events Slow Impact is "A skate vacation in the desert" with panels, art, live music and more Elías Villoro

Japan Masaki Fujihata and DJ Spooky in conversation at Japan House LA, on December 6, 2022 Mark Frauenfelder

music Mac Sabbath is a "drive-thru metal extravaganza" Elías Villoro

events Lucha VaVoom, a glam slam wrestling show in downtown LA celebrates 20 years Lee Keeler

books Freedom Dreams finds "the future worlds Black radicals struggled to achieve" Elías Villoro

music Ringo Starr, 82, cancels concert after falling ill Rob Beschizza

makers Awards of Merit for the Maker Music Festival 2022 Gareth Branwyn

makers An artist sampler for the upcoming Maker Music Festival Gareth Branwyn

Business How Japanese-style business culture applies to today's new "business normal" Mark Frauenfelder

events There's a cool Ignite Live event tonight at 6pm PT Mark Frauenfelder

Business O'Reilly Media shutters its conference business forever David Pescovitz

coronavirus Coronavirus conference canceled due to coronavirus Rob Beschizza

science fiction I'm the Author Guest of Honor at Baycon 2020, May 22-25! Cory Doctorow

events Angelenos! Come to ICANN this Friday to Save Dot ORG! Cory Doctorow

events Angelenos! I'm speaking in Culver City tomorrow about the sale of .ORG to private equity Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tickets for Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) 2020 are now on sale! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Coming soon to a city near you: HUMP, Dan Savage's amateur smut fest, banned from Facebook! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Machine learning is innately conservative and wants you to either act like everyone else, or never change Cory Doctorow

movies To do in LA, Jan 18: a special screening of Charlie Chaplain's "The Gold Rush" with live, improvised piano accompaniment Cory Doctorow

art Call for entries: Share Festival 2020, themed "RIOTS Here we are" Cory Doctorow