Art Review: Ancient Art, Served on a Present-Day Platter
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art?s fine Latin American collection is back on view after three years? absence, but it gets lost in the new nightclublike décor.

#211813[see detail]

The Past Was a Mess; Let?s Mine It for Some Laughs
The British comedian Russell Brand, who will host the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 7, is notorious for possessing a rap sheet as long and knotted as his tousled locks.

#211814[see detail]

The TV Watch: One First Is Celebrated. What About the Second?
Amid all the hoopla for the first female also-ran, Democrats seem intent on soft-pedaling Barack Obama?s arguably more remarkable breakthrough.

#211815[see detail]

City Opera Director Has Eyes on Bayreuth
Gerard Mortier, of the New York City Opera, and Nike Wagner, a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, are joining forces to seek control of the Bayreuth Festival.

#211816[see detail]

Movie Review | `Traitor`: In a World of Extremists, Shades of Gray Add Ambiguity
?Traitor,? a somber, absorbing and only moderately preposterous new thriller written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, manages an impressive feat of economy.

#211817[see detail]

Books of The Times: Weapons of Mass Destruction and Other Imaginative Acts
In addition to fresh revelations about the W.M.D. megascandal, Ron Suskind offers a complex web of intersecting narratives that manage to show us, in this age of terror, ?the true way of the world.?

#211819[see detail]

A Master Iranian Musician Plays Cultural Ambassador
Kayhan Kalhor, a virtuoso of the kamancheh ? an upright four-stringed Persian fiddle ? has recorded an album with the young string quartet Brooklyn Rider.

#211820[see detail]

Music Review: A Wagner, Accompanied by Clothesline and Egg Timer
On Monday night Kurt Wagner played at the Living Room, employing ritual, folk song, rhythm and blues, non sequitur and his own low, quiet voice.

#211821[see detail]

A Los Angeles Theater Is Renovated, Relieving Headache-Inducing Quirks
The Mark Taper Forum will reopen with a revival of John Guare?s ?House of Blue Leaves? after a yearlong, $30 million renovation.

#211822[see detail]

Golden Lion Prepares to Roar as Venice Opens Its Annual Film Festival
Competitors from all over the world and a star-studded Coen brothers premiere make up this year?s Venice International Film Festival.

#211823[see detail]

Entertainment Events
Music and dance events.

#211824[see detail]

Art Review: Ancient Art, Served on a Present-Day Platter
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art?s fine Latin American collection is back on view after three years? absence, but it gets lost in the new nightclublike décor.

#211826[see detail]

The Past Was a Mess; Let?s Mine It for Some Laughs
The British comedian Russell Brand, who will host the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 7, is notorious for possessing a rap sheet as long and knotted as his tousled locks.

#211827[see detail]

The TV Watch: One First Is Celebrated. What About the Second?
Amid all the hoopla for the first female also-ran, Democrats seem intent on soft-pedaling Barack Obama?s arguably more remarkable breakthrough.

#211828[see detail]

City Opera Director Has Eyes on Bayreuth
Gerard Mortier, of the New York City Opera, and Nike Wagner, a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, are joining forces to seek control of the Bayreuth Festival.

#211829[see detail]

Movie Review | `Traitor`: In a World of Extremists, Shades of Gray Add Ambiguity
?Traitor,? a somber, absorbing and only moderately preposterous new thriller written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, manages an impressive feat of economy.

#211830[see detail]

Books of The Times: Weapons of Mass Destruction and Other Imaginative Acts
In addition to fresh revelations about the W.M.D. megascandal, Ron Suskind offers a complex web of intersecting narratives that manage to show us, in this age of terror, ?the true way of the world.?

#211832[see detail]

A Master Iranian Musician Plays Cultural Ambassador
Kayhan Kalhor, a virtuoso of the kamancheh ? an upright four-stringed Persian fiddle ? has recorded an album with the young string quartet Brooklyn Rider.

#211833[see detail]

Music Review: A Wagner, Accompanied by Clothesline and Egg Timer
On Monday night Kurt Wagner played at the Living Room, employing ritual, folk song, rhythm and blues, non sequitur and his own low, quiet voice.

#211834[see detail]

A Los Angeles Theater Is Renovated, Relieving Headache-Inducing Quirks
The Mark Taper Forum will reopen with a revival of John Guare?s ?House of Blue Leaves? after a yearlong, $30 million renovation.

#211835[see detail]

Golden Lion Prepares to Roar as Venice Opens Its Annual Film Festival
Competitors from all over the world and a star-studded Coen brothers premiere make up this year?s Venice International Film Festival.

#211836[see detail]

Entertainment Events
Music and dance events.

#211837[see detail]

Art Review: Ancient Art, Served on a Present-Day Platter
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art?s fine Latin American collection is back on view after three years? absence, but it gets lost in the new nightclublike décor.

#212865[see detail]

A Los Angeles Theater Is Renovated, Relieving Headache-Inducing Quirks
The Mark Taper Forum will reopen with a revival of John Guare?s ?House of Blue Leaves? after a yearlong, $30 million renovation.

#212866[see detail]

Art Review: Ancient Art, Served on a Present-Day Platter
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art?s fine Latin American collection is back on view after three years? absence, but it gets lost in the new nightclublike décor.

#212868[see detail]

A Los Angeles Theater Is Renovated, Relieving Headache-Inducing Quirks
The Mark Taper Forum will reopen with a revival of John Guare?s ?House of Blue Leaves? after a yearlong, $30 million renovation.

#212869[see detail]