child loves the beauty of poetry and wonders how to create poems, then “The One and Only Rumi” by Rabiah York, illustrated by Maneli Manouchehri (Penguin, $18.99) is a book to ...

The extraordinarily tall actor has had an extraordinary career playing Churchill, an alien and now the controversial Roald ...

From the Albert Hall’s Good Friday concert to Battersea Power Station’s inaugural chocolate market, here’s how to celebrate ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated.

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...